Share a link via URL scheme to Telegram

Question

I want to share a link via URL scheme for Telegram.

I have created this:

tg://msg?text = www.example.com?t=12

The link, opens telegram but nothing else happens.

I have used the same code for Viber, and it works:

viber://forward?text = www.example.com?t=12

And it opens a new message in Viber with this text:

www.example.com

In the other words, it cuts my URL.

Any ideas?

score 74 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 09 '16 at 11:07

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You can also use telegram.me share link which falls back to webogram if a telegram app is not installed on the device.

https://telegram.me/share/url?url=<URL>&text=<TEXT>

answered Feb 09 '16 at 11:07

Mohebifar

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can we open telegram to start chat with bot selected (not a number) i.e something like this tg://msg?text=HI there&to=@my_bot – Qadir Hussain Jul 20 '16 at 06:28
@Qadir Hussain have you found any solution yet? contact added in phone contact, i use tg://msg?text=hi&to=+91XX then ios redirect to user chat screen, how cant i do in android? – Maulik patel Nov 24 '16 at 10:56
@Maulikpatel this should help for android http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21627167/how-to-send-a-intent-with-telegram – Qadir Hussain Nov 24 '16 at 11:05
@QadirHussain it will redirect me to telegram but not particular user chat screen. – Maulik patel Nov 24 '16 at 11:10
@Maulikpatel don't know about this in android – Qadir Hussain Nov 24 '16 at 11:13

score 18 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '15 at 19:14

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This works with me:

tg://msg?text=Mi_mensaje&to=+1555999

answered Dec 28 '15 at 19:14

Mariam

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How to check isTelegram installed? in swift – Qadir Hussain Apr 08 '16 at 11:45
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can we open telegram to start chat with bot selected (not a number) i.e something like this tg://msg?text=Mi_mensaje&to=@my_bot – Qadir Hussain Jul 20 '16 at 06:28
@QadirHussain to open telegram to start chat with bot use url like 'https://telegram.me/my_bot' . it redirects you to chat screen with that bot. – Hos Ap Jan 30 '17 at 23:21
this is opening 'xdg' and after we should select contact. Is there any solution to open xdg and then contact and having sending message. thanks in advance. – gowthami Jan 21 '21 at 07:51
I have the userId ( not a username ) like 854845663 How can I use it instead of a username? – Mo Farhand Jan 22 '22 at 03:50

HoldOffHunger · Answer 3 · 2020-05-12T16:09:47.740

You have the following options for a URL...

https://t.me/share/url?url={url}&text={text}
https://telegram.me/share/url?url={url}&text={text}
tg://msg_url?url={url}&text={text}

In case you want to confirm, here is the official API source: Core.Telegram.org: Widgets -> Sharing Button.

If you are interested in watching a project that keeps track of these URLs, then check us out!: https://github.com/bradvin/social-share-urls#telegramme

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 25 '20 at 07:04

You can use the link telegram.me which will provide a preview page with an alert requesting to open the link in the application.

https://telegram.me/share/url?url=<URL>&text=<TEXT>

The second option is calling the application link directly:

tg://msg_url?url=<url>&text=<encoded-text>

I particularly prefer the second option, which also works on desktop applications.

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 14 '16 at 11:14

For Telegram share:

Objective C:

if([UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"tg://msg?text=test"]){
 [UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"tg://msg?text=test"]
}else{
 //App not installed.
}

Swift 3.0:

let urlString = "tg://msg?text=test"
let tgUrl = URL.init(string:urlString.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: CharacterSet.urlQueryAllowed)!)
if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(tgUrl!)
    {
        UIApplication.shared.openURL(tgUrl!)
    }else
    {
       //App not installed.
    }

If you have used canOpenURL, then need to add in info.plist

<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
<array>
   <string>tg</string>
</array>

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 21 '21 at 07:57

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<a href = "https://telegram.me/share/url?url=<URL>&text=<TEXT>">Telegram</a>

with this we can open xdg of telegram and if we select contact , by default sending text will come in message field.

answered Jan 21 '21 at 07:57

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score 3 · Answer 7 · 2019-12-08T11:27:45.067

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PHP

<a href="tg://msg?text=<?php echo rawurlencode($gotoURL); ?>">Link</a>

JavaScript

<script>TEXT="any text or url";</script>

<a onclick="window.location='tg://msg?text='+encodeURIComponent(TEXT);">Link</a>

edited Dec 08 '19 at 11:27

answered Dec 15 '15 at 16:27

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 06 '20 at 10:54

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Maybe you use localhost therefore it does not show share. try it in live host

answered Aug 06 '20 at 10:54

Adham Muzaffarov

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 06 '22 at 03:46

You should stop using the protocol for the desktop applications because it does not work on the evolving web: it does not work on Web apps, ChromeOS, or some mobile devices.

Always use the NEW way: https://t.me because it will open the Telegram DESKTOP app in Windows\Linux\Mac IF THE USER WANTS\HAS it, otherwise it will open the WEB page\web app which is THE WAY.

Telegram has TWO web apps that have been building out for the past year!

Both are great, adding TONs of parity, and have different approaches.

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Oct 30 '16 at 14:28

To check if the Telegram is installed you can do the following (borrowed from the Whatsapp sharer module of ShareKit):

BOOL isTelegramInstalled = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"tg://msg?text=test"]];

iOS checks if there's any app installed which can handle the tg:// scheme, which is Telegram.

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jun 25 '19 at 19:32

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Just tested, this way it works both opening telegram app or browser in case it's not installed:

let webURL = NSURL(string: "https://t.me/<YOUR ID>")!
UIApplication.shared.open(webURL as URL)

answered Jun 25 '19 at 19:32

Vito Valov

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Daniel Abril · Answer 12 · 2021-11-28T20:46:13.323

Your have two problems:

On one hand you are using the wrong scheme for sharing URLs, the correct one is msg_url;
On the other hand you are trying to share a URL with parameters. You need to encode your ? in order to make it work. The percent code is %3F
Extra Tip: Also if you want it to be a link once shared you should include the HTTPS:// encoded of course.

Try this and you'll see it works fine: tg://msg_url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com%3Ft=12

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Jun 20 '22 at 03:56

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If you want to open chat with bot or people, just write this simple code

<a href="https://t.me/targetedusername">

answered Jun 20 '22 at 03:56

Muhammad Faisal

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