---
title: "Telegram incoming messages"
description: "Get started with CM.com's Developer API Documentation for Inbound Telegram. Find everything you need to implement Inbound Telegram for your business."
canonical: "https://docs.cm.com/messaging/other-channels/telegram-inbound"
---

# Telegram incoming messages

> Get started with CM.com's Developer API Documentation for Inbound Telegram. Find everything you need to implement Inbound Telegram for your business.

Source: https://docs.cm.com/messaging/other-channels/telegram-inbound

:::warning[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](https://docs.cm.com/messaging/business-messaging/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](https://docs.cm.com/messaging/business-messaging/incoming-messages#media-messages).

#### Message Example

```json
{
  "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"
}

```