How to connect Telegram
DesktopStart
With nearly 550 million monthly active users, Telegram is a must for your business.
Here's how you can connect your Telegram Groups and Channels with Publer:
Prerequisite 1: Make Publer Bot an admin of the Group or Channel
Regardless if you're adding a Group or a Channel, you need to make Publer Bot an admin. Steps are similar, but with some minor differences.
Group: Go to your Telegram Group and click on Members
Channel: Go to your Telegram Channel and click on Subscribers
Group: Click on Add Member
Channel: Click on Administrators
Group: Search for publr_bot and select Publer Bot once it shows up
Channel: Click on Add Admin
Group: Once the bot has been added, click Edit in the top right corner of your screen, then go to the Administrators section.
Channel: Click on the Search icon
Group: Click on Add admin
Channel: Search for publr_bot and select Publer Bot once it shows up
Group/Channel: Confirm the Admin rights
Prerequisite 2: Copy the username or the Publer Bot invite link
Note: Admins can invite the bot and assign permissions, but they won’t see the invite link under "Invite links." Only the OWNER has access to it.
If your Group or Channel is public, copy the username or the invite link
Go to your public Group or Channel
Copy the username or the invite link
If your Group or Channel is private, copy the invite link for Publer Bot
Go to the Settings of your Group or Channel
Click on Invite Links
Under Links created by other admins, click on Publer Bot
Copy the invite link using the Copy button (the https:// part is required)
Add your Telegram Group or Channel to Publer
Go to Publer.
Navigate to the Social Accounts tab, from the navigation bar in the left.
Locate Telegram, and click on Connect.
Select Telegram.
Paste the copied username or invite link for Publer Bot
Then, confirm that you added Publer Bot as an admin
Tips & warnings
Once you've connected your Telegram Groups and Channels, you can schedule in advance text messages, links, single and multi-photo posts (up to 10), videos, and GIFs. See the supported post types and limitations.
You can format and style the text using HTML tags.
You can always preview how your message will look on Telegram.
Once a post is published, you can edit the caption of the post within Publer, unless it's a multi-photo post (API limitations).
Due to rate limits from Telegram, your messages may be posted with a delay.
Follow-up comments on Telegram will be posted as replies to your original post.
Automatically or manually sharing Telegram messages to a Telegram group or channel will be be posted as forward message if Publer Bot is part of the original chat and the message link is attached to the post, otherwise the Telegram message will be shared as any other post.
When posting to a Telegram Group, the Publer Bot will show up next to the message. When posting to a Telegram Channel, the message will show up on behalf of the Channel and there will be no reference to Publer. This is a limitation from Telegram itself.
Keep in mind:
Telegram does not provide any insights or the ability to sync posts via their API.
In order to prevent spamming and abuse, daily post limits apply.
DesktopEnd
MobileStart
With nearly 550 million monthly active users, Telegram is a must for your business.
Here's how you can connect your Telegram Groups and Channels with Publer Mobile App:
Prerequisite 1: Make Publer Bot an admin of the Group or Channel
Regardless if you're adding a Group or a Channel, you need to make Publer Bot an admin. Steps are similar, but with some minor differences.
Group: Go to your Telegram Group and click on Members
Channel: Go to your Telegram Channel and click on Subscribers
Group: Click on Add Member
Channel: Click on Administrators
Group: Search for publr_bot and select Publer Bot once it shows up
Channel: Click on Add Admin
Group: Once the bot has been added, click Edit in the top right corner of your screen, then go to the Administrators section.
Channel: Click on the Search icon
Group: Click on Add admin
Channel: Search for publr_bot and select Publer Bot once it shows up
Group/Channel: Confirm the Admin rights
Prerequisite 2: Copy the username or the Publer Bot invite link
Note: Admins can invite the bot and assign permissions, but they won’t see the invite link under "Invite links." Only the OWNER has access to it.
If your Group or Channel is public, copy the username or the invite link
Go to your public Group or Channel
Copy the username or the invite link
If your Group or Channel is private, copy the invite link for Publer Bot
Go to the Settings of your Group or Channel
Click on Invite Links
Under Links created by other admins, click on Publer Bot
Copy the invite link using the Copy button (the https:// part is required)
Add your Telegram Group or Channel to Publer Mobile App
Log in on the application and navigate to the account menu on the upper left icon.
Tap on the Add new social accounts.
Select the Telegram icon.
Paste the copied username or invite link for Publer Bot
Then, confirm that you added Publer Bot as an admin.
After completing that, you’ll receive a success message and will be able to schedule for Telegram.
Tips & warnings
Once you've connected your Telegram Groups and Channels, you can schedule in advance text messages, links, single and multi-photo posts (up to 10), videos, and GIFs. See the supported post types and limitations.
You can format and style the text using HTML tags.
Once a post is published, you can edit the caption of the post within Publer, unless it's a multi-photo post (API limitations).
Due to rate limits from Telegram, your messages may be posted with a delay.
Follow-up comments on Telegram will be posted as replies to your original post.
Automatically or manually sharing Telegram messages to a Telegram group or channel will be be posted as forward message if Publer Bot is part of the original chat and the message link is attached to the post, otherwise the Telegram message will be shared as any other post.
When posting to a Telegram Group, the Publer Bot will show up next to the message. When posting to a Telegram Channel, the message will show up on behalf of the Channel and there will be no reference to Publer. This is a limitation from Telegram itself.!
Keep in mind:
Telegram does not provide any insights or the ability to sync posts via their API.
In order to prevent spamming and abuse, daily post limits apply.
MobileEnd
Updated on: 05/03/2025
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