Problems with Discord-Telegram connection

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Hi. I’m new to Make, and I’m trying to create an automation, that will send new Discord messages in a channel to a Telegram group. I’m having several problems:

  • The content of the message cannot be fetched. Discord gets the message, but the content is not sent to a Telegram chat even with admin rights.
  • I’d like Discord messages to be forwarded to Telegram as soon as there is a new one, and I can’t figure out how to do that.
    Can you help me please?
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Hi @fersteaxpasique and welcome to the Make Community!

Can you share what you have currently and where things are not working?

There is a Watch Channel Messages. If you configure it correctly, make should detect new messages on the channel and trigger your scenario. If that’s not happeneing, that’s a first indication of a problem.

The problem here :point_up_2:t4: will prevent you from accessing the discord message and transfering it to Telegram.

A misconfigured Telegram setup will prevent you from sending messages there.

So, as you can see, there are many possible explanations to what you’re experiencing. We need more information in order to help.

L

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Welcome to the Make community!

You should create your own Discord bot, it’s not that difficult, and you can easily set one up in 5-10 minutes and not rely on Make’s default integration.

Create Discord Application

1a. Head to the Discord Developer Portal and create your Discord application

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1b. Upload app image and insert description

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Set up OAuth2

Click on OAuth2 in the sidebar
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2a. Copy and save the Client ID and Client Secret in a text editor.

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2b. Insert Make’s redirect URLs

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https://www.integromat.com/oauth/cb/discord
https://www.make.com/oauth/cb/discord

Set up Bot

Click on Bot in the sidebar
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3a. Upload bot image and insert bot name

3b. Copy and save the Bot Token in a text editor.

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3c. (optional) Add more permissions if necessary

This is required if you want your bot to access messages and server members

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Connect Bot in Make

You should already have Client ID, Client Secret, and Bot Token saved in a text editor.

4. Create connection

  • Expand Advanced Settings
  • Insert Client ID, Client Secret, and Bot Token respectively
  • Select all bot permissions
  • Save

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For more information, see “Connect to Discord using OAuth2 and your own credentials”.

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.

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I did create my bot, using the instructions @samliew gave me. Configured every single thing that was mentioned, as well as gave admin rights to the bot. I decided to delete the scenario and create a new one:

  1. I’m starting a new scenario from the template “Post new Discord messages on Telegram.”, provided by Make;
  2. I’m clicking “Start guided setup”;
  3. Selecting my bot, with a configured Client ID, Client Secret and Bot Token in the Advanced Settings window;
  4. Selecting the channel;
  5. Choosing “From now on” option on the “Where to start” window;
  6. Proceeding to the Telegram options;
  7. Selecting my Telegram bot, that was created by Bot Father, that provided me with the Bot Token, that I gave to Make by the “Add”;
  8. I enter my chat ID with a “@”;
  9. I do not change the text, I leave it with what it gave me - the Discord message content widget;
  10. I press continue, tells me that everything is ready and i can run it;
  11. I press run, everything is launched successfully, I get a popped out “1” at the Discord module;
  12. The message content is transferred, one of the problems is fixed, thank you. However the second problem is still there. So the messages in Discord are sent to Telegram only if I run the scenario, while I need them to be instantly sent to Telegram whenever they are sent on Discord, and NOT when I run the scenario. Please help me with this one.
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You can set a lower polling interval, like 1-3 minutes, but that will use more “check” operations.

If you want instantly, that is quite advanced because you also have to handle security checks from Discord itself.

Did you know, this forum has a Hire a Pro category, where you can post your request for off-site specialised help on other platforms (video call/screenshare/private messaging/etc.)? This may help you get your issue resolved faster especially if it is urgent. It is important to post your request in the Hire a Pro category, as forum members are not allowed to advertise their services elsewhere (like here).

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.

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Okay, thank you for the help

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No problem, glad I could help!

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