Telegram Bot – how to get a group chat id?

In order to get the group chat id, do as follows: Add the Telegram BOT to the group. Get the list of updates for your BOT: https://api.telegram.org/bot<YourBOTToken>/getUpdates Ex: https://api.telegram.org/bot123456789:jbd78sadvbdy63d37gda37bd8/getUpdates Look for the “chat” object: {“update_id”:8393,”message”:{“message_id”:3,”from”:{“id”:7474,”first_name”:”AAA”},”chat”:{“id”:<group_ID>,”title”:””},”date”:25497,”new_chat_participant”:{“id”:71,”first_name”:”NAME”,”username”:”YOUR_BOT_NAME”}}} This is a sample of the response when you add your BOT into a group. Use the “id” of the … Read more