salt.modules.telegram

Module for sending messages via Telegram.

configuration:

In order to send a message via the Telegram, certain configuration is required in /etc/salt/minion on the relevant minions or in the pillar. Some sample configs might look like:

telegram.chat_id: '123456789'
telegram.token: '00000000:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
salt.modules.telegram.post_message(message, chat_id=None, token=None)

Send a message to a Telegram chat.

Parameters:
  • message – The message to send to the Telegram chat.
  • chat_id – (optional) The Telegram chat id.
  • token – (optional) The Telegram API token.
Returns:

Boolean if message was sent successfully.

CLI Example:

salt '*' telegram.post_message message="Hello Telegram!"

Docs for previous releases are available on readthedocs.org.

Latest Salt release: 2018.3.2

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