Telegram: sending and deleting a message

Configuration
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I have enabled the Telegram integration in HomeAssistant and can send notifications.

I found that the telegram bot has a “Delete message” service. But it needs a message ID, and it is not clear to me where I can get that for a message that I sent earlier. Same with “Edit message”.

Does the “Send message” service perhaps return a generated ID? How would I get and store that?

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In the Telegram app or web interface type in @getidsbot

If that doesnt return your used ID then in the @getidsbot type “/start”

In yaml mode I use:

              - delay: 00:00:10
              - service: telegram_bot.delete_message
                data:
                  chat_id: 123456789
                  message_id: last
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So last is the last message sent by the bot? Or the last message sent by anyone in a chat?

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Apparently it is the last message of the bot. That’s close enough for my purposes because currently I only use the bot for one single notification. But should I ever need it for more than one, then last will not be sufficient anymore.

Anyway, thanks for the tip!

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Did you get to that point?
Does anyone know of another option like “last” for multiple messages? Or something like “everything sent in the last 24h”.
I think of a clean-up routine to keep the bot-chat empty, but the first message needs to stay, so I cant delete the whole chat every day.

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I just use the message deletion options in Telegram app. I have my messages “auto-delete in 1 week”…keeps my Chat bot clean

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Oh thank you, I didnt know of that function.
Would have saved me some hours :roll_eyes: