Action: Send Message

Telegram Operation

The Send Message action in Telegram lets you send a text, image, or file to a chat or channel.

Example User Story

I want to quickly notify my team about the updated meeting link, so I use the Send Message action in Telegram to share it in our group chat.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
chatId	String	Yes
text	String	Yes
parseMode	String	No

Related Connections

Telegram

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "send-message",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Send Message",
    "description": "Send a message to a Telegram chat."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "chatId",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the chat to send the message to."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "text",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The text of the message to send."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "parseMode",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The parse mode for the message text (e.g., Markdown, HTML).",
        "options": ["Markdown", "HTML"]
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "messageId",
      "type": "Integer",
      "selector": ["result", "message_id"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the sent message."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "success",
      "type": "Boolean",
      "selector": ["ok"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "Whether the message was sent successfully."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "bot{{.token}}/sendMessage",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"chat_id\": \"{{.chatId}}\", \"text\": \"{{.text}}\", \"parse_mode\": \"{{.parseMode}}\"}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "chatId",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The ID of the chat to send the message to.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "text",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The text of the message to send.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "parseMode",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The parse mode for the message text.",
              "required": false
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}