How sending stickers works in a Telegram bot

This guide explains how to send stickers, premium emojis, and other messages not natively available in a bot.

1. Create a private Telegram group/channel

  • Go to the channel settings and assign the bot as an Administrator with full permissions.

  • Open the Web version of Telegram.

2. Get the channel or group ID

  • Open the channel or group and copy the numbers from the URL — they are at the end of the link. Save them somewhere safe (e.g., in a text file).

  • Important: The ID must start with 1 or 2. If it starts with 4 or another number, temporarily make the channel public, then close it again. The ID will update and become correct.


3. Create an “External Request” action in the funnel

  • More about this tool can be found in this article.

  • Set the request type to POST.

  • In the URL field, enter:

 
https://api.telegram.org/bot<token>/forwardMessage

  • Save the action.


4. Get the bot token

  • Go to Telegram and open BotFather.

  • Send /mybots, select your bot, click API Token, and copy it.

  • In the previously created external request, replace <token> with the copied token and save the changes.

5. Get the sticker ID

  • Go to your channel/group and send the sticker you want to use.

  • Right-click the sticker and copy the link.

  • Paste the link into a text file and copy the last number after /. This is the sticker ID (for example, 17).

6. Configure the external request body

  • Go back to the External Request step in your funnel, open the Body tab, and insert:

 
{
"chat_id": "{%user_id%}",
"from_chat_id": "-100<id>",
"message_id": "<sticker_id>"
}

  • Replace <id> with the channel ID you copied in Step 2.

  • Replace <sticker_id> with the number copied from the sticker link in Step 5.


7. Run the action

When this action is triggered, the bot will send the sticker to the user.

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