---
title: "Connect Telegram"
method: POST
path: "/v1/senders/{senderId}/telegram"
tags: ["Senders"]
---

# Connect Telegram

`POST /v1/senders/{senderId}/telegram`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.zavu.dev`
- URL: `https://api.zavu.dev/v1/senders/{senderId}/telegram`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Connect a Telegram bot to a sender. Provide the bot token from @BotFather; Zavu validates it, registers the webhook, and routes the sender's Telegram messages through it.

## Path parameters

- `senderId` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `botToken` string, required: Bot token from @BotFather.

## Response `200`

Telegram connected.

- object
  - `telegram` object, required
    - `connected` boolean, required
    - `botUsername` string
    - `botId` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid bot token or request.
- `401`: Unauthorized.
- `404`: Sender not found.

## Changes

> 80 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-07-25** `5cce7d79055c`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/zavudev/apis/zavu-unified-messaging-layer-api/changes/v1/senders/:senderId/telegram/post.md)

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