Create telegram bot to send service notification/alert

1. Search for BotFather in search box

2. Create a new bot

Note 1: You can type /start for get all commands

• Type /newbot in a message box
• Type your bot name (whatever you want)
• Type your bot username (must have suffix _bot)

3. Create a channel

Create a channel so that your bot can send alert/notification to telegram

3.1 Set your bot as an admin

3.2 How to get your channel id

1. Go to here
2. Click on your channel
3. Look at the URL and find the part that looks like c1234567890_1234567890123456789
4. Get the string before underscore –> c1234567890
5. Remove the prefixed letter –> 1234567890
6. Add prefix with a -100 –> your channel id is -1001234567890

Now you can use your

• Bot ID
• Bot username
• Channel ID and Telegram API to receive message/notification/alert from your services