Doesn’t each telegram callback have to…er…call back into your HA instance? Does this not necessitate it being accessible from outside anyway?
I meant there is no accesible HA URL from outside. VPN is necessary. HA can access the internet.
Yeah, but a telegram callback requires a way to get back to your HA system somehow. Maybe I don’t understand your use case.
There is definetly no need to expose HA for telegram callback. It works without.
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/telegram_polling/
Right…I was using the webhook method…I completely forgot that it could work with polling as well!
Hey Axel - I have been playing around and think I have worked out the inline_keyboard problem. I found another post saying that inline keyboard responses need to be treated as callback queries not commands, where all other inputs are direct commands.
Anyway I then used this event node - Which when I dragged it on the sheet was a Callback query
I then paired this to a switch node that was listening for the /command (/disarm in my case) which then went to a home assistant call service node to turn off the alarm.
Works perfectly (except the button doesnt show on the lock screen until I have unlocked the phone). Hope that helps?
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Hi Neil, works like a charm. Thank you very much! 
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Gah! I cracked this issue. I am not sure why it stopped working, but here’s what got it working for me:
I’m using commands and callbacks with the same data/command to reduce the number of automations.
The documentation on HomeAssistant use to say use
target: '{{ trigger.event.data.user_id }}'
but switching it to this after looking at logs did the trick (cause looking for a common ‘target’ to send the message to that’s present in both callback and command json).
target: '{{ trigger.event.data.chat_id }}'
Sooo I guess someone changed something in one of the releases and we missed it on breaking changes? I certainly did.
Here’s an example of how I’ve written one of many of my automations for my telegram bot:
- alias: Telegram bot light menu command
id: telegram-light-menu-cmd
trigger:
- event_type: telegram_callback
platform: event
event_data:
data: /lights
- event_type: telegram_command
platform: event
event_data:
command: /lights
action:
- service: telegram_bot.send_message
data_template:
target: '{{ trigger.event.data.chat_id }}'
callback_query_id: '{{ trigger.event.data.id }}'
message: AZIZ! Your lighting options
disable_notification: true
inline_keyboard:
- 🛋️ Lounge lamp:/lamplounge, 🪔 Entrance hall lamp:/lamphall
- 🔪 Kitchen main light:/lightkitchenmain, 🗄️ Kitchen counter light:/lightkitchencounter
- 🚪 Front door light:/lightfrontdoor, 🏡 Garden light:/lightgarden
- 📶 Loft stairs:/lightstairs, 🌈 Landing LED:/lightled
- 🔙 Back to options:/options
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yer-welcome! 