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This action will send a text message to a Telegram chat.

About this action

Triggers, queries, and actions are the building blocks of Applets. Triggers tell an Applet to start, queries ask a question, and actions are its end result.

Developer info

Description: This action will send a text message to a Telegram chat.
API endpoint slug: telegram.send_message
Filter code method: Telegram.sendMessage.skip(string?: reason)
Runtime method: runAction("telegram.send_message", {})

Action fields

Chat ID Dropdown list

Label: Target chat
Helper text: Use the @IFTTT bot on Telegram to connect new groups or channels.
Slug: chat_id
Required: true
Can have default value: false

Text Text input > HTML

Label: Message text
Helper text: Some HTML tags are supported: b, i, a, br, pre, code.
Slug: text
Required: true
Can have default value: true
Filter code method: Telegram.sendMessage.setText(string: text)

Include web page preview Dropdown list

Label: Include web page preview?
Helper text: Telegram will check the first URL in the text to include a small preview of the page. Disabled by default.
Slug: include_web_page_preview
Required: false
Can have default value: true
Filter code method: Telegram.sendMessage.setIncludeWebPagePreview(string: includeWebPagePreview)