Send Telegram Node

Sends a message to any Telegram chat, group, or channel using a Telegram Bot. Supports HTML formatting and {{variables}} placeholders.

• Get instant Telegram notifications when a high-priority lead comes in.
• Send automation alerts to a private Telegram channel your team monitors.

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1. Open Telegram and search for @BotFather.
2. Send /newbot and follow the prompts to name your bot.
3. BotFather will reply with your token — copy it.

• For a personal chat: Start a conversation with your bot and visit https://api.telegram.org/bot<TOKEN>/getUpdates — find "chat":{"id":... in the response.
• For a group: Add the bot to the group, send a message, check getUpdates — group IDs are negative numbers.
• For a channel: Add the bot as an admin, then use the @channelname handle directly.

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This node does not produce output variables.

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1. Create a bot via @BotFather and copy the token.
2. Get the chat ID of your target chat/channel.
3. Add a Send Telegram node to the canvas.
4. Paste the bot token and chat ID.
5. Write your message — HTML tags like <b>bold</b>, <i>italic</i>, and <a href="url">link</a> are supported.
6. Save and test.

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json { "botToken": "123456789:ABCdefGHIjklMNOpqrSTUvwxYZ", "chatId": "-1001234567890", "message": "<b>New lead:</b> {{lead.firstName}} {{lead.lastName}}\n<b>Email:</b> {{lead.email}}\n<b>Score:</b> {{variables.score}}" }

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• Bot tokens are sensitive — store them as credentials in /workspace/credentials rather than hard-coding them in the node.
• HTML mode: only use the tags Telegram supports (<b>, <i>, <code>, <a>). Unsupported tags will cause the send to fail.
• For a channel, the bot must be an admin with "Post Messages" permission.
• If getUpdates returns an empty array, send a message to the bot or group first to trigger an update.