Linking from Telegram to Companion App

[tristipasta (Tristan)]

Hi there,
I’m using a Telegram Bot to get HA Notifications. Now I want to include a Link into one of those, that opens the Companion App and displays a specific page - in this case, the configuration section where all the updates are shown.
Is this possible, and if so, how?
Thanks in advance!

[dshokouhi]

Try using a my.home-assistant.io link for the app to listen to. Make sure to set up link first by visiting the site and entering your URL

[sshaikh (Shak)]

Relevant solution here:

URL Handler | Home Assistant Companion Docs

You can use html or markup to create the link, for eg:

open overview

[tristipasta (Tristan)]

Thank you!

[sshaikh (Shak)]

Don’t thank me yet: apparently bots can’t create app opening links (by design), so I’ve resorted to a web link, in the hope that the homeassistant website itself will implement website → app forwarding:

Get http webUI to redirect to app?

I’m trying to send a link to telegram that would, on an Android device, open the app on a certain screen. I can do this manually by setting the URL to homeassistant://navigate/lovelace/0[1], which works pretty well. However there is a limitation for bots which, though are able to create http links in the form of [link](https://home-assistant-url.com/lovelace/0), are limited (by design it seems) and will not render a link that points to homeassistant://navigate/lovelace/0[2]. The solution is to…

[borgqueenx]

is this issue already solved? @sshaikh is it possible to host a own html file that telegram bot links to, that then opens the home assistant app?