Get ID bot: Your Chat ID

You are writing your own bot, setting up alerts or an API, and suddenly you need your numeric chat ID. Telegram does not show it, and Get ID bot answers with it in a single message 🔢

The bot does exactly one thing: it sends you your chat ID. It was created for bot developers and promises nothing else.

Why you need the ID at all

A username can be changed, but the numeric ID stays with the account. That is why programs tie actions to the number.

• Sending notifications: a script knows whom to write to.
• Access rights: a bot replies only to its owner.
• Automation setup: monitoring systems send messages to the right chat.
• Debugging: check that a request comes from your account.

Without this number many integrations simply will not start.

How to get your ID

1. Open the chat with the bot.
2. Tap Start or send /start.
3. Copy the number from the reply.
4. Paste it into your program's settings.

The whole thing takes a few seconds. There is nothing to sign up for or pay.

How a group ID differs

For people the ID is a positive number. For groups, supergroups, and channels it usually starts with a minus sign and is longer, for example with a 100 prefix after the minus.

Keep the minus sign when you copy the number. Without it the request goes nowhere, and the program shows an error.

What this bot does not do

The description says outright that the bot has no connection with money withdrawal or money games. It does not hand out rewards or ask for payment.

If someone writes to you in the name of such a bot and promises payouts, that is fraud. The real bot only replies with an ID to your message.

Safety: what is fine to show

A chat ID is not a password and gives no access to an account. But together with your bot's token it lets someone send messages in its name, so keep the token secret.

• The ID: fine to share with whoever sets up alerts for you.
• The bot token: never post it on forums or in repositories.
• Login codes: tell nobody.

If a token falls into the wrong hands, regenerate it with Telegram's official bot creator.

When it helps in real work

Say you build a bot that sends an order summary. First you learn your ID, then add it to the settings, and alerts start arriving to you.

For a group the order is the same: add the bot, get the number, and enter it in the program's parameters. Check the minus sign before the number.

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