telemify

CLI tool to quickly send messages via Telegram messanger.

Install

$ npm install -g telemify

Setup

Before using tool, you need create configuration file. Use comand:

$ telemify setup --token=XXX --chat_id=XXX

This will create a configuration file in the folder ~/.config/telemify/config.json.

{
  "token": "TOKEN_OF_THE_BOT",
  "chat_id": "12345678"
}

How to get bot token?

https://www.siteguarding.com/en/how-to-get-telegram-bot-api-token

How to get chat_id ?

You must send your bot any message and go to the https://api.telegram.org/bot{BOT_TOKEN}/getUpdates. After you should copy the ID from the from property result[0].message.from.id.

{
  "ok": true,
  "result": [
    {
      "message": {
        "from": {
          "id": 111222333,
          ...
        },
        ...
      }
    }
  ]
}

Usage

It's simply! Use command:

$ telemify "Hello, World!"