Telegram credentials

You can use these credentials to authenticate the following nodes:

• Telegram

• Telegram Trigger

Prerequisites

Create a Telegram account.

Supported authentication methods

• API bot access token

Related resources

Refer to Telegram’s Bot API documentation for more information about the service.

Refer to the Telegram Bot Features documentation for more information on creating and working with bots.

Using API bot access token

To configure this credential, you’ll need:

• A bot Access Token

To generate your access token:

1. Start a chat with the BotFather.

2. Enter the /newbot command to create a new bot.

3. The BotFather will ask you for a name and username for your new bot:

   • The name is the bot’s name displayed in contact details and elsewhere. You can change the bot name later.

   • The username is a short name used in search, mentions, and t.me links. Use these guidelines when creating your username:

     • Must be between 5 and 32 characters long.

     • Not case sensitive.

     • May only include Latin characters, numbers, and underscores.

     • Must end in bot, like tetris_bot or TetrisBot.

     • You can’t change the username later.

4. Copy the bot token the BotFather generates and add it as the Access Token in n8n.

Refer to the BotFather Create a new bot documentation for more information.