# Telegram - Send and Receive Actions

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-send-and-receive-actions/46789>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [6 June 2021 23:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-send-and-receive-actions/46789 "2021-06-06T23:40:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChrisTs99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@ChrisTs99](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ChrisTs99)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2021 23:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-send-and-receive-actions/46789/1 "2021-06-06T23:40:55Z")

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Hello,

I have complete my telegram's bot setup and I am trying to open a switch using command "true" and close it using "false" respectively (telegram app). I also want to receive a feedback of these actions in my telegram chatbot. The problem is that I only receive a message on the debug that states chatId, messageId, type, content and date. I have set the following settings for when I type true in my chatbot but nothing appears. Are there any ideas to make it work?

Thanks for your time, appreciate your help !

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/6/c685fe5942273ff88104032de7e6cf6859a897b5.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/b/5/b5e86a14c028288fa7771f31c1f001fd78d43dd0.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/8/8872e06634f3c3fbbaab555140547f04b722d182.png)

Current Flow

```auto
[{"id":"e965d4b7.df8638","type":"tab","label":"Flow 1","disabled":false,"info":""},{"id":"a5542607.d53408","type":"ui_switch","z":"e965d4b7.df8638","name":"Switch","label":"","tooltip":"","group":"c8de5ff4.0911e","order":4,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":true,"decouple":"false","topic":"payload.content","topicType":"msg","style":"","onvalue":"true","onvalueType":"bool","onicon":"","oncolor":"","offvalue":"false","offvalueType":"bool","officon":"","offcolor":"","animate":false,"x":330,"y":120,"wires":[["272d5eb8.4d9932"]]},{"id":"c96f3c47.a5a65","type":"telegram receiver","z":"e965d4b7.df8638","name":"","bot":"2f6c1f7b.9d7c1","saveDataDir":"","filterCommands":false,"x":130,"y":120,"wires":[["b7cb05c3.8c0f38","a5542607.d53408"],[]]},{"id":"272d5eb8.4d9932","type":"switch","z":"e965d4b7.df8638","name":"","property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"true"},{"t":"false"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":2,"x":470,"y":120,"wires":[["35cf774b.1cf948"],["5b0e35b2.b8fe2c"]]},{"id":"b7cb05c3.8c0f38","type":"debug","z":"e965d4b7.df8638","name":"Telegram Debugger","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":310,"y":180,"wires":[]},{"id":"35cf774b.1cf948","type":"change","z":"e965d4b7.df8638","name":"","rules":[{"t":"change","p":"payload","pt":"msg","from":"true","fromt":"bool","to":"{\"type\":\"message\",\"content\":\"Sprinkler Activated\"}","tot":"json"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":660,"y":100,"wires":[["1f76f2e4.4f97dd"]]},{"id":"5b0e35b2.b8fe2c","type":"change","z":"e965d4b7.df8638","name":"","rules":[{"t":"change","p":"payload","pt":"msg","from":"false","fromt":"bool","to":"{\"type\":\"message\",\"content\":\"Sprinkler Deactivated\"}","tot":"json"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":660,"y":140,"wires":[["1f76f2e4.4f97dd"]]},{"id":"1f76f2e4.4f97dd","type":"telegram sender","z":"e965d4b7.df8638","name":"","bot":"2f6c1f7b.9d7c1","haserroroutput":false,"outputs":1,"x":910,"y":120,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"c8de5ff4.0911e","type":"ui_group","name":"NewWidget","tab":"93b99af0.cadfa8","order":2,"disp":true,"width":"6","collapse":false},{"id":"2f6c1f7b.9d7c1","type":"telegram bot","botname":"christs99_bot","usernames":"","chatids":"","baseapiurl":"","updatemode":"polling","pollinterval":"300","usesocks":false,"sockshost":"","socksport":"6667","socksusername":"anonymous","sockspassword":"","bothost":"","botpath":"","localbotport":"8443","publicbotport":"8443","privatekey":"","certificate":"","useselfsignedcertificate":false,"sslterminated":false,"verboselogging":false},{"id":"93b99af0.cadfa8","type":"ui_tab","name":"Home","icon":"dashboard","disabled":false,"hidden":false}]

```

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**Post date:** [7 June 2021 05:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-send-and-receive-actions/46789/2 "2021-06-07T05:56:55Z")

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Have you looked at the 'examples' for 'telegrambot' as this one might be useful.

