Telegram incoming messages

Note:

For early access clients only

This page describes the incoming (MO) messages you can receive from Telegram users through the CM.com Messaging API.

For the generic behaviour of inbound messages across all channels, see Incoming messages.

The main difference to other channels is the fact that Telegram uses numeric identifier for a sender and recipient. So called "Chat ID" for the sender and a "Bot ID" for the recipient of the MO message.

Telegram supports receiving text messages and receiving media messages.

Message Example

{
  "reference": "my-reference",
  "messageContext": "",
  "from": {
    "number": "87654321",
    "name": "John Doe"
  },
  "to": {
    "number": "bot12345"
  },
  "message": {
    "text": "Hi",
    "media": {
      "mediaUri": "",
      "contentType": "",
      "title": ""
    },
    "custom": {}
  },
  "groupings": ["", "", ""],
  "time": "2021-05-27 15:47:52",
  "timeUtc": "2021-05-27T13:47:52",
  "channel": "Telegram Messenger"
}