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Telegram

All our notifications can be delivered to a Telegram chat of your choice.

Getting started #

This guide assumes you've followed our Getting Started documentation to know where you can configure your notifications.

Linking Telegram to Oh Dear #

To get started, click the Telegram notification channel in the left-hand menu at either the team or site level.

The Telegram notification channel settings in Oh Dear

First, you need to invite @OhDearAppBot in your Telegram channel.

Next, you must copy the start command we generated, and paste it into the Telegram channel.

Pasting the Oh Dear start command into a Telegram channel

At Oh Dear, the start command will be acknowledged too.

Oh Dear acknowledging the Telegram start command once the chat is linked

Finally, you must choose for which events you want to receive notifications, and save the Telegram settings.

Choosing which events to receive and saving the Telegram notification settings in Oh Dear

Testing the Telegram alerts #

Head over to the Send test tab to test the alert. You'll see a test notification in Telegram.

An Oh Dear test notification received in Telegram
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