 ![Screen Shot 06-07-21 at 06.55 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/f/2/f2d38873316183dc87216defb0296b17f0510118.jpeg)

```auto
[{"id":"f0f40237.40f438","type":"function","z":"117ca2b6.9952d5","name":"create question","func":"msg.payload.type = 'message';\nmsg.payload.content = 'Really?';\nmsg.payload.options = {reply_to_message_id : msg.payload.messageId}\n\nreturn [msg];\n","outputs":"1","noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","x":290,"y":3480,"wires":[["7705422f.822834"]]},{"id":"4c7274da.77331c","type":"telegram command","z":"117ca2b6.9952d5","name":"/foo","command":"/foo","bot":"d086776c.7de82","strict":false,"hasresponse":false,"x":110,"y":3480,"wires":[["f0f40237.40f438"]]},{"id":"7705422f.822834","type":"telegram sender","z":"117ca2b6.9952d5","name":"send question","bot":"d086776c.7de82","x":500,"y":3480,"wires":[["b84786d5.195848"]]},{"id":"b84786d5.195848","type":"telegram reply","z":"117ca2b6.9952d5","name":"get reply","bot":"d086776c.7de82","x":675,"y":3480,"wires":[["29d8ebcb.f400fc"]]},{"id":"29d8ebcb.f400fc","type":"function","z":"117ca2b6.9952d5","name":"switch answer","func":"if(msg.payload.content === 'Yes')\n{\n return [msg, null]; \n}\nelse\n{\n return [null, msg]; \n}\n","outputs":"2","noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","x":847,"y":3480,"wires":[["6a50edd.6235114"],["b599b2a2.4b0278"]]},{"id":"6a50edd.6235114","type":"debug","z":"117ca2b6.9952d5","name":"Yes","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"payload","x":1050,"y":3460,"wires":[]},{"id":"b599b2a2.4b0278","type":"debug","z":"117ca2b6.9952d5","name":"No","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"payload","x":1050,"y":3500,"wires":[]},{"id":"d086776c.7de82","type":"telegram bot","z":"","botname":"HeinzBot","usernames":"","chatids":"","baseapiurl":"","updatemode":"polling","pollinterval":"300","usesocks":false,"sockshost":"","socksport":"6667","socksusername":"anonymous","sockspassword":"","bothost":"","localbotport":"8443","publicbotport":"8443","privatekey":"","certificate":"","useselfsignedcertificate":false,"sslterminated":false,"verboselogging":false}]

```

> **[node-red-contrib-telegrambot](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-telegrambot)**
>
> Telegram bot nodes for Node-RED

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**Author:** ![ChrisTs99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@ChrisTs99](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ChrisTs99)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2021 07:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-send-and-receive-actions/46789/3 "2021-06-07T07:58:57Z")

