For Telegram, how can I find out my own user id (chat_id
) for use with the Telegram API?
I want to send myself a message via the Telegram API, like this:
https://api.telegram.org/bot<BOTID>/sendMessage
Send a message to your bot then retrieve the update with:
https://api.telegram.org/bot<BOTID>/getUpdates
In the json string returned you will find you chat_id/user_id.
In single chat with the bot chat_id is equal to user_id.
Now you can send your message with:
https://api.telegram.org/bot<BOTID>/sendMessage?chat_id="yourchatid"&text="Hello!"