Telegram Integration

[Jann]

Hi Team,

Is it possible to connect Telegram with Ghost so my Channel is mirrored on my Ghost website?

So for example:
I have a Telegram Channel where I am sharing news articles from various news sources by pasting links, recording voice messages and share own text messages.
Whenever I share a news anything in this channel, I would like it to appear on my website under a specific tag, e.g. “Telegram Feed”.

Is this possible at all or is this a very complex issue?

Thank you for your time reading this so far.

Best wishes
Jann

[jannis]

It’s certainly possible, but not something that is built in to Ghost/can be built in to Ghost.

The way to go is a custom integration, which you can either build yourself with code or by using something like Zapier or Make.

Zapier’s Telegram integration doesn’t have a “watch for messages” trigger, but Make’s does. It’s called “watch updates”.

You’d just need to pair that up with a the “Create a Post” action from Make’s Ghost integration and you should be good to go.

[Jann]

@jannis

nly possible, but not something that is built in to Ghost/can be built in to Ghost.

The way to go is a custom integration, which you can either build yourself with code or by using something like Zapier or Make.

Zapier’s Telegram integration doesn’t have a “watch for messages” trigger, but Make’s does. It’s called “watch updates”.

Hi Jannis,
Thank you for your suggestions, I will certainly look into the options!

[rozhok]

I developed such integration but stumbled upon a bunch of issues:

• How to define the title of the article?
• How to correctly insert media? Should I take the first picture and set it as the title image, or should I insert multiple pictures directly into the article?
• How to process Telegram hashtags?

Eventually, I gave up, and my single customer also lost interest in it.

The easier way to do the same is to use Ghost as the source of truth. This is how I write my own blog: I write posts in Ghost, and then they sync to Telegram. It’s easier because in Ghost you have a structure (picture, title, tags) and you can map it to Telegram without writing complex “guessing” logic.

Check out how it looks like:
My blog: https://www.rozhkov.me/
My telegram channel: Telegram: Contact @full_of_hatred

If you are interested in this, let me know. Initially, I planned to make a SaaS from it, but the customer base is small, and Telegram is not popular in the West, so I doubt there are enough people willing to pay for it. So I abandoned the SaaS idea and am running this project only for myself.

[Jann]

That sounds like a painful process.

Once I am up and running properly (still tied in with my 9-5 job), I will try, but this might require a joint effort with experts.

Great looking blog btw!

[ElGro]

Sorry for offtopic, but which theme you use at your blog?

[rozhok]

I’m using customized Alto theme: GitHub - rozhok/Alto: A clean, minimalist theme featuring a light and dark mode for Ghost

[AnimaVillis]

If you know how to use python you can try use my code;

Integration Flarum -> Ghost API (Python script)

Hey Community, I wanted to share an exciting integration script that automates the process of posting Ghost blog articles to Flarum forum. This integration allows for seamless content sharing and updates between the two platforms, enhancing our community experience. Key Features: Automated Updates: The script automatically fetches new posts from the Ghost blog and creates corresponding topics on the Flarum forum. Tag Support: Posts on Flarum are tagged with relevant identifiers for easy categ…

Obviously you need to edit that code for telegram. I’m using integration between flarum and ghost.

[Jann]

@rozhok

I am very interested, and Telegram is gaining extreme traction in the west, especially in Germany, UK and USA. I do believe this is a way forward, and I am happy to discuss this more and do testings.