# Auto-forward SMS to Telegram bot or group

# Advanced SMS to Telegram Gateway: Seamless Communication Bridging

Stay connected to your messages wherever you are. Our solution provides a robust SMS to Telegram Gateway, transforming your traditional text messages into actionable, cloud-based notifications for enhanced workflow efficiency.

# Why SMS to Telegram?

  • Instant Telegram SMS Notification Setup: Experience a hassle-free Telegram SMS notification setup. In just a few clicks, you can link your SMS incoming channel to a dedicated Telegram bot, ensuring that critical alerts, 2FA codes, and customer inquiries are delivered to your devices in real-time.

  • Efficient Auto-forward SMS to Telegram Group: Streamline team collaboration with the Auto-forward SMS to Telegram group feature. Perfect for support teams or monitoring stations, this function automatically broadcasts incoming SMS traffic to specific Telegram groups, allowing multiple stakeholders to view and respond to messages simultaneously.

  • Professional Telegram Bot API Integration: Built with deep Telegram Bot API integration, our system offers maximum reliability and security. This integration allows for advanced customization, enabling users to filter specific keywords, format message templates, and manage high-volume data streams through Telegram’s official developer framework.

# How to forward incoming SMS to telegram bot or group?

Our customer receives SMS via a modem or a cell phone. Both the text of the incoming SMS and the sender need to be forwarded to the chatbot. We need 2 components: The chatbot and a chat ID. We create the chatbot in Telegram, after which we can we can determine the chat ID. If you already have a chatbot you just need send a message to the bot then our software is able to get the chat ID automatically.

# The chatbot

Be careful, only the top bot is the right one!
Be careful, only the top bot is the right one!

First, let’s create a Telegrambot. For this you will need:

  • A Telegram account.

  • Access to the Telegram messenger.

Open the Messenger and log in if necessary. Then search for @BotFather in the contacts search bar and select the BotFather. Notice that the correct bot has a blue check mark. Then click Start in the chat.

In this chat you can manage your bots and create new bots. We want to create a new bot and send the /newbot command to do so. You will be prompted to choose a name for your bot. This name will be displayed in the conversation. After that, you choose a username for your bot. This one must end in “bot”.

more help about how to create Telegram bot please visit here

# Configuring SMS Deliverer for Telgeram

  • Switch to Options->Receive page , click button 'Telegram settings', copy the token from Telegram then paste it to 'botTOKEN' field.

  • Send a message to this bot then switch to SMS Deliverer and click the button 'get chat ID' , then the correct chat ID will be showed.

  • Click button 'Test connection', if everything are OK, a test message will be sent to the bot.

  • Customize the message template

  • Click button 'OK' to save the settings.