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Telegram Setup

To setup Telegram:

  1. Settings → Settings → Miscellaneous tab
  2. Scroll down to see Telegram Bot section

Step 1: Telegram bot Token

Steps to generate token-

  1. Open the Telegram app and search for "BotFather" or visit HTTP://t.me/BotFather
  2. Start a chat with BotFather by clicking on the "Start" button
  3. Send the "/newbot" command to BotFather to create a new bot.
  4. BotFather will guide you through the process. You will be asked to provide a name and a username for your bot
  5. Once you have provided a name and username, BotFather will generate an API token for your bot, Copy the API token and use it.
  6. To send notifications to agents/admin configure chatId in edit user screen

 

Step 2: ChatId in edit user screen:

Steps to get user-id-

  1. Open the Telegram app and search for "GetMyChatID_Bot" or visit t.me/GetMyChatID_Bot.
  2. Start a chat with GetMyChatID_Bot by clicking on the "Start" button
  3. Send the "/start" command to GetMyChatID_Bot
  4. Copy the User id & use it
  5. Send a message to Bot which you have created from this user and start receiving notification

Step 3: Enabling Notification

  1. Go to Settings → Settings → Notification
  2. Enable the telegram notification wherever you need.

 

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