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Hello,

I checked this flow but I am still facing the problem. I inserted "id" on change nodes but still nothing appears...

```auto
[{"id":"f89b2d29.a83e9","type":"tab","label":"Flow 3","disabled":false,"info":""},{"id":"5b12d628.937dd8","type":"ui_switch","z":"f89b2d29.a83e9","name":"Sprinkler","label":"switch","tooltip":"","group":"2d70c600.e2d54a","order":4,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":true,"decouple":"false","topic":"payload.content","topicType":"msg","style":"","onvalue":"true","onvalueType":"bool","onicon":"","oncolor":"","offvalue":"false","offvalueType":"bool","officon":"","offcolor":"","animate":false,"x":440,"y":220,"wires":[["e67db6b4.a1c958"]]},{"id":"c54b6c5c.89663","type":"telegram receiver","z":"f89b2d29.a83e9","name":"","bot":"2f6c1f7b.9d7c1","saveDataDir":"","filterCommands":false,"x":110,"y":220,"wires":[["75ec4a88.1a8f84","5b12d628.937dd8"],[]]},{"id":"e67db6b4.a1c958","type":"switch","z":"f89b2d29.a83e9","name":"","property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"true"},{"t":"false"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":2,"x":570,"y":220,"wires":[["2fc21b79.779b14"],["59411407.8590ac"]]},{"id":"75ec4a88.1a8f84","type":"debug","z":"f89b2d29.a83e9","name":"Telegram Debugger","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":350,"y":260,"wires":[]},{"id":"2fc21b79.779b14","type":"change","z":"f89b2d29.a83e9","name":"","rules":[{"t":"change","p":"payload","pt":"msg","from":"true","fromt":"bool","to":"{\"chatId\":1709611765,\"type\":\"message\",\"content\":\"Sprinkler Activated\"}","tot":"json"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":740,"y":200,"wires":[["29d05abf.7d0cc6"]]},{"id":"59411407.8590ac","type":"change","z":"f89b2d29.a83e9","name":"","rules":[{"t":"change","p":"payload","pt":"msg","from":"false","fromt":"bool","to":"{\"chatId\":1709611765,\"type\":\"message\",\"content\":\"Sprinkler Deactivated\"}","tot":"json"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":740,"y":240,"wires":[["29d05abf.7d0cc6"]]},{"id":"29d05abf.7d0cc6","type":"telegram sender","z":"f89b2d29.a83e9","name":"","bot":"2f6c1f7b.9d7c1","haserroroutput":false,"outputs":1,"x":950,"y":220,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"2d70c600.e2d54a","type":"ui_group","name":"Example","tab":"c0a2130d.da022","order":1,"disp":true,"width":"6","collapse":false},{"id":"2f6c1f7b.9d7c1","type":"telegram bot","botname":"christs99_bot","usernames":"","chatids":"","baseapiurl":"","updatemode":"polling","pollinterval":"300","usesocks":false,"sockshost":"","socksport":"6667","socksusername":"anonymous","sockspassword":"","bothost":"","botpath":"","localbotport":"8443","publicbotport":"8443","privatekey":"","certificate":"","useselfsignedcertificate":false,"sslterminated":false,"verboselogging":false},{"id":"c0a2130d.da022","type":"ui_tab","name":"Alarm","icon":"dashboard","disabled":false,"hidden":false}]

```

Thanks for your time, appreciate your help.

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**Post date:** [7 June 2021 08:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-send-and-receive-actions/46789/4 "2021-06-07T08:18:58Z")

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try...

```auto
[{"id":"5b12d628.937dd8","type":"ui_switch","z":"f89b2d29.a83e9","name":"Sprinkler","label":"switch","tooltip":"","group":"2d70c600.e2d54a","order":4,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":true,"decouple":"false","topic":"payload.content","topicType":"msg","style":"","onvalue":"true","onvalueType":"bool","onicon":"","oncolor":"","offvalue":"false","offvalueType":"bool","officon":"","offcolor":"","animate":false,"x":280,"y":220,"wires":[["e67db6b4.a1c958"]]},{"id":"e67db6b4.a1c958","type":"switch","z":"f89b2d29.a83e9","name":"","property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"true"},{"t":"false"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":2,"x":450,"y":220,"wires":[["2fc21b79.779b14"],["59411407.8590ac"]]},{"id":"2fc21b79.779b14","type":"change","z":"f89b2d29.a83e9","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"{\"chatId\":1709611765,\"type\":\"message\",\"content\":\"Sprinkler Activated\"}","tot":"json"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":660,"y":200,"wires":[["29d05abf.7d0cc6"]]},{"id":"59411407.8590ac","type":"change","z":"f89b2d29.a83e9","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"{\"chatId\":1709611765,\"type\":\"message\",\"content\":\"Sprinkler Deactivated\"}","tot":"json"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":660,"y":240,"wires":[["29d05abf.7d0cc6"]]},{"id":"29d05abf.7d0cc6","type":"telegram sender","z":"f89b2d29.a83e9","name":"","bot":"2f6c1f7b.9d7c1","haserroroutput":false,"outputs":1,"x":950,"y":220,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"2d70c600.e2d54a","type":"ui_group","name":"Example","tab":"c0a2130d.da022","order":1,"disp":true,"width":"6","collapse":false},{"id":"2f6c1f7b.9d7c1","type":"telegram bot","botname":"christs99_bot","usernames":"","chatids":"","baseapiurl":"","updatemode":"polling","pollinterval":"300","usesocks":false,"sockshost":"","socksport":"6667","socksusername":"anonymous","sockspassword":"","bothost":"","botpath":"","localbotport":"8443","publicbotport":"8443","privatekey":"","certificate":"","useselfsignedcertificate":false,"sslterminated":false,"verboselogging":false},{"id":"c0a2130d.da022","type":"ui_tab","name":"Alarm","icon":"dashboard","disabled":false,"hidden":false}]

