Drafts Directory: Send Draft to Telegram Bot

Action

Posted by deanfx, Last update 1 day ago

UPDATES

1 day ago

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This action will send the active draft to the specified Telegram Bot automatically without needing to confirm/approve to send as the other action for Saved Messages works.

Required:
Create a bot with @BotFather on Telegram
Obtain your bots Token & ChatID

First Use:
At first run, it will ask you for the bots Token & ChatID. Once entered, you will not have to enter this data again.

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Install

Steps

script

const creds = Credential.create("Telegram Bot", "Telegram bot token + chat id");
creds.addPasswordField("token", "Bot Token");
creds.addTextField("chatId", "Chat ID (numeric)");
creds.authorize();

const token  = creds.getValue("token");
const chatId = creds.getValue("chatId");

if (!token || !chatId) context.fail("Missing token or chatId.");

let http = HTTP.create();
let resp = http.request({
  url: `https://api.telegram.org/bot${token}/sendMessage`,
  method: "POST",
  encoding: "json",
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  data: {
    chat_id: chatId,
    text: draft.content,
    disable_web_page_preview: "true"
  }
});

if (!resp.success) {
  context.fail(`${resp.statusCode}\n${resp.responseText}\n${resp.error}`);
}

Options

After Success Default

Notification Info

Log Level Info

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After Success	Default
Notification	Info
Log Level	Info