Chapter 76. Telegram Source


Receive all messages that people send to your Telegram bot.

To create a bot, contact the @botfather account by using the Telegram app.

The source attaches the following header to the messages:

  • chat-id / ce-chatid: The ID of the chat where the message comes from.

76.1. Configuration Options

The following table summarizes the configuration options available for the telegram-source Kamelet:

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PropertyNameDescriptionTypeDefaultExample

authorizationToken *

Token

The token to access your bot on Telegram. You can obtain it from the Telegram @botfather.

string

  

* = Fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory.

76.2. Dependencies

76.2.1. Quarkus dependencies

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
    <artifact>camel-quarkus-core</artifact>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
    <artifact>camel-quarkus-jackson</artifact>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
    <artifact>camel-quarkus-kamelet</artifact>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
    <artifact>camel-quarkus-telegram</artifact>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.kamelets</groupId>
    <artifact>camel-kamelets-utils</artifact>
    <version>4.8.5</version>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

76.3. Usage

76.3.1. Camel JBang usage

76.3.1.1. Prerequisites for JBang

  • Install JBang.
  • You have executed the following command:

    jbang app install camel@apache/camel

76.3.1.2. Running a route with JBang

Suppose you have a file named route.yaml with this content:

- route:
    from:
      uri: "kamelet:timer-source"
      parameters:
        period: 10000
        message: 'test'
      steps:
        - to:
            uri: "kamelet:log-sink"

You can now run it directly through the following command.

camel run route.yaml

76.3.2. Knative Source

You can use the telegram-source Kamelet as a Knative source by binding it to a Knative object.

telegram-source-binding.yaml

apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
kind: Pipe
metadata:
  name: telegram-source-binding
spec:
  source:
    ref:
      kind: Kamelet
      apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
      name: telegram-source
    properties:
      authorizationToken: "The Token"
  sink:
    ref:
      kind: Channel
      apiVersion: messaging.knative.dev/v1
      name: mychannel

76.3.3. Kafka Source

You can use the telegram-source Kamelet as a Kafka source by binding it to a Kafka topic.

telegram-source-binding.yaml

apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
kind: Pipe
metadata:
  name: telegram-source-binding
spec:
  source:
    ref:
      kind: Kamelet
      apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
      name: telegram-source
    properties:
      authorizationToken: "The Token"
  sink:
    ref:
      kind: KafkaTopic
      apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta1
      name: my-topic

76.4. Kamelets source file

https://github.com/jboss-fuse/camel-kamelets/blob/camel-kamelets-4.10.3-branch/kamelets/telegram-source.kamelet.yaml

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