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:

Run path\to\Telegram_AlwaysUp.ps1 -nc
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.
Run path\to\Telegram_AlwaysUp.ps1

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