Prusa Connect - Telegram notifications setup

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Last updated 9 months ago

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Step 1 Introduction

⬢In the following steps, we will set up Prusa Connect to send notifications to your Telegram messaging app.

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Telegram messenger is a secure, open-source instant messaging app that can be downloaded from https://telegram.org/
and runs on all the major computer / phone platforms for free.

Your Telegram app may differ slightly from the images depending on your current version.

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To start over, we will utilize Telegram bots. We'll employ two existing bots and create a third one solely dedicated to dispatching notifications.

Perform this task on a computer with text copy-pasting capabilities and a text editor.

Step 2 Telegram account setup

⬢Install, set up and activate your personal Telegram account in case you don’t have one already.

⬢Open the Menu by clicking the button in the left top corner of the desktop app.

⬢Go to Settings > My Account

⬢Set up Username for your account.

Your Username has to be unique.

Setting up a Username is essential for our purpouses. Interestingly, it's often left unconfigured after the initial account creation.

Step 3 Creating a Bot

⬢In order to create a new Bot, we will need to contact BotFather (existing bot).

⬢Search for BotFather and open up a chat with it.

⬢Hit Start to start a chat.

⬢Type /newbot and send the command to BotFather.

⬢Fill in the Name and then Username for your new bot, when prompted. Remember, the Username has to be unique.

The unique username must end in "bot". E.g. "PrusaConnect_bot" or "PrusaConnectBot".

⬢BotFather will facilitate the creation of the new bot and provide us with its HTTP API Token.

Note down this token for future use by pasting it into a text editor.

Step 4 Starting the Bot

Now, we must start the bot.

⬢Click the link leading to your newly created bot.

⬢Select Start to start the bot.

Step 5 Obtaining the Chat ID

⬢Now, we have to determine where the Bot will send the notifications to. There are two options:

⬢1. To you directly.

⬢2. To a Group chat, into which you can add multiple users.

We need to find out a Chat ID number: Either your personal, or a Group chat ID.

⬢To receive the messages directly, search for RawDataBot and open up a chat with it.

⬢Start the bot.

⬢It will show you your personal Chat ID number. Note it down.

Step 6 Creating a Group chat (Optional)

⬢To use a Group chat where the Bot will post the notifications:

⬢In Chats, create a New Group.

⬢Give the group a name and then choose Next.

⬢Now, we need to add members to the group.

⬢Search for your recently created bot by its unique Username and add it to the Group.

⬢Then, search for RawDataBot (existing bot) and add it to the group as well.

Step 7 Obtaining the Group chat ID (optional)

⬢Immediately after the group's creation, the RawDataBot will show the group chat ID number to you.

⬢Note down the group chat ID number for future use.

Keep in mind that the complete Group chat ID number starts with the "-" minus character at the beginning!

⬢Since RawDataBot has fulfilled its purpose by supplying us with the Chat ID, you can remove it from the group. Click the three dots icon in the top-right corner, choose Manage group > Members, and finally, select RawDataBot - Remove.