{"repo":"lufton/ha_telegram_client","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/lufton/ha_telegram_client","clone":"git clone https://github.com/lufton/ha_telegram_client.git","description":"HACS telegram client component","language":"Python","stars":16,"topics":["api","automation","bot","client","home-assistant","messenger","telegram"],"license":null,"category":"chat-messaging","readme_excerpt":"Telegram client integration The telegram client integration uses Telethon library to connect Home Assistant with your Telegram account in order to send, edit and delete messages and also capture and propagate events to event bus. Installation Installation using HACS Preferable way to install this custom integration is to use HACS. Learn how to install HACS here. After you have successfully installed and configured HACS you can simply press this button to add this repository to HACS and proceed to Telegram client installation. Manual installation If you don't have or don't want to install HACS you can simple donwload latest release Source code (zip) file. Unzip it, copy custom components/telegram client folder inside custom components folder of your Home Assistant instance and restart it. Two client types This integration allows you to authorize either as a user or as a bot. Depending on your needs, you can pick which one is preferable to you. Each type of client has its own benefits and limitations. For example User can send messages to any other user (depends on privacy setting), whereas Bot can't. But Bot can send messages with keyboards, whereas User can't. But don't worry, you can create several instances of Telegram client with different types and get benefits of both. Obtaining Telegram api id and api hash To register Telegram app you need to have active account. 1. Navigate to App configuration page 2. Sign in 3. Give your app a title and short name and save changes 4.","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/lufton","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/lufton/ha_telegram_client/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}