---
title: "Telegram Integration — Lemwatch Help"
description: "Receive LemWatch downtime, SSL, and performance alerts as Telegram messages via a bot token and chat ID configured per site."
canonical: "https://lemwatch.com/help/telegram-integration"
source: "https://lemwatch.com"
---

# Telegram Integration

> Receive LemWatch downtime, SSL, and performance alerts as Telegram messages via a bot token and chat ID configured per site.

## Telegram Integration

### Pro Plan and Above

 Receive instant LemWatch alerts on your phone via your **own** Telegram bot. LemWatch does not ship a shared bot — you create one in 60 seconds with @BotFather so the messages come from a sender you control.

### Step 1 — Create the bot

- In Telegram, open @BotFather and run /newbot .

- Give it a name and a unique username ending in bot (e.g. acme_alerts_bot ).

- Copy the HTTP API token BotFather returns. Treat it like a password.

### Step 2 — Find your chat ID

- Direct messages: open your new bot in Telegram and send any message (e.g. hi ).

- Group/channel: add the bot to the group (admin for channels) and post one message.

- Open https://api.telegram.org/bot<TOKEN>/getUpdates in your browser.

- Copy the chat.id value from the JSON response. Group IDs start with - ; channel IDs start with -100 .

### Step 3 — Connect in LemWatch

- Go to Settings → Notifications → Telegram .

- Paste the Bot token and the Chat ID .

- Click Send test to verify.

### Message Format

- Site name and URL

- Alert type with severity emoji (🔴 🟡 🟢)

- Current metric values

- Quick link to the LemWatch dashboard

### Tips

- Telegram push works even when your phone is locked.

- Mute the bot during off-hours from Telegram's built-in notification settings.

- Works on mobile, desktop, and web Telegram.

- The bot token is stored in your LemWatch organisation and used only for outbound sendMessage calls. Revoke it any time from @BotFather with /revoke if it leaks.


## Related

- [Help centre](https://lemwatch.com/help)
- [Setting Up Alerts](https://lemwatch.com/help/alert-setup)
- [Notification Channels Overview](https://lemwatch.com/help/notification-channels-overview)
- [PagerDuty Integration](https://lemwatch.com/help/pagerduty-integration)
- [CSV Export](https://lemwatch.com/help/csv-export)
- [Lemwatch pricing](https://lemwatch.com/pricing)
- [How do I change my timezone and date format?](https://lemwatch.com/help/timezone-locale-settings)
- [Microsoft Teams Integration](https://lemwatch.com/help/teams-integration)