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    Go to Telegram web and open a channel, get the ID from -[channel id] from hash in the path

    https://web.telegram.org/k/#-9999999999999
    `https://web.telegram.org/k/#-9999999999999`

    -9999999999999 is the channel ID.

    [https://gist.github.com/anhtuank7c
    ](https://gist.github.com/mraaroncruz/e76d19f7d61d59419002db54030ebe35?permalink_comment_id=4991959#gistcomment-4991959)
    [Link to suggestion](https://gist.github.com/mraaroncruz/e76d19f7d61d59419002db54030ebe35?permalink_comment_id=4991959#gistcomment-4991959)

    (DEPRECATED)
    ## New improved next steps
    ## (DEPRECATED) New improved next steps
    3. Go to https://web.telegram.org
    4. Click on your channel
    5. Look at the URL and find the part that looks like `c12112121212_17878787878787878`
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    1. Create your bot with botfather
    2. Make you bot an admin of your channel

    ## Simplest way (via @anhtuank7c)

    Go to Telegram web and open a channel, get the ID from -[channel id] from hash in the path

    https://web.telegram.org/k/#-9999999999999

    -9999999999999 is the channel ID.

    [https://gist.github.com/anhtuank7c
    ](https://gist.github.com/mraaroncruz/e76d19f7d61d59419002db54030ebe35?permalink_comment_id=4991959#gistcomment-4991959)

    (DEPRECATED)
    ## New improved next steps
    3. Go to https://web.telegram.org
    4. Click on your channel
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    ### To get the channel id
    ## To get the channel id

    1. Create your bot with botfather
    2. Make you bot an admin of your channel

    ## New improved next steps
    3. Go to https://web.telegram.org
    4. Click on your channel
    5. Look at the URL and find the part that looks like `c12112121212_17878787878787878`
    6. Remove the underscore and after `c12112121212`
    7. Remove the prefixed letter `12112121212`
    8. Prefix with a `-100` so `-10012112121212`
    9. That's your channel id.


    ## Old yucky next steps
    3. Make your channel public
    4. Create a public link
    5. Send a message from console to `@[your_public_link_text]`
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    ### To get the channel id

    1. Create your bot with botfather
    2. Make you bot an admin of your channel
    3. Make your channel public
    4. Create a public link
    5. Send a message from console to `@[your_public_link_text]`
    6. Copy chat id from response in console as the channel id