Telegram Integration

Send Telegram notifications from Apify actors. Notify when runs complete, send data summaries, alerts, and custom messages via Telegram Bot API. Perfect for workflow automation and real-time notifications.

BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) -- you provide your own API credentials.

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Before You Start

This actor requires your own API credentials to fetch real data.

Where to get your key: Your Telegram Bot API token from @BotFather

You can test with Demo Mode first (free, no key needed) to see the output format before committing.

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Quick Start

Test with Demo Mode (free, no API key needed)

{
  "demoMode": true,
  "imageUrl": "https://example.com",
  "documentUrl": "https://example.com"
}

Run with real data

{
  "demoMode": false,
  "botToken": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
  "parseMode": "Markdown",
  "disableNotification": false,
  "disableWebPagePreview": false,
  "imageUrl": "https://example.com",
  "documentUrl": "https://example.com"
}

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Required	Description
botToken	string	-	Yes*	Your Telegram Bot API token from @BotFather
chatId	string	-	No	Telegram chat/group/channel ID to send messages to. Use @username for public channels.
message	string	-	No	The message to send. Supports Markdown formatting.
parseMode	string	"Markdown"	No	Message formatting mode
disableNotification	boolean	false	No	Send the message silently (no notification sound)
disableWebPagePreview	boolean	false	No	Disable link previews in the message
replyToMessageId	integer	-	No	Optional: Message ID to reply to
imageUrl	string	-	No	Optional: URL of an image to send with the message
documentUrl	string	-	No	Optional: URL of a document/file to send
webhookData	object	-	No	Optional: Data from Apify webhook to format into a notification
webhookUrl	string	-	No	URL to send results to (Zapier, Make, n8n, etc.) for automation workflows
demoMode	boolean	true	No	Run in demo mode with sample data (no actual Telegram messages sent). Set to false when using your own bot token.

*Required when Demo Mode is off.

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Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event billing:

Event	Description	Price
Message Sent	Each Telegram message sent	$0.01

Demo mode is free -- no charges for sample data.

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Troubleshooting

"API key is required"

You have Demo Mode turned off but didn't provide an API key. Either:

• Turn Demo Mode on to test with sample data
• Add your API key in the input

"API error 403" or "Unauthorized"

Your API key is invalid, expired, or doesn't have access to this specific API endpoint. Double-check your key and account permissions.

"API error 429" or "Rate limit"

Too many requests. Wait a minute and try again, or reduce the number of items per run.

No results or empty dataset

Check the run log for error messages. Common causes:

• Invalid input format (check the examples above)
• API key without proper permissions
• The target data doesn't exist or is too small to track

How do I test without an API key?

Enable Demo Mode in the input. This returns realistic sample data so you can verify the output format works for your workflow.

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Built by John Rippy | Actor Arsenal