```

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**Post date:** [7 June 2021 08:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-send-and-receive-actions/46789/5 "2021-06-07T08:25:02Z")

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Hello,

I have tried it but what what I want to achieve is the following: send message "true" on telegram in order to turn on the switch and message "false" to turn off the switch.

Thanks for your help!

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2021 08:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-send-and-receive-actions/46789/6 "2021-06-07T08:47:47Z")

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then use a `command` node that accepts commands like `/sprinkler on` and `/sprinkler off` .

e.g...

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/9/f/9fbfcffce1c197ce02593f85fe22720407a58083.png)

flow...

```auto
[{"id":"a3872cbcde741a07","type":"telegram command","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"/sprinkler","command":"/sprinkler","bot":"2f6c1f7b.9d7c1","strict":false,"hasresponse":false,"useregex":false,"removeregexcommand":false,"outputs":1,"x":1300,"y":760,"wires":[["bec79bae1fceb246","6abe36ea2949f2dc"]]},{"id":"bec79bae1fceb246","type":"debug","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":1310,"y":820,"wires":[]},{"id":"911dc47892c82122","type":"switch","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"on / off / unknown","property":"originalMessage.text","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"eq","v":"/sprinkler on","vt":"str"},{"t":"eq","v":"/sprinkler off","vt":"str"},{"t":"else"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":3,"x":1530,"y":820,"wires":[["90ac3e61b8abcbb8"],["007c07e7ea4ed46a"],["477f69d0587f8e43"]]},{"id":"e67db6b4.a1c958","type":"switch","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"","property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"true"},{"t":"false"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":2,"x":1490,"y":980,"wires":[["2fc21b79.779b14"],["59411407.8590ac"]]},{"id":"2fc21b79.779b14","type":"change","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"{\"type\":\"message\",\"content\":\"Sprinkler Activated\"}","tot":"json"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":1700,"y":960,"wires":[["ba8bed07b604869c"]]},{"id":"59411407.8590ac","type":"change","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"{\"type\":\"message\",\"content\":\"Sprinkler Deactivated\"}","tot":"json"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":1700,"y":1000,"wires":[["ba8bed07b604869c"]]},{"id":"29d05abf.7d0cc6","type":"telegram sender","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"","bot":"2f6c1f7b.9d7c1","haserroroutput":false,"outputs":1,"x":1990,"y":1000,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"c13ba8d8f1052e78","type":"ui_switch","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"Sprinkler","label":"switch","tooltip":"","group":"2d70c600.e2d54a","order":4,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":true,"decouple":"false","topic":"payload.content","topicType":"msg","style":"","onvalue":"true","onvalueType":"bool","onicon":"","oncolor":"","offvalue":"false","offvalueType":"bool","officon":"","offcolor":"","animate":false,"x":1980,"y":800,"wires":[["e67db6b4.a1c958"]]},{"id":"90ac3e61b8abcbb8","type":"change","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"true","tot":"bool"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":1740,"y":780,"wires":[["c13ba8d8f1052e78"]]},{"id":"007c07e7ea4ed46a","type":"change","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"false","tot":"bool"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":1740,"y":820,"wires":[["c13ba8d8f1052e78"]]},{"id":"477f69d0587f8e43","type":"function","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"Dont understand message","func":"var message = \n`\n## I dont understand 🤔\n\nMust be one of the following... \n* /sprinkler on\n* /sprinkler off\n`;\n\nmsg.payload.type = 'message';\nmsg.payload.content = message.trim();\n\n// activate markdown\nmsg.payload.options = {\n disable_web_page_preview : true, \n parse_mode : \"Markdown\"\n};\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":1780,"y":860,"wires":[["ba8bed07b604869c"]],"info":"## New message\n\nHello *markdown* formatted messages!'\n\nwith `inline` code\n\n> and quote\n>> nested\n\n\\`\\`\\`\nvar code = \"cool\";\n\\`\\`\\`\n\n| table | data |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | fred |\n| 2 | bob |\n\n_Italic_ **bold**"},{"id":"6abe36ea2949f2dc","type":"change","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"save chatId","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"chatId","pt":"flow","to":"payload.chatId","tot":"msg"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":1490,"y":760,"wires":[["911dc47892c82122"]]},{"id":"ba8bed07b604869c","type":"change","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload.chatId","pt":"msg","to":"chatId","tot":"flow"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":1970,"y":960,"wires":[["29d05abf.7d0cc6","3ef4c1aa27fbde11"]]},{"id":"3ef4c1aa27fbde11","type":"debug","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":2090,"y":900,"wires":[]},{"id":"2f6c1f7b.9d7c1","type":"telegram bot","botname":"christs99_bot","usernames":"","chatids":"","baseapiurl":"","updatemode":"polling","pollinterval":"300","usesocks":false,"sockshost":"","socksport":"6667","socksusername":"anonymous","sockspassword":"","bothost":"","botpath":"","localbotport":"8443","publicbotport":"8443","privatekey":"","certificate":"","useselfsignedcertificate":false,"sslterminated":false,"verboselogging":false},{"id":"2d70c600.e2d54a","type":"ui_group","name":"Example","tab":"c0a2130d.da022","order":1,"disp":true,"width":"6","collapse":false},{"id":"c0a2130d.da022","type":"ui_tab","name":"Alarm","icon":"dashboard","disabled":false,"hidden":false}]

