How to Receive Webhook Notifications on Telegram with Webhookify

Published Feb 21 20269 min read
Telegram webhook notifications setup with Webhookify

Telegram has become one of the most popular messaging platforms for developers, indie hackers, and technical teams. Its fast delivery, bot API, rich formatting, and group chat capabilities make it an ideal channel for receiving real-time webhook notifications. Whether you are monitoring Stripe payments, GitHub repository activity, or Shopify orders, getting those alerts delivered directly to Telegram means you never have to keep a dashboard tab open just to know what is happening with your services.

Webhookify makes it effortless to connect any webhook source to Telegram. You create a webhook endpoint, connect your Telegram account, and every incoming webhook event is transformed into a human-readable Telegram message powered by AI. This guide walks you through the entire setup process, from connecting the Webhookify Telegram bot to receiving your first real-time alert.

Why Telegram for Webhook Notifications?

Telegram stands out as a notification channel for several compelling reasons that make it particularly well-suited for developers and small teams.

  • Instant Delivery: Telegram messages arrive within milliseconds on all devices. Unlike email, which can be delayed by spam filters or batching, Telegram delivers notifications in real time. When a customer completes a payment or a deployment fails, you know about it immediately.

  • Cross-Platform Availability: Telegram runs on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, and the web. Your webhook alerts follow you everywhere, whether you are at your desk or on the go.

  • Bot API and Rich Formatting: Telegram bots support Markdown and HTML formatting, inline buttons, and structured messages. Webhookify takes advantage of this to deliver well-formatted, readable notifications rather than raw JSON blobs.

  • Group and Channel Support: You can route webhook notifications to a private chat for personal monitoring, a Telegram group for team collaboration, or a public channel for transparency. This flexibility lets you share alerts exactly where they are needed.

  • No Cost: Telegram is completely free with no message limits, making it a zero-cost notification channel regardless of how many webhook events you receive.

  • Silent and Scheduled Notifications: Telegram supports muting specific chats, so you can receive webhook alerts in a dedicated group without being disturbed outside business hours. You stay informed without being overwhelmed.

Step-by-Step Setup Guide

1

Create Your Webhookify Account and Endpoint

Head to webhookify.app and sign up for a free account. Once you are in the dashboard, click "Create Endpoint" to generate a unique webhook URL:

https://hook.webhookify.app/wh/abc123xyz789

Give your endpoint a descriptive name like "Stripe Production" or "GitHub Main Repo" to identify it later. Each endpoint has its own event log and notification settings, so you can create multiple endpoints for different services if needed.

Copy the endpoint URL -- you will paste it into your webhook source (Stripe, GitHub, Shopify, etc.) later.

2

Connect Telegram to Webhookify

In your Webhookify dashboard, navigate to the Settings or Notifications section. Click "Connect Telegram" to begin the authorization flow.

Webhookify will direct you to the Webhookify Telegram bot. Click "Start" in the Telegram chat to authorize the connection. The bot will send a confirmation message once your account is linked.

For personal notifications: Simply start a chat with the Webhookify bot and authorize. All notifications will be delivered to your private chat with the bot.

For group notifications: Add the Webhookify bot to your Telegram group, then run the authorization flow. The bot will be able to post messages in the group. This is great for teams that want shared visibility into webhook events.

For channel notifications: Add the Webhookify bot as an administrator to your Telegram channel. This works well for broadcasting alerts to a large audience, such as a DevOps team or an entire company.

3

Configure Your Webhook Source

Now paste your Webhookify endpoint URL into the webhook settings of whatever service you want to monitor. Here are quick links for popular services:

  • Stripe: Go to Developers > Webhooks > Add endpoint in the Stripe Dashboard. Paste your Webhookify URL and select the events you want to monitor. See our Stripe webhook setup guide for detailed instructions.

  • GitHub: Navigate to your repository Settings > Webhooks > Add webhook. Paste the Webhookify URL, set content type to application/json, and select your events. See our GitHub webhook guide.

  • Shopify: Go to Settings > Notifications > Webhooks in your Shopify admin. Create a webhook with your Webhookify URL for events like Order creation or Payment. See our Shopify webhook guide.

  • Any other service: If your service supports webhook URLs, simply paste the Webhookify endpoint URL into its webhook configuration. Webhookify accepts standard HTTP POST requests with JSON payloads.

4

Customize Notification Preferences

Back in your Webhookify dashboard, click on your endpoint to configure how Telegram notifications are delivered.

AI-Powered Summaries: By default, Webhookify uses AI to transform raw JSON webhook payloads into plain-English summaries. Instead of seeing {"type": "payment_intent.succeeded", "data": {"object": {"amount": 4999, ...}}}, you will see "Customer john@example.com paid $49.99 for Pro Plan."

