# Unable to get binary sensor status and send to telegram
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-get-binary-sensor-status-and-send-to-telegram/68559
**Category:** General
**Tags:** function-node, home-assistant
**Created:** [4 October 2022 15:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-get-binary-sensor-status-and-send-to-telegram/68559 "2022-10-04T15:28:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@khnlelim](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/khnlelim)
#### Post date: [4 October 2022 15:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-get-binary-sensor-status-and-send-to-telegram/68559/1 "2022-10-04T15:28:30Z")
Hi Guys,
I am new to home assistant and NodeRed.
Currently I have having a door sensor installed,
Here is my flow. However I able to get pass to call service, but no message is send out. Able to assist me?
Secondly, I would like to send the status of the the currently binary sensor stat to telegram. Can advice on this?
Nothing is send to telegram....
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [4 October 2022 15:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-get-binary-sensor-status-and-send-to-telegram/68559/2 "2022-10-04T15:51:20Z")
> [@khnlelim](#):
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> but no message is send out.
does the msg contain a chat ID? (use a debug node after the function node)
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [4 October 2022 15:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-get-binary-sensor-status-and-send-to-telegram/68559/3 "2022-10-04T15:54:41Z")
Also add a debug to the telegram node, set it to complete message. The telegram node has reasonable good error reporting.
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### Author:  [@khnlelim](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/khnlelim)
#### Post date: [5 October 2022 13:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-get-binary-sensor-status-and-send-to-telegram/68559/4 "2022-10-05T13:30:13Z")
Hi,
I had added the debug node after the function and the telegram node.
Here are the reply for the debug
It seems debug after telegram node does not show anything
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [5 October 2022 13:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-get-binary-sensor-status-and-send-to-telegram/68559/5 "2022-10-05T13:49:25Z")
Add a debug node showing what is coming from the Both Gate Open node.
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [5 October 2022 13:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-get-binary-sensor-status-and-send-to-telegram/68559/6 "2022-10-05T13:59:30Z")
It would seem that msg.payload coming from the HA node is a string of value "off". So your function can not add object properties to a string.
In your function before the lines that are trying to add properties to the payload string, add the line `msg.payload = {};` This will convert msg.payload to a object. If you require the value "off" move it to another variable to use later, if required.
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### Author:  [@khnlelim](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/khnlelim)
#### Post date: [5 October 2022 14:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-get-binary-sensor-status-and-send-to-telegram/68559/7 "2022-10-05T14:53:24Z")
Hi, thanks for replying,
After adding msg.payload = {}, which the function node would be like this
msg.payload = {};
msg.payload.content = "Gate is opening... Please wait a moment"
msg.payload.type = 'message'
return [msg];
i get the following from the debug
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### Author:  [@khnlelim](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/khnlelim)
#### Post date: [5 October 2022 14:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-get-binary-sensor-status-and-send-to-telegram/68559/8 "2022-10-05T14:54:45Z")
Hi i added the debug not into "Both gate open" Node, it came out "off"
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [5 October 2022 15:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-get-binary-sensor-status-and-send-to-telegram/68559/9 "2022-10-05T15:09:59Z")
> [@Steve-Mcl](#):
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> does the msg contain a chat ID? (use a debug node after the function node)
So the error from Telegram says no chat\_id, so all you need to do is add a chat\_id to the function node
Here is how to find a chat\_id
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### Author:  [@khnlelim](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/khnlelim)
#### Post date: [5 October 2022 15:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-get-binary-sensor-status-and-send-to-telegram/68559/10 "2022-10-05T15:45:50Z")
Thanks for the advice and guidance, after adding the chatid, the fucntion node able to work
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [4 December 2022 15:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-get-binary-sensor-status-and-send-to-telegram/68559/11 "2022-12-04T15:46:18Z")
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