community.general.telegram – module for sending notifications via telegram

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.2).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.telegram.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Send notifications via telegram bot, to a verified group or user

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
chat_id string / required		Telegram group or user chat_id
msg string / required		What message you wish to send.
msg_format string	Choices: plain ← markdown html	Message format. Formatting options `markdown` and `html` described in Telegram API docs (https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#formatting-options). If option `plain` set, message will not be formatted.
token string / required		Token identifying your telegram bot.

Notes

Note

You will require a telegram account and create telegram bot to use this module.

Examples

- name: Send a message to chat in playbook
  community.general.telegram:
    token: '9999999:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
    chat_id: 000000
    msg: Ansible task finished

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
msg string	success	The message you attempted to send Sample: Ansible task finished
telegram_error string	failure	Error message gotten from Telegram API Sample: Bad Request: message text is empty

Authors

Artem Feofanov (@tyouxa)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/general/telegram_module.html