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# Telegram Output

With the help of the Telegram Output Action it is possible to send a notification to a telegram group. For this you need an API token as well as the recipient ID. This can be obtained as follows:

* API key:\
  • Sign up for Telegram using any application.\
  • Log in to your Telegram core: <https://my.telegram.org.\\>
  • Go to "API development tools" and fill out the form.\
  • You will get basic addresses as well as the api\_id and api\_hash parameters required for user authorisation.\
  • For the moment each number can only have one api\_id connected to it.<br>
* Channel ID:\
  • Login to your account at web version of Telegram: <https://web.telegram.org\\>
  • Find your channel. Browse your url, it should be like <https://web.telegram.org/#/im>? p=c1055587116\_11052224402541910257\
  • Grab "1055587116" from it, and add "-100" as a prefix.