SMS Forwarding

How to Set Up SMS Forwarding to Telegram

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Step 1. Create a new bot to receive SMS messages in Telegram. To do this:

• Open BotFather (t.me/botfather) in Telegram;
• Send the command /newbot;
• Set a name for your bot;
• Save the API token received from the bot for further setup.

Example:
Use this token to access the HTTP API:
60655699310:AAFz6ptUnB71ILePbXKwB71ILePbXUeU4

Step 2. Create a new group in Telegram to receive SMS messages and add your bot to it. Then find out the group’s ID:

• Open the web version at https://web.telegram.org and log in with your account;
• Go to the group you created;
• Find the group ID in the browser’s address bar, which is indicated at the end of the URL, starting with the character “-“.

Example of the address line:

where:
“https://web.telegram.org/k/#-4000000000” – URL address
“-4000000000” – group ID

Step 3. Set up SMS forwarding to HTTP via a webhook in your personal account:

• In the phone number settings, enter the following HTTP webhook format to send messages to your Telegram group: https://api.telegram.org/botAPItoken/sendMessage?chat_id=groupID&text=Incoming%20SMS%20to%20%TO%%20from%20%FROM%%20%MESSAGE%
• Save the SMS forwarding settings.

Now you will automatically receive incoming SMS messages in your Telegram group in the format: Incoming SMS to +XXXXX from XXXXX SMS Text

You can change the message format from the bot using variables:

• TO: the SMS recipient’s number;
• FROM: the SMS sender’s number;
• MESSAGE: the message text.

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