Telegram chat_id template

[Rockstad]

Hi!

I’m looking for a way to change the telegram chat id from lovelace.
I’ve tried the following:

telegram_bot:
  - platform: polling
    api_key: '*************************' 
    allowed_chat_ids:
      - '{{ states('input_number.telegram_user_1') }}'

notify:
  - name: telegram_user_1
    platform: telegram
    chat_id: '{{ states('input_number.telegram_user_1') }}'

This returns the following error:

bad indentation of a sequence entry at line 41, column 21:
          - '{{ states('input_number.telegram_user_1') }}'
                        ^

Is there a way of accomplishing this

Edit: misspelling

[Troon]

You have nested single quotes. Use double quotes on the outside and see if that works:

- "{{ states('input_number.telegram_user_1') }}"

and

chat_id: "{{ states('input_number.telegram_user_1') }}"

[tom_l]

No. That key is not templateable.

Don’t try to template the config. Instead configure two (or more) telegram notification services and choose which service to use with a service template in your automations.

e.g.

telegrram set up:

notify:
  - platform: telegram
    name: telegram_general
    chat_id: !secret telegram_general_chat_group_id

  - platform: telegram
    name: telegram_system
    chat_id: !secret telegram_system_chat_group_id

telegram_bot:
  - platform: webhooks
    api_key: !secret telegram_api_key
    allowed_chat_ids:
      - !secret telegram_general_chat_group_id
      - !secret telegram_system_chat_group_id
      - !secret telegram_tom_id
    trusted_networks:
      - 149.154.160.0/20
      - 91.108.4.0/22

automation:

  action:
  - service_template: >
      {% if is_state('input_number.telegram_user', '1') %}
        notify.telegram_general
      {% elif is_state('input_number.telegram_user', '2') %}
        notify.telegram_system
      {% endif %}
    data:
      title: '*ALERT*'
      message: 'blah blah blah'

Edit: FYI here is how you can tell if a configuration option accepts a template:

[Rockstad]

I think I might have been a little unclear

My goal is to change the chat_id from the frontend.
The reason is that i’m selling my apartment with HA and want to make it easier for the new owners to get started.

[tom_l]

Not possible. As I said, that part of the configuration is not templateable.

[Rockstad]

Ok, thanks!