---
title: telegram.message() function
description: >
  `telegram.message()` sends a single message to a Telegram channel
  using the [`sendMessage`](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendmessage) method of the Telegram Bot API.
menu:
  flux_v0_ref:
    name: telegram.message
    parent: contrib/sranka/telegram
    identifier: contrib/sranka/telegram/message
weight: 301
flux/v0/tags: [single notification]
---

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`telegram.message()` sends a single message to a Telegram channel
using the [`sendMessage`](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendmessage) method of the Telegram Bot API.



##### Function type signature

```js
(
    channel: A,
    text: B,
    token: string,
    ?disableWebPagePreview: C,
    ?parseMode: D,
    ?silent: E,
    ?url: string,
) => int
```

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## Parameters

### url

URL of the Telegram bot endpoint. Default is `https://api.telegram.org/bot`.



### token
({{< req >}})
Telegram bot token.



### channel
({{< req >}})
Telegram channel ID.



### text
({{< req >}})
Message text.



### parseMode

[Parse mode](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#formatting-options)
of the message text.
Default is `MarkdownV2`.



### disableWebPagePreview

Disable preview of web links in the sent message.
Default is `false`.



### silent

Send message [silently](https://telegram.org/blog/channels-2-0#silent-messages).
Default is `true`.




## Examples

### Send the last reported status to Telegram

```js
import "influxdata/influxdb/secrets"
import "contrib/sranka/telegram"

token = secrets.get(key: "TELEGRAM_TOKEN")

lastReported =
    from(bucket: "example-bucket")
        |> range(start: -1m)
        |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "statuses")
        |> last()
        |> findRecord(fn: (key) => true, idx: 0)

telegram.message(token: token, channel: "-12345", text: "Disk usage is **${lastReported.status}**.")

```