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Find out my own user ID for sending a message with Telegram API

For Telegram, how can I find out my own user id (chat_id) for use with the Telegram API?

I want to send myself a message via the Telegram API, like this:

https://api.telegram.org/bot<BOTID>/sendMessage
Solution

  • Send a message to your bot then retrieve the update with:

    https://api.telegram.org/bot<BOTID>/getUpdates

    In the json string returned you will find you chat_id/user_id.
    In single chat with the bot chat_id is equal to user_id.
    Now you can send your message with: 

    https://api.telegram.org/bot<BOTID>/sendMessage?chat_id="yourchatid"&text="Hello!"