--- name: telegram description: | Telegram Bot API integration with managed authentication. Send messages, manage chats, handle updates, and interact with users through your Telegram bot. Use this skill when users want to send messages, create polls, manage bot commands, or interact with Telegram chats. For other third party apps, use the api-gateway skill (https://clawhub.ai/byungkyu/api-gateway). compatibility: Requires network access and valid Maton API key metadata: author: maton version: "1.0" clawdbot: emoji: 🧠 requires: env: - MATON_API_KEY ---

Telegram Bot API

Access the Telegram Bot API with managed authentication. Send messages, photos, polls, locations, and more through your Telegram bot.

Quick Start

# Get bot info
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/telegram/:token/getMe')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://gateway.maton.ai/telegram/:token/{method}

The :token placeholder is automatically replaced with your bot token from the connection configuration. Replace {method} with the Telegram Bot API method name (e.g., sendMessage, getUpdates).

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

Environment Variable: Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

1. Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
2. Go to maton.ai/settings
3. Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your Telegram bot connections at https://ctrl.maton.ai.

List Connections

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections?app=telegram&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'telegram'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "e8f5078d-e507-4139-aabe-1615181ea8fc",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2026-02-07T10:37:21.053942Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-02-07T10:37:59.881901Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "telegram",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned url in a browser to complete the bot token configuration.

Delete Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple Telegram connections (multiple bots), specify which one to use with the Maton-Connection header:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/telegram/:token/getMe')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', 'e8f5078d-e507-4139-aabe-1615181ea8fc')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

If omitted, the gateway uses the default (oldest) active connection.

API Reference

Bot Information

Get Bot Info

GET /telegram/:token/getMe

Returns information about the bot.

Response:

{
  "ok": true,
  "result": {
    "id": 8523474253,
    "is_bot": true,
    "first_name": "Maton",
    "username": "maton_bot",
    "can_join_groups": true,
    "can_read_all_group_messages": true,
    "supports_inline_queries": true
  }
}

Getting Updates

Get Updates (Long Polling)

POST /telegram/:token/getUpdates
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "limit": 100,
  "timeout": 30,
  "offset": 625435210
}

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | offset | Integer | No | First update ID to return | | limit | Integer | No | Number of updates (1-100, default 100) | | timeout | Integer | No | Long polling timeout in seconds | | allowed_updates | Array | No | Update types to receive |

Get Webhook Info

GET /telegram/:token/getWebhookInfo

Set Webhook

POST /telegram/:token/setWebhook
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "url": "https://example.com/webhook",
  "allowed_updates": ["message", "callback_query"],
  "secret_token": "your_secret_token"
}

Delete Webhook

POST /telegram/:token/deleteWebhook
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "drop_pending_updates": true
}

Sending Messages

Send Text Message

POST /telegram/:token/sendMessage
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "chat_id": 6442870329,
  "text": "Hello, World!",
  "parse_mode": "HTML"
}

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | chat_id | Integer/String | Yes | Target chat ID or @username | | text | String | Yes | Message text (1-4096 characters) | | parse_mode | String | No | HTML, Markdown, or MarkdownV2 | | reply_markup | Object | No | Inline keyboard or reply keyboard | | reply_parameters | Object | No | Reply to a specific message |

With HTML Formatting:

POST /telegram/:token/sendMessage
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "chat_id": 6442870329,
  "text": "<b>Bold</b> and <i>italic</i> with <a href=\"https://example.com\">link</a>",
  "parse_mode": "HTML"
}

With Inline Keyboard:

POST /telegram/:token/sendMessage
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "chat_id": 6442870329,
  "text": "Choose an option:",
  "reply_markup": {
    "inline_keyboard": [
      [
        {"text": "Option 1", "callback_data": "opt1"},
        {"text": "Option 2", "callback_data": "opt2"}
      ],
      [
        {"text": "Visit Website", "url": "https://example.com"}
      ]
    ]
  }
}

Send Photo

POST /telegram/:token/sendPhoto
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "chat_id": 6442870329,
  "photo": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
  "caption": "Image caption"
}

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | chat_id | Integer/String | Yes | Target chat ID | | photo | String | Yes | Photo URL or file_id | | caption | String | No | Caption (0-1024 characters) | | parse_mode | String | No | Caption parse mode |

Send Document

POST /telegram/:token/sendDocument
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "chat_id": 6442870329,
  "document": "https://example.com/file.pdf",
  "caption": "Document caption"
}

Send Video

POST /telegram/:token/sendVideo
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "chat_id": 6442870329,
  "video": "https://example.com/video.mp4",
  "caption": "Video caption"
}

Send Audio

POST /telegram/:token/sendAudio
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "chat_id": 6442870329,
  "audio": "https://example.com/audio.mp3",
  "caption": "Audio caption"
}

Send Location

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