Setting up your Telegram Bot

NodeRed isn't set up to run a telegram bot out of the box. Thankfully it's very easy to do. First off, get to your NodeRed canvas (called a flow)

ChatId

Your ChatId is the long number which identifies you on telegram. Each user has one & so does each group chat (although those are negative numbers). You'll want to know what

Get A Bot

This is the first step in having your own telegram bot. Actually, come to think of it, the first step is for you to download telegram & install it. I'm not

NodeRed

NodeRed is a flexible visual programming tool mainly for managing IoT services. I don't use it for that at all, I use it to run my telegram bot! Installation is easy

Inadyn

Keeping the internet connected to your domain is vital. Here's one way to update your DNS entries