Telegram Notify
Type:
telegram_notify• Category:flow• Tags:telegram,notify,alert
Description
Send a message to a Telegram chat via Bot API (text or photo URL).
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Required | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
chatId | string | Chat ID or @channel username - copy from apudflow_bot. Check help for more info. | no | |
text | textarea | Text (or caption if photoUrl provided) | no | |
photoUrl | string | Optional image URL to send as a photo | no | |
disableWebPagePreview | boolean | no | false | |
escapeMarkdown | boolean | Auto-escape Markdown special characters (recommended). Disable only if using manual formatting. | no | true |
Help
Use {{ ... }} in parameters to pull from vars/data.
Examples:
- text = 'Alert: ' + str(vars.get('signal'))
- photoUrl = 'https://example.com/chart.png' # text becomes caption
- Formatting: MarkdownV2 is used with automatic escaping of special characters.
- Set escapeMarkdown=false only if you want to use manual Markdown formatting.
How to get your Chat ID (for end users):
- Open Telegram and search for 'apudflow_bot'.
- Open the chat and tap Start (/start).
- You will receive your Chat ID from the bot. Copy it.
- Paste this Chat ID into the Chat ID field in the form.
- If you don't see your ID after /start, send /id in the same chat and use the number you receive.