KB-113757: Sending E3 messages to a Telegram group via BOT.

This article illustrates how to send Elipse E3/Elipse Power messages via a BOT to a group in Telegram app.

First of all, you must create a BOT. For the purposes of this article, we will consider the BOT has already been created, according to the procedures at Sending Telegram messages via Elipse E3/Elipse Power. After that, follow these steps:

1. Firstly, ask the group’s creator/admin to add the BOT to the group.

2. Then, send a test message to the group. For example:

3. After that, in your browser, get a list of updates for your BOT:
https://api.telegram.org/bot/getUpdates

For example:
https://api.telegram.org/bot3294991797:AAFUrfZFoO4ezUc7IZAGY-B1jTWNFbGmJh0/getUpdates

4. Subsequently, search the received message for the last “chat” object:

{“update_id”:96441558,”message”:{“message_id”:42,”from”:{“id”:1398492514,”is_bot”:false,”first_name”:”D\u00e9lio”,”last_name”:”Damin”,”language_code”:”pt-br”},”chat“:{“id”:-175560695,”title”:”Teste_Elipse”,”type”:”group”,”all_members_are_administrators”:true},”date”:1610733225,”new_chat_participant”:{“id”:1294991797,”is_bot”:true,”first_name”:”Delio Elipse”,”username”:”DelioElipseBOT”},”new_chat_member”:{“id”:1294991797,”is_bot”:true,”first_name”:”Delio Elipse”,”username”:”DelioElipseBOT”},”new_chat_members”:[{“id”:1294991797,”is_bot”:true,”first_name”:”Delio Elipse”,”username”:”DelioElipseBOT”}

Therefore, if we format the received answer via a JSON viewer, it would look like this:

{
   "ok":true,
   "result":[
      {
         "update_id":96441558,
         "message":{
            "message_id":42,
            "from":{
               "id":1398492514,
               "is_bot":false,
               "first_name":"D\u00e9lio",
               "last_name":"Damin",
               "language_code":"pt-br"
            },
            "chat":{
               "id":-175560695,
               "title":"Teste_Elipse",
               "type":"group",
               "all_members_are_administrators":true
            },
            "date":1610733225,
            "new_chat_participant":{
               "id":1294991797,
               "is_bot":true,
               "first_name":"Delio Elipse",
               "username":"DelioElipseBOT"
            },
            "new_chat_member":{
               "id":1294991797,
               "is_bot":true,
               "first_name":"Delio Elipse",
               "username":"DelioElipseBOT"
            },
            "new_chat_members":[
               {
                  "id":1294991797,
                  "is_bot":true,
                  "first_name":"Delio Elipse",
                  "username":"DelioElipseBOT"
               }
            ]
         }
      }
   ]
}

This is a sample of the answer you get when adding a BOT to the group.

5. Finally, use the “id” of the “chat” object to send your messages.
For example:
https://api.telegram.org/bot3294991797:AAFUrfZFoO4ezUc7IZAGY-B1jTWNFbGmJh0/SendMessage?chat_id=-175560695&text=Hello!