Send Chat Action
telegram.send_chat_action
ActionChat & messagingconnection required
Calls the Telegram API with the connection's credentials.
Show a 'typing…' or 'sending photo…' status in a Telegram chat.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- API key
- Providers
- Telegram
- Secret shape
- the bot token, or {"token": "…"}
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
3 fields, 2 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
chat_id The chat to send to: a numeric chat/user id, or an @channelusername. | string | Yes | — | — | — |
action The status to show, matched to what the bot is about to send. | string | Yes | — | one of "typing", "upload_photo", "record_video", "upload_video", "record_voice", "upload_voice", "upload_document", "choose_sticker", "find_location", "record_video_note", "upload_video_note" | — |
message_thread_id Topic id inside a forum supergroup; leave blank for the main thread. | integer | No | — | ≥ 1 | — |
Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
ok True when Telegram accepted the call. | boolean | true |
chat_id Chat the status was shown in. | string | — |
action The action that was broadcast. | string | typing |
{
"action": "typing",
"chat_id": "",
"ok": true
}Notes
- chat_id is a numeric chat/user id or an @channelusername. A bot can only message a user who started it, or a group/channel it has been added to.
- The bot token sits in the request URL, so it is redacted out of every error message and dry-run report these nodes produce.
- Telegram answers HTTP 200 even for failures; the node reads the {'ok': …} envelope and raises on ok:false with Telegram's own description.
- The status clears after 5 seconds or as soon as the bot sends a message, so use it only before a step that genuinely takes a while.
- Channels are not supported by sendChatAction.
See Send Chat Action run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the Telegram connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.