Effortlessly control your smart home with Telegram
Introducing the Telegram bot for Homey Pro - the ultimate smart home hub companion. With this bot, you can control your smart home devices right from your Telegram chat. The bot supports sending and receiving messages, making it easy to stay connected with your home.
One of the most exciting features of this bot is the question system. With this system, you can use Telegram inline buttons to trigger actions on your smart home hub, such as turning on the lights or adjusting the thermostat. This makes it incredibly easy to control your home from anywhere in the world.
In addition, the Telegram bot for Homey Pro supports multiple users and chats, as well as groups, making it perfect for families or roommates who want to control their smart home together. With this bot, your smart home has never been more accessible or convenient. Install now and experience the convenience of controlling your smart home from Telegram.
How to setup
Install the app on your smart home hub.
Create a Telegram bot by searching for @Botfather in the Telegram search bar and selecting the @Botfather bot.
Start the @Botfather bot by clicking the âStartâ button or by sending the /newbot command to create a new bot.
(Optional) To ensure privacy, set the bot to private by entering /setjoingroup DISABLED and set the privacy to DISABLED by entering /setprivacy.
Enter the token in the app settings.
Start the bot by sending the /start command in Telegram, and follow the instructions. Each user must also send the bot the /start command. You can share the bot with others by searching for it in Telegram or by sharing the profile link.
Any requests please post them in the Telegram topic on the Athom Community forum
Please report issues at the issues section on Github otherwise in this topic.
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Mostly a more modern app (SDKv3, Telegram API v4). So the more possibilityâs. The Telegram bot from Jorden was updated last updated 3 years ago and wasnât working for me.
Yes of course, but I wanted a system where I donât have to use a 3rd party service to send a message.
Also CallMeBot doesnât support message receiving
I was able to follow the instructions from the first post just fine.
Now I want to add users in the app settings in Homey, but I canât.
What am I missing?
They have also to contact the bot, since it has to know the user id
Edit: I will edit the instructions to make it more clear. Each User has to write the bot the /start command and register. To find the bot you can enter the bot name into the search of Telegram or share the bot via profile
Would it be possible to âanswerâ a question from a flow with yes or no and decide the continuation of the flow based on that answer, with the receiving message functionality coming in 1.0.3?
It would be possible when splitting the flow in 2 flows.
The first flow sends the question, the second flow triggers the flow by âmessage receivedâ , dependent on the answer (and user).
You mean like you send a question (e.g. Would you like to close the blinds?) to a chat and answer it with Yes or No?
With the with the version 1.0.3, technically yes. But you would have to store the last asked question in a variable. And check with âA message receivedâ the answer.
I could implement that functionality inside the app. Once I have so free time for that and I have a test version Iâll let you know.
You always beat me with 1m
And you could that in one flow with adv. flow