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Setting Up Telegram Notifications for Gunbot

Use Telegram notifications to receive Gunbot trade and status updates. This guide walks through enabling the Telegram bot in Gunbot, creating a bot with BotFather, and adding your Chat ID.

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Telegram is a popular messaging app that supports bots. Gunbot can use a Telegram bot to send you notifications about your trades and bot status.

Starting with Telegram Settings in Gunbot​

Access Telegram Settings: Click on your profile icon in Gunbot.

Accessing Telegram settings in Gunbot profile menu

Expand the Telegram section to view the settings.

Expanded Telegram settings section in Gunbot

Enable the Telegram Bot: Toggle the switch to true to activate Telegram bot notifications.

Telegram bot activation toggle switch

Prepare to enter the required information in the fields that appear.

Telegram bot configuration fields

Configuring Your Personal Telegram Bot​

Giving Your Bot a Personality: Nickname & Bot Token​

Choose a unique nickname for your Gunbot Telegram Bot. Get the Bot Token to connect Gunbot to your bot:

Start a chat with BotFather on Telegram.

Press Start at the bottom of your screen.

BotFather chat interface in Telegram

Create a new bot by selecting /newbot.

Creating new bot with BotFather command

Name your bot and choose a username for it, ending in _bot or Bot.

Setting bot name and username in BotFather

Bot username setup

Copy the API Token provided by BotFather.

BotFather API Token

Paste this token into the 'Bot Token' field in Gunbot.

Establishing Your Chat ID​

Get your personal Chat ID so Gunbot can identify you on Telegram:

Chat with @myidbot on Telegram.

Send /getid to receive your unique chat ID.

Chat ID Retrieval

Enter this ID in the 'Chat ID' field in Gunbot.

Group or Channel Notifications​

For notifications in a group or channel, add @myidbot there and use /getgroupid to obtain the ID.

Admin ID: Your Exclusive Access​

Set the Admin ID to your personal ID so you can interact with the bot. For group or channel setups, use your personal ID, not the group/channel ID.

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Remember, for group or channel setups, the Admin ID should be your personal ID, not the group's or channel's.

Activating Your Telegram Bot​

Hit 'Apply' and then 'Save settings' in Gunbot.

Wait for the bot to load as indicated in the Gunbot console.

Bot Loading

Start a chat with your bot in Telegram by sending the /start command to open the menu.

Chat Start

You're all set to receive buy and sell notifications through your Telegram bot.

Final Step