Connect Telegram
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You need: a Telegram channel where you can add administrators, and the Telegram app.
Robopost publishes to Telegram through a bot. You make the bot an admin of your channel, then give Robopost the channel's invite link.
Step 1: Find the bot's username
Go to Channels → Connect channel and click Telegram Channel. The Connect Telegram Channel window opens. Step 1 of its instructions shows the bot's username (it starts with "@"). Keep the window open.
Step 2: Add the bot as an admin of your channel
In the Telegram app:
- Open your channel and go to its settings (tap the channel name, then Edit or the pencil icon).
- Tap Administrators, then Add Admin.
- Search for the bot's username from step 1 and select it.
- Grant it all permissions, including posting messages, and save.
Step 3: Copy the channel's invite link
Still in the channel's settings, tap Invite Links and copy the link. It looks like https://t.me/....
Step 4: Connect the channel in Robopost
- Back in the Connect Telegram Channel window, paste the link into Channel Invite Link.
- Turn on I added the bot as an Admin in the channel.
- Click Connect.
"Successfully connected" appears, and the channel is listed in Channels → Channels under its Telegram name.
Note
Connect stays grayed out until you've pasted a link and turned on the switch.
Can I connect a Telegram group?
Yes, with the same steps: add the bot as an admin of the group, copy the group's invite link, and paste it in the Connect Telegram Channel window.
Troubleshooting
"An error occurred while trying to connect the channel"
The full message asks you to check your invite link and confirm the bot is an admin of the channel. Check that:
- the bot is listed under the channel's Administrators, with permission to post messages;
- you pasted the channel's invite link, complete and unchanged;
- the invite link hasn't been revoked or expired in Telegram. Create a new one if in doubt.
Then try again.
Posts to Telegram stopped
Someone may have removed the bot or its admin rights. Add it back as an admin (step 2), then open the channel's Settings in Robopost, click Refresh Channel Connection and paste the invite link again. See Reconnect a channel.