Chat and messaging
LiveSend form submissions to Telegram
Telegram is the fastest way to get a submission in front of a human, especially on a phone. Create a bot, tell us the chat ID, and every enquiry arrives as a formatted message - private chat, team group or broadcast channel, whichever you point it at.
What lands in Telegram
- A formatted message with each field on its own line
- Delivery to a private chat, group or channel
- Instant push to your phone, no polling or long-lived connection
- Quarantined spam withheld automatically
Setup
Create a bot with BotFather
Message @BotFather on Telegram, send /newbot, follow the prompts and copy the bot token it gives you.
Get your chat ID
Send your new bot a message, then add it to the group or channel you want notifications in. The dashboard helps you resolve the numeric chat ID.
Add Telegram as a destination
Paste the bot token and chat ID into a Telegram destination on your form. The token is encrypted at rest.
Telegram example
Swap in your own endpoint and these run as-is.
Standard form markup - the Telegram wiring is entirely server-side.
<form action="https://send.webforms.to/wft_your_key" method="POST"> <input name="name" required /> <input name="email" type="email" required /> <textarea name="message"></textarea> <!-- honeypot: bots fill it, humans never see it --> <input type="text" name="_gotcha" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" /> <button type="submit">Send</button> </form>
Worth knowing
- For channels the bot must be an administrator before it can post.
- Telegram messages cap at 4096 characters. Longer submissions are truncated in the message and kept in full in the dashboard.
Telegram form FAQ
Create a bot with BotFather, copy the token, add the bot to the chat you want, then paste the token and chat ID into a Telegram destination on your form.
Yes, both. For channels the bot needs administrator rights, which is a Telegram requirement rather than ours.
No. The bot never runs as a process - we call Telegram's send API directly when a submission arrives, so there is nothing to keep online.
Tokens are encrypted at rest and never exposed to the browser or included in any client-side payload.
Other destinations
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