StackhookSet Up Telegram Bot

Setting Up Telegram Notifications

Stackhook needs a Telegram bot to post into. This takes about two minutes:

  1. In Telegram, message @BotFather and send /newbot.
  2. Follow the prompts to name your bot (the username must end in “bot”).
  3. BotFather replies with a Bot Token — a long string starting with numbers, like 1234567890:AA... Copy it.
  4. To find your Chat ID: send any message to your new bot (or add it to a Telegram group and message there), then visit https://api.telegram.org/bot<YOUR_TOKEN>/getUpdates in your browser and look for “chat”:{“id”: ...} in the response. Group chat IDs are negative numbers (e.g. -100123456789) — that's normal.
  5. In the Stackhook dashboard, paste the Bot Token and Chat ID into the Telegram Notifications Bot card and click Save Telegram Settings.

Tip: if you want your whole team to see order notifications, create a Telegram group, add your bot to it, and use the group's Chat ID.

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