Freqtrade: Send Message to Groups and Channels on Telegram

Created on 4 Dec 2017 · 4Comments · Source: freqtrade/freqtrade

Enhancement:
An Option to make the bot send status updates (trades) to telegram groups and channels!

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macd2

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This is already possible. I am sending my status updates to a group. The trick is that you need to get the group id and put it into the chat_id parameter of the config instead of your own user id.

The easiest way I found to get this was by using Telegram Web and then going to the group you want to add the status updates to. The group id will be in the url. More instructions for this can be found at https://github.com/GabrielRF/telegram-id/blob/master/README.md

timhilliard on 2 Jan 2018

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This is already possible. I am sending my status updates to a group. The trick is that you need to get the group id and put it into the chat_id parameter of the config instead of your own user id.

timhilliard on 2 Jan 2018

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Curious @timhilliard, did you do anything extra to make sure the /stop and /forcesell commands are not executable by anyone in the group?

amaanr on 7 Jun 2020

No, it was a private group and i trusted the other participant (my wife) so didn't have to worry about that. But I could definitely see that being a problem.

timhilliard on 7 Jun 2020

I think i've said it before - but the telegram bot we use in freqtrade is not intended to be used by a group chat, but by the owner himself to control things.

I assume it's more about the notification part (posting profits / losses) - in which case you should be able to use the webhooks in combination with IFTTT - and use a telegram bot from there.

That'll mean no command can be sent back - but in theory you can dos the bot via Telegram by sending the right commands repeatedly, so i think this should be the way to go.

Anyway, it's not something we really support.