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Telegram

TryPost publishes to Telegram channels and groups through a shared TryPost bot that you add as an administrator.

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Connect a channel

  1. Go to Accounts in the TryPost dashboard
  2. Click Connect on Telegram
  3. Add the bot (e.g. @TryPostBot) as an administrator of your channel or group
  4. Copy the /connect <code> command shown in the dialog and post it in that channel
  5. TryPost links the channel automatically — the dialog closes once it’s connected
The bot must be an administrator of the channel. Telegram only delivers channel posts (including the /connect command and reactions) to bots that are admins, and the bot needs admin rights to publish.
You can connect as many channels and groups as you like — each one becomes its own account.

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Supported content types

TypeDescription
Post (telegram_post)Text with up to 10 images/videos (multiple media are sent as an album)
Telegram allows up to 4096 characters of text. Media captions are capped at 1024, so a longer post is sent as the media followed by a separate text message. Formatting (bold, italic, links, code) and plain @username mentions are preserved — Telegram auto-links public usernames.

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Analytics

Telegram’s Bot API exposes no post view counts. TryPost surfaces what is available:
  • Subscribers — the channel’s member count (shown account-wide and on each post)
  • Reactions — per-post reaction counts (👍 ❤️ 🔥 …), pushed in real time by Telegram

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Self-hosting setup

Telegram uses a single shared bot. Create one with @BotFather, then configure: 
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=123456:ABC...
TELEGRAM_BOT_USERNAME=YourBot
TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_SECRET=a-long-random-string
Register the webhook so Telegram can deliver /connect commands and reactions: 
php artisan telegram:set-webhook
The webhook URL is {APP_URL}/telegram/webhook, so APP_URL must be a public HTTPS URL Telegram can reach. Re-run telegram:set-webhook whenever it changes. See the Self-Hosting configuration guide.