{"id":10254,"date":"2016-08-08T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T06:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rainbowbreeze.it\/?p=10254"},"modified":"2016-08-08T18:36:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T16:36:05","slug":"more-telegram-bot-features-using-ifttt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rainbowbreeze.it\/wordpress\/more-telegram-bot-features-using-ifttt\/","title":{"rendered":"More Telegram bot features using IFTTT"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TelegramNow that I created a\u00a0Telegram bot fed by\u00a0IFTTT<\/a>, I can add new features using the available channels. A\u00a0message with the Milan weather condition every morning, for example, or a cool 500px picture during the day to take a break and enjoy the beauty? Possibilities are limited only by IFTTT skills.<\/p>\n

The logic is easy: every recipe has a different trigger (the “this” past), and the action is always the same: use the Maker channel to send a POST HTTP call to the Telegram bot, formatting the message with the specific information I want to display. To create the Telegram bot, please look to my previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Weather<\/h4>\n

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The trigger to activate in the Weather channel<\/a>\u00a0is “Today’s weather report”, setting the time of the day the report has to be sent. I set 7.00 am because I prepare last minute, but it’s also possible to select “Tomorrow’s weather report” and receive the message the evening for the ones that want to plan what to dress\u00a0the next day in advance. There are plenty of other information available in the triggers, like sunrise and sunset time, change of conditions \/ temperature and much more. The city is selected when the channel in connected with the IFTTT account.<\/p>\n

The action is the “Make a web request” is the\u00a0Maker channel<\/a>, using the following parameters (XXtokenXX<\/em> and the chat_id<\/em>\u00a0have to be changed with the appropriate values):<\/p>\n