There are the following relevant topics on Telegram connectivity desire. As far as I know, it is chosen by developers rather than Whatsapp, because only Telegram provides complete API. This question is important for me too, therefore I would like to post these links here.
Discourse Telegram Notifications Plugin
This plugin allows users to receive their notifications via a Telegram bot, allowing them to turn off email notifications and still keep up-to-date.
You can “like” posts, and respond to them via the bot.
Here’s a quick demo video:
Before Starting
Your forum must be using HTTPS, and have force_https turned on
Your forum must be accessible to the internet, not only an internal network (in development, give ngrok a try).
Getting t…
This howto describes how to setup the Telegram provider included in discourse-chat-integration.
Install
If you haven’t already, install the discourse-chat-integration plugin
Setup Telegram
Talk to the Telegram “Botfather” and setup a new bot. detailed instructions here
Make sure to copy the token that the BotFather gives you. It will look something like this:110201543:AAHdqTcvCH1vGWJxfSeofSAs0K5PALDsaw
Setup Discourse
In your site settings, paste the token you got earlier in…
https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-adding-whatsapp-share-feature/78571?u=ivan_rapekas
With the new IFTTT Telegram channel I’ve managed to set up an applet so everyone in a Telegram group can create new topics in a discourse category just by texting on the Telegram group.
Why?
Because real time communications are noisy and most of the times you forget about the interesting stuff you share there. We wanted a way to “store” the relevant messages so we can elaborate or discuss asynchronously later.
What would you need?
An IFTTT account.
A Telegram account and group (obviously)
A d…
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