AlwaysUp-Telegram

Powershell script used with Alwaysup Web API to check on status or to start/stop/restart a service through Telegram.

Prerequisites

Powershell

• Tested with 7.2+

AlwaysUp

• Need AlwaysUp and AlwaysUp Web installed on machine

Telegram

• Used to send out a message of videos successfully downloaded to a group chat.
• Personal account
• Bot account
• group chat

Script Setup/Execution Walkthrough:

1. Run path\to\Telegram_AlwaysUp.ps1 -nc
2. Fill out xml with
   • Telegram tokenId and chatId
   • AlwaysUp Commmands paramters.
     • ex.: <cmd Program="AlwaysUp" appAlias="Plex" appName="Plex Media Server" description="" />
   • AlwaysUp Credentials
     • Note: Password setup through AlwaysUp Web API service is used in its MD5 hash not the original password you created.
3. Run path\to\Telegram_AlwaysUp.ps1

• If configured correctly you should see it checking for messages from the chat group.