telegram.message() function
The telegram.message() function is a user-contributed function maintained by
the package author and can
be updated or removed at any time.
The telegram.message() function sends a single message to a Telegram channel using
the sendMessage method of the Telegram Bot API.
Function type: Output
import "contrib/sranka/telegram"
telegram.message(
url: "https://api.telegram.org/bot",
token: "S3crEtTel3gRamT0k3n",
channel: "-12345",
text: "Example message text",
parseMode: "MarkdownV2",
disableWebPagePreview: false,
silent: true
)
For information about retrieving your Telegram bot token and channel ID, see Set up a Telegram bot.
Parameters
url
URL of the Telegram bot endpoint.
Default is https://api.telegram.org/bot.
Data type: String
token
(Required) Telegram bot token.
Data type: String
channel
(Required) Telegram channel ID.
Data type: String
text
Message text.
Data type: String
parseMode
Parse mode of the message text.
Default is "MarkdownV2".
Data type: String
disableWebPagePreview
Disable preview of web links in the sent message.
Default is false.
Data type: Boolean
silent
Send message silently.
Default is true.
Data type: Boolean
Examples
Send the last reported status to Telegram
import "influxdata/influxdb/secrets"
import "contrib/sranka/telegram"
token = secrets.get(key: "TELEGRAM_TOKEN")
lastReported =
from(bucket: "example-bucket")
|> range(start: -1m)
|> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "statuses")
|> last()
|> findRecord(fn: (key) => true, idx: 0)
telegram.message(
token: token,
channel: "-12345"
text: "Disk usage is **${lastReported.status}**.",
)
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