Closed titusjaka closed 7 years ago
Does this mean, that we need to host telegram bot somewhere?
Unfortunately it seems so.
And how are you going to share this bot across multiple installations? Or you assume, that setup telegram bot will be much easier, than current approach?
Setup telegram bot is one-time operation which is made by Moira admin.
So, the remaining pros is only "private message"
as user wants to receive notification, he finds that bot and press Start. Since that moment bot has access to user's credentials
Does it? To what kind of credentials - username, phone number? I couldn't find it in the docs.
At least it seems so: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#message
As I see there is from
field in every message including start message. This filed contains User
details.
Also, I found this thing: https://core.telegram.org/bots/inline I'm not sure, but it looks like something we could use for group chats. I'll find out and let you know if it fits us.
Yes, but this User
consists of:
What would you do with this id? I bet it's not a phone number, for example.
Hi guys,
This ticket is opened for the future and its aim is to start a discussion.
The point is that telegram notifier configuration is too complicated for the end user:
@moira_bot
to that channel as adminWhy I don't like the current way:
The way I suggest:
@ya
Pros and cons of that way:
I would like to see your thoughts about this thread. Thank you!