How to use a Telegram Bot with a private channel (or how to post a message to a private channel)

Learn how to share your website updates automatically on a private Telegram channel using a Telegram Bot. Find out how to obtain the private channel ID and simplify content distribution without manual

TL;DR: just prepend -100 to the private channel ID and add your Telegram Bot as Admin to your channel.

Context

I’ve been writing semi-regularly the last few years, and I’ve noted that there are some regular readers in my site. (They’ve told me themselves).

I also noticed I’ve been having troubles trying to follow other sites I read. I’m getting to many emails with updates and, in the end, there is to much noise.

In an effort to make it easier for others to get updates on what I write, I cross post to other sites such as Medium, Twitter/ X, Mastodon, LinkedIn and so on. And now to a Telegram Channel. (taking into account that almost everyone knows how to use a chat-app or messaging-app)

Of course, I don’t like to do manual work, so I automated that task using a Telegram Bot and ActivePieces here a referral link to get 500 task/month extra and remove daily limits. There are only 5 spots available. (similar to Zapier, n8n, make and others).