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Connect Telegram notifications

Send LoudPixel citation alerts to Telegram via your own bot. Takes about 5 minutes including chat-ID lookup.

Steps

  1. Create the bot. Message @BotFather/newbot → follow the prompts. Copy the bot token — format 123456789:ABC-DEF1234…. Treat it like a password.
  2. Open a chat. Send your new bot any message (or add it to a group and post there). Telegram bots can't message you until you message them first.
  3. Get the chat ID. Visit https://api.telegram.org/bot<YOUR_TOKEN>/getUpdates in a browser and read result[0].message.chat.id.
    • Personal chat → positive number (e.g. 123456789)
    • Group / channel → negative number (e.g. -1001234567890)
  4. Paste into LoudPixel. Account → Notifications → toggle Telegram on → paste Bot token and Chat IDSaveSend test.

Troubleshooting

  • getUpdates returns an empty result — send the bot another message and reload; updates expire after 24 hours.
  • Test fails for a group — make sure the bot is still a member of the group, and use the full negative ID including the -100 prefix.
  • Token pasted with the bot name — the token is only the digits:letters part, nothing else.

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