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Ilya Ableev edited this page Jan 16, 2016 · 5 revisions

Note: Zabbix runs script with three parameters, so if you are going to run it without any, with one or with two, please, don't. In case of success you will see no errors and you will get your message.

If something won't be ok, additional info will appear in stdout.

Testing simple text, private chats

linux-20fr:~/Zabbix-in-Telegram # ./zbxtg.py "$username" test test
linux-20fr:~/Zabbix-in-Telegram #

If nothing happened

  • username is case sensitive
  • check that you sent message to the bot directly (one-to-one message)
  • check your connection to telegram api: curl https://api.telegram.org/bot${API_KEY}/getUpdates
  • if you see "User 'username' needs to send some text bot in private" that means that you hasn't sent message to your bot

Testing simple text, group chats

Make sure that you are using zbxtg_group.py for that

linux-20fr:~/Zabbix-in-Telegram # ./zbxtg_group.py "Zabbix in Telegram" test test
linux-20fr:~/Zabbix-in-Telegram #

If nothing happened

  • if you have white spaces in your chat's name – use quotes
  • group chats don't have nicknames, use group's title to track you chat id automatically
  • if you see "You need to mention your bot in 'Group Name' group chat (i.e. type @YourBot)" that means that you hasn't mentioned you bot in your group chat
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