Python snippet to send a Telegram message

send_telegram_message.py

import requests

TOKEN = "GET-FROM-@BotFather"
ID_CHAT = 123 # You have to find it lisening for a https://api.telegram.org/botTOKEN/getUpdates
message = "Hello world!"

url = f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{TOKEN}/sendMessage"
payload = {
    "chat_id": ID_CHAT, # https://gist.github.com/ferranb/42542c3122fae6631f7aa27e45ad9c83#file-get_telegram_updates-py
    "text": message
}

response = requests.post(url, data=payload)