Notifications to Telegram Group¶

In this example we make a bot, that will send notifications to telegram group on new issues. You can slightly change the script to use other type of events.

Telegram Bot¶

In telegram client open BotFather
Send /newbot command to create a new bot
Follow instruction to set bot name and get bot token
Keep your token secure and store safely, it can be used by anyone to control your bot

Telegram Group¶

Add created bot to the group, where it will send notifications

You will need Group ID. To get one, temporarly add Get My ID bot to the group.

Secrets¶

Add following secrets

TELEGRAM_TOKEN – bot token
TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID – Group ID. Normally, it’s negative integer

Github Actions¶

Create .github/workflows/main.yml file (you can also use [Set up a workflow yourself] button at Actions tab of the repository page)

name: Telegram Notifications

on:
  issues:
    types: [opened, reopened, deleted, closed]

jobs:
  notify:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Send notifications to Telegram
      run: curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot${{ secrets.TELEGRAM_TOKEN }}/sendMessage -d chat_id=${{ secrets.TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID }} -d text="${MESSAGE}" >> /dev/null
      env:
        MESSAGE: "Issue ${{ github.event.action }}: \n${{ github.event.issue.html_url }}"

Try it out¶

Create new issue
RESULT: bot sends a notification