How do I send form submissions to Telegram?

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.

Can it post to a group or channel?

Yes, both. For channels the bot needs administrator rights, which is a Telegram requirement rather than ours.

Do I need to host the bot?

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.

Is my bot token safe?

Tokens are encrypted at rest and never exposed to the browser or included in any client-side payload.

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Send 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 in a private chat, team group or broadcast channel, whichever you point it at. Telegram delivery is on Pro and Agency; Free sends email only.

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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.

contact.html

<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

A bot token from BotFather and your chat ID: nothing to install, no push service to configure, and it works the same on a phone you already carry. It is the cheapest push pipeline of any destination here.

Sending from your stack

The destination is set in the dashboard, so the form itself is the same plain POST everywhere. These guides have the markup for the common setups.

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