MMM-Telegram

James Farmer

I’m having trouble this module to work,

Instruction says

Command /newbot, give a name to the bot created, give an username. username should end with bot. (e.g. MyMagicMirrorBot or mystupidslave-bot… )

so i use example johnsmith for name and johnsmithmmbot for username.

               {
                        disabled: false,
                        module: 'MMM-TelegramBot',
                        position: 'top_center',
                        config: {
                                verbose: true,
                                telegramAPIKey : 'mykey',
                                allowedUser : ['johnsmith'], // This is NOT the username of bot.
                                }
                },

but i get error :

[2020-11-02 13:21:06.815] [LOG] [TELBOT] ERROR {
ok: false,
error_code: 400,
description: ‘Bad Request: chat_id is empty’

I am not sure allowedUser is correct ?

When i goto my Telegram bot, and type /mychatid, i get “You are not allowed to command me, ask admin”

Thankyou

@James-Farmer said in MMM-Telegram:

allowedUser : [‘johnsmith’], // This is NOT the username of bot.

Hi, i think you have make a mismake in your username.
i think johnsmith is your pseudonym
allowedUser is the real Telegram Username (your username start with an @)

you can see your user name in your profil of Telegram application
example: if you username is @johnsmith14586 so allowedUser: ['johnsmith14586'],

James Farmer

@Bugsounet

Hi, thanksyou for coming back to me, Sorry i couldn’t find Telegram username.

So i look here

I cant see any other username with @ only username of bot ?

sorry if im being stupid.

Thanks

3 lines to the left of search > parameters > edit profils

and you will see your username with @

James Farmer

@Bugsounet I found it…!! and it is all now working

Thankyou for the help.