Connect a Telegram Bot to n8n for Notifications

Description

**In this tutorial, you will learn how to create your own Telegram bot using BotFather and connect it to n8n for automated notifications and workflows! This step-by-step tutorial covers everything from bot creation to getting those tricky chat IDs.

**Why Do This?
**Perfect for automating n8n workflow notifications, alerts, and updates directly to your Telegram App!

🤖 What You’ll Learn:

• Create a new Telegram bot using BotFather
• Set up the Telegram node in n8n
• Find your chat ID (with an easy template method!)
• Send automated notifications from n8n to Telegram
• Troubleshoot common setup issues

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**Telegram:
**https://telegram.org/

n8n:
https://n8n.io/

**Hostinger VPS (use n8n for free):
**https://mikemurphy.co/vps

**1Password Password Manager:
**https://mikemurphy.co/1password

**Get Chat ID:
**https://api.telegram.org/bot\[YOUR_BOT_TOKEN\]/getUpdates

—————The API Request Recipe———————

✅** Chapters:**
00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial

00:12 What is Telegram?

00:25 What is n8n?

00:37 Why Connect n8n + Telegram?
01:23 How To Create Telegram Chatbot
02:00 Name Your Bot + Username
02:46 Telegram Confirmation
03:03 Customize Bot Profile
03:39 HTTP API Token
04:10 Create Saved Credentials (N8N)
04:38 Saving API Keys
05:03 Password Managers
05:34 Add New N8N Workflow
06:01 Get Chat ID
06:22 Chat ID URL (Paste in Browser)
06:50 Add API Key to URL
07:14 Copy/Paste in Browser
07:37 Paste Chat ID in N8N
08:07 Re-using Chat IDs in N8N
08:49 Duplicating Workflows

🪜How To Create Telegram Bot Using BotFather:

1. Open Discord App
2. Search for “@BotFather”
3. Start a conversation with BotFather
4. Send /newbot command to BotFather
5. Choose a display name for your bot (e.g., “AI Mike Bot”)
6. Choose a unique username ending in “bot” (e.g., “aimikebot”)
7. BotFather will confirm creation and provide your bot token
8. Click the Profile Link to Customize
9. Copy API Key (Token) in Telegram
10. Go to n8n
11. Click the Plus (+) icon and then ‘Save Credential’

🪜How To Setup Telegram Node in N8N:

1. Click Plus (+) Icon, select ’Workflow’
2. Click + To add a new Node
3. Search for ‘Telegram’ and click to add to n8n Canvas
4. Search Telegram Node for ‘Send Text Message’

🪜How To Get Chat ID:

1. Start a conversation with your new bot (Telegram)
2. Send any message to the bot
3. Visit: https://api.telegram.org/bot\[YOUR_BOT_TOKEN\]/getUpdates
4. Find your chat ID in the JSON response (under “chat” > “id”)
5. Copy ID

• 6. Return to N8N and paste in ‘Chat ID’ field of Telegram Node