Small elaboration of telegram setup
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To have notifications delivered via Telegram, you first need to [create a new Telegram bot](https://core.telegram.org/bots#creating-a-new-bot), by talking to [@BotFather](https://t.me/botfather) within your Telegram client. Save the bot token that is returned after creation.
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Next, you need the `chat_id` of your Telegram account (or a group). The simplest way to do this is to start a conversation with your new bot, and send a simple test message to it. Then, using `curl`, fetch the `getUpdates` API endpoint, and look for the chat id in the json object for the message you sent. For example:
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Next, you need the `chat_id` of your Telegram account (or a group). The simplest way to do this is to start a conversation with your new bot, and send a simple test message to it. Then, using `curl`, fetch the [`getUpdates`](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#getupdates) API endpoint, and look for the chat id in the json object for the message you sent. For example:
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```sh
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$ bot_token="...." # enter your new bot's API token here.
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"username": "joebloggs"
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},
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......
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"text": "text of the test message you sent",
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......
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<snip rest of output>
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$
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```
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