Telegram Notification

Send a notification to Telegram from bash or python:

1. configure Telegram bot
2. configure Telegram notifier
3. send notification

How to use it:

sh some_script.sh
python -m notify --message="Hello world! :)"

Set-up:

1. Open Telegram and search "BotFather" in the search bar. This is the official bot that allows you to create other bots.
2. Create new bot: /newbot
3. Choose a name for your bot: ScriptNotifier
4. Choose a username for your bot that must end with "_bot": script_notifier_bot
5. Once the bot is created, you will have a long string: this is the TOKEN-ID
6. The bot will send you messages on a specific chat that you need to create. Go to Telegram search bar, on your smartphone, and search your bot (e.g. ScriptNotifier). Then, start the bot: /start
7. Finally, search for your CHAT-ID by going to the bot webpage: https://api.telegram.org/bot[TOKEN-ID]/getUpdates

..and you're ready to go!

python -m notify --message="Hello world! :)" --token_id="0123456:78910" --chat_id="12345"

To avoid passing the arguments --token_id and --chat_id through command line, you can directly modify the varaibles TELEGRAM_TOKEN_ID and TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID in the script notify.py

Requirements:

pip install requests

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Inspired by: https://www.marcodena.it/blog/telegram-logging-handler-for-python-java-bash/