Event Filtering: If your webhook source sends many event types, you can filter which ones trigger Telegram notifications. For example, you might only want to be notified about payment_intent.succeeded and payment_intent.payment_failed events from Stripe, while still logging all events in the dashboard.

Channel Routing: If you have multiple notification channels set up (Telegram, Slack, Email, etc.), you can route different event types to different channels. Send payment alerts to Telegram and deployment events to Slack.

5

Test and Verify

Send a test webhook from your source service to confirm everything works.

  • Stripe: Go to Developers > Webhooks, click your endpoint, then click "Send test webhook." Select payment_intent.succeeded and send.
  • GitHub: Push a commit to your repository or manually trigger a webhook delivery from the webhook settings page.
  • Manual test: You can also use cURL to send a test payload directly to your Webhookify endpoint:
curl -X POST https://hook.webhookify.app/wh/abc123xyz789 \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"event": "test", "message": "Hello from Telegram setup!"}'

Within seconds, you should receive a formatted Telegram message from the Webhookify bot. Check your Webhookify dashboard to see the event logged with its full payload.

What Your Telegram Notifications Look Like

When a webhook event arrives, Webhookify delivers a clean, formatted Telegram message. Here is an example of what you would see for a Stripe payment event:

🔔 New Webhook Event

Source: Stripe
Event: payment_intent.succeeded
Endpoint: Stripe Production

AI Summary:
Customer jane@example.com successfully paid $99.00 USD
for the Business Plan annual subscription. Payment method:
Visa ending in 4242.

Timestamp: 2026-02-21T10:15:32Z

View details → webhookify.app/dashboard

For a GitHub push event, the notification might look like this:

🔔 New Webhook Event

Source: GitHub
Event: push
Endpoint: GitHub Main Repo

AI Summary:
Alice pushed 2 commits to the main branch of my-app:
- Fixed authentication redirect bug
- Updated login page styles

Timestamp: 2026-02-21T10:18:45Z

View details → webhookify.app/dashboard

The AI summary adapts to the payload content, so you always get the most relevant information at a glance, regardless of which service sent the webhook.

Best Practices for Telegram Webhook Notifications

  • Use dedicated groups for different services: Create a Telegram group called "Stripe Alerts" for payment events and another called "GitHub Alerts" for code activity. This keeps your notifications organized and makes it easy to scroll back through event history.

  • Mute non-critical groups: Telegram lets you mute specific groups or set custom notification sounds. Mute your general webhook group but keep your critical alerts group (failed payments, deployment failures) unmuted so you only get disturbed for urgent events.

  • Pin important messages: When you receive a critical alert in a Telegram group, pin it so the team does not miss it. This is especially useful for ongoing incidents or payment issues that need follow-up.

  • Combine with Webhookify's multi-channel delivery: Use Telegram as your primary quick-glance channel and pair it with email notifications for audit trails or mobile push for the cash sound feature on payments.

  • Leverage Telegram's search: Telegram has powerful message search. When you need to find a specific webhook event, search your alerts group by keyword, customer name, or event type. This turns your Telegram chat into a searchable event log.

Real-World Use Cases

Freelancers and Solo Developers

A freelance developer working on multiple client projects creates a separate Webhookify endpoint for each client's Stripe account. All payment notifications arrive in a single Telegram chat, giving them instant visibility into revenue across all clients. When a payment comes in, they see exactly which client paid, how much, and for what service -- without logging into any dashboard.

Indie Hackers Monitoring SaaS Revenue

An indie hacker running a SaaS product connects Stripe webhooks to Webhookify and routes payment events to a personal Telegram chat. Every time a new customer subscribes, they get an instant Telegram message saying "New subscriber: mark@company.com signed up for Pro Plan at $29/month." They also enable the mobile push cash sound for an extra dopamine hit.

DevOps Teams Tracking Deployments

A small DevOps team creates a Telegram group called "Deploy Alerts" and connects it to Webhookify. They route GitHub workflow events and Vercel deployment webhooks to this group. When a deployment succeeds or fails, every team member sees the alert immediately. Failed deployments trigger quick discussion right in the same Telegram group, reducing incident response time.

E-Commerce Store Owners

A Shopify store owner who is often away from their desk connects Shopify order webhooks to Telegram through Webhookify. Every new order generates a Telegram notification with the customer name, order total, and items purchased. They can quickly glance at their phone throughout the day to track sales volume without opening the Shopify admin.

Set up a dedicated Telegram group for each category of alerts -- for example, "Revenue Alerts" for payment events and "Ops Alerts" for deployment and error events. Add only the relevant team members to each group. This way, your finance team sees payment notifications while your engineering team sees deployment alerts, and nobody gets overwhelmed with irrelevant messages.

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