Telegram Bot Prompt

[fstof]

How would I go about making my telegram bot automations prompt me for input…
example…

• Telegram app:
  • I type /say
• HA:
  • Automation gets triggered by the telegram_bot and sees the command /say and replies with prompt (eg, 'What would you like to say?)
• Telegram app:
  • Prompt displays “What would you like to say?”
  • I reply by typing message “Hello”
• HA:
  • Automation gets this reply and proceeds to send this text to a TTS service

Now I know I could just take any text received by the bot and send it to the TTS service, but I would like to avoid accidental speeches when typing something in the bot.
It needs to only send the text immediately after a specific command (in this case /say)

Hope I’m making sense… and I hope someone can help
Thanks

[GMFalka]

user fstof solved this here:

Telegram bot text template as trigger

Sorry for reviving this topic… But I just came across this and thought I’d share my solution. - alias: Speak to the home trigger: - platform: event event_type: telegram_command event_data: command: /say action: - service: tts.google_say data_template: entity_id: media_player.family_room_speaker message: "{{ ' '.join(trigger.event.data.args) }}"

[fstof]

LOL, Thanks @GMFalka
That is what I currently have, and works fine. That is a one step process… I was more looking for a two step solution.

1. State the command
2. Provide the input

The idea is that I have a persistent keyboard available in Telegram with all available commands, when I tap one of them It then prompts for input (if the command requires it)

[GMFalka]

Ups, didnt see you are the same user as OP

[nefcon]

Still no solution?