telegram – module for sending notifications via telegram

Synopsis

• Send notifications via telegram bot, to a verified group or user

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
chat_id - / required		Telegram group or user chat_id
msg - / required		What message you wish to send.
msg_format - added in 2.4	Choices: plain ← markdown html	Message format. Formatting options `markdown` and `html` described in Telegram API docs (https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#formatting-options). If option `plain` set, message will not be formatted.
token - / required		Token identifying your telegram bot.

Notes

Note

• You will require a telegram account and create telegram bot to use this module.

Examples

- name: send a message to chat in playbook
  telegram:
    token: '9999999:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
    chat_id: 000000
    msg: Ansible task finished

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
msg string	success	The message you attempted to send Sample: Ansible task finished
telegram_error string	failure	Error message gotten from Telegram API Sample: Bad Request: message text is empty

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Artem Feofanov (@tyouxa)

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