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Autoposting to Telegram

Publishing to channels and groups via your bot

Telegram in the platform is both a destination and a source: the bot publishes posts to your channel, while source channels are read by a separately connected account. Text, images, albums, and long posts that do not fit into a single message are published.

Platform capabilities for this channel

Your bot or the platform bot

You can publish via the platform bot or connect your own — token from @BotFather. The choice is set in the project.

Albums of up to ten files

Attachments are sent as a media group. The platform automatically splits the album into requests if the total file size does not fit into one.

Seven long post modes

The image caption in Telegram is limited to 1024 characters. You choose what to do with long text: continue with follow-up messages, reply in a chain, send media separately, show a link preview, or do not publish the post at all.

Text formatting

Bold, italic, underlined, strikethrough, links, and monospace. Telegram does not support lists, so the platform does not send them.

Sources for rewriting

Telegram channels are a source of material for rewriter projects, including when publication goes to another social network.

Platform limits

Post length
4,096 characters
Title
255 characters
Images per post
up to 10
Text markup
supported
Image formats
JPG, PNG, GIF

Limits are based on the platform requirements. The platform does not truncate text beyond the limit: the post is rejected before publication with a clear reason, so an incomplete thought never reaches the channel.

Connection requirements

  • A bot added to your channel as an administrator with publishing rights.
  • A personal Telegram account and an active proxy — only if you are taking material from source channels. An account is not needed for publishing.

Connection steps

  1. 1Create a bot with @BotFather and copy the token.
  2. 2Paste the token in the 'Accounts' section of the platform.
  3. 3Add the bot as an administrator to your channel.
  4. 4Create a project, specify the channel, and set the publication schedule.
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FAQ

Is a personal Telegram account needed to publish posts?

No. The bot publishes. A personal account is only needed for reading source channels, and it is connected separately.

What happens to a post that is longer than the image caption?

This is determined by the selected long post mode. By default, such a post is not published and is marked as rejected: the platform does not cut text mid-word.

Is it possible to publish to multiple channels?

Yes. A separate project with its own sources, style, and schedule is created for each channel.

Set up autoposting to Telegram

Connect the platform, set the schedule and rules — posts are then prepared and published without your involvement.

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