Telegram Plugin for Scrypted

Setup a device providing a bot token and an chat id

1. Get Your Bot Token

   1. Open Telegram and search for @BotFather
   2. Start a chat and type /newbot
   3. Follow the prompts to choose a name and username for your bot
   4. After creation, BotFather will give you a token like:

2. Get Your Chat ID

   1. Start a chat with your bot on Telegram (just send it a message)
   2. Open this URL in your browser (replace YOUR_BOT_TOKEN): https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates
   3. Look for a response like this: "chat": { "id": 123456789, "first_name": "YourName", ... }