[Q] How to send one message from cli ?

[flyingrub]

hi, in my case i only need to send one msg sometimes (to notify me of somethings). I would like to launch it from a python / bash / ruby script. What is the simplest way to send only one message, without creating daemon, lua script ect ? I've seen a lot of thing in bash bur none worked :/ it would be great if we could launch only one command without opening the pseudo shell.

[luckydonald]

have a look at the -e parameter.

[flyingrub]

Thanks, i will try it :)

Also why is there no docs for the differents options of the telegram-cli ?

[flyingrub]

there is an issue, the -W option is executed after the -e one, so i can't send message to any groupchat with this options.

[LukeLR]

There is a documentation, try telegram-cli -h, it will print all it's arguments ;) I am not Shure, but the issue that telegram is unable to send messages to users it hasn't messaged before is maybe fixed in the test branch. You should probably download that one and give it a try ;)

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there is an issue, the -W option is executed after the -e one, so i can't send message to any groupchat with this options.

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[jonnywilliamson]

Are you using the TEST branch?

I think the requirement for -W on the command line before it will send a message with -e is not required anymore.

[flyingrub]

i've found this workaround, (sleep 5; echo "msg user msg") | telegram-cli -W, i use the master one.

[gnumoksha]

@flyingrub I have better experience using this:

./telegram-cli -k tg-server.pub -WR -e "msg $USER $TEXT"

eg.:

./telegram-cli -k tg-server.pub -WR -e "msg user#1234567 hi"

See

• user_info
• chat_info
• https://github.com/gnumoksha/zabbix_utils/blob/1bc9a463bc649e3100396ce288053e70ee9ca806/gnu%2Blinux/alertscripts/telegram.sh
• http://tobias.ws/blog/zabbix-com-notificacoes-pelo-telegram/ (only in portuguese, sorry)