```

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**Post date:** [7 June 2021 09:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-send-and-receive-actions/46789/7 "2021-06-07T09:07:46Z")

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Hello again sir,  
Appreciate your help, I have some theoretical questions about "property".  
The following node has property of "msg.originalMessage.text", is it possible to explain what it achieves with this?  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/7/07bed9361d5285117b1ad764ec75962cb6c6442d.png)  
Is this node uses "flow.chatId" in order to be linked with all the nodes in the flow?  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/a/9/a9593083c9049a62858e5a33935febd4b67a45b7.png)  
Thanks for your time sir !

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**Post date:** [7 June 2021 09:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-send-and-receive-actions/46789/8 "2021-06-07T09:12:53Z")

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First off - does it work for you?

  

> [@ChrisTs99](#):
>
> The following node has property of "msg.originalMessage.text", is it possible to explain what it achieves with this?

`msg.originalMessage.text` comes from the text you send to the bot. It contains the full text you send. So the switch node checks to see you have entered exactly `/sprinkler on` or `/sprinkler off`

the best way to see this is look at the debug msg that comes out of the 1st node (the blue `command` node)

> [@ChrisTs99](#):
>
> Is this node uses "flow.chatId" in order to be linked with all the nodes in the flow?

There reason I use `flow.chatId` is because you might not know the chatId (so I extract it from the incoming message & store it in `flow` context for later retrieval - thats how when operating the switch node it also sends a telegram. You can remove the flow context item if you know the chatId will never change. And yes, flow context is available to all nodes on 1 tab (global context is available on all tabs)

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It works, thanks for you explanation I am trying to see if I understand everything correctly ! I really appreciate your help!

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