Add Telegram messaging to your WeWeb app

Build Telegram messaging workflows in WeWeb

The Telegram integration lets you connect a Telegram bot to your app and trigger Telegram actions from WeWeb workflows:

• Send Telegram messages from your app
• Edit existing messages
• Delete messages
• Send photos using publicly accessible image URLs
• Send documents to Telegram users
• Add inline keyboards with interactive buttons
• Build Telegram communication into your app workflows

What WeWeb supports natively

Why use WeWeb with Telegram

Telegram provides the messaging channel, while WeWeb lets you connect those interactions to your app's data and workflows.

You can automatically send updates when something happens in your app, share files or images, manage existing messages, and add interactive buttons that give users clear ways to respond or continue an interaction.

Perfect for:

• Sending transactional notifications
• Delivering alerts and status updates
• Sending documents or reports
• Sharing images from automated workflows
• Building Telegram-based notification systems
• Adding interactive buttons to bot messages
• Connecting Telegram communication to app actions and backend processes

And more…

Integrating Telegram with WeWeb

Integrating Telegram with WeWeb is straightforward:

1. Create a Telegram bot using BotFather
2. Follow the BotFather setup flow to generate your bot token
3. Add Telegram as an integration in WeWeb
4. Create a connection using the bot token
5. Add Telegram actions to your workflows
6. Configure the message, media, or interaction you want your bot to send

Sending and managing messages

The integration supports standard Telegram message operations.

You can:

• Send message to send plain-text messages
• Edit message to change an existing message
• Delete message to remove an existing message

This lets you do more than simply push new notifications. For example, a workflow can update a previously sent message when the underlying status or information changes.

Best practices

• Keep your bot token secure and avoid exposing it in your frontend
• Use message IDs when editing or deleting existing messages
• Make sure image URLs used with Send photo are publicly accessible
• Test media URLs before using them in production workflows
• Use inline keyboards when users need clear, predefined actions instead of relying only on free-form replies
• Use descriptive bot messages so recipients understand why they are receiving the notification

Limitations

• Photos must currently be provided through publicly accessible URLs

FAQs

What do I need to connect Telegram to WeWeb?

You need a Telegram bot token.

Create your bot through BotFather in Telegram, follow the bot creation flow, and use the generated token when creating the Telegram connection in WeWeb.

Can I send Telegram messages from WeWeb?

Yes. The integration includes an action for sending plain-text messages through your connected Telegram bot.

Can I edit a Telegram message after sending it?

Yes. Use the Edit message action and provide the message ID of the message you want to update.

Can I delete Telegram messages from WeWeb?

Yes. The integration includes a Delete message action for removing an existing Telegram message.

Can I send photos through Telegram?

Yes. The integration supports sending photos.

The image needs to be available through a publicly accessible URL so Telegram can retrieve it.

Can I send documents?

Yes. Telegram workflows can send documents such as PDFs through the connected bot.

Can I add buttons to Telegram messages?

Yes. The integration supports inline keyboards, which display interactive buttons directly below a Telegram message.