Get Telegram group ID for bot configuration

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I have two bots in a Telegram group. I need the group ID to configure OpenClaw. Both bots have group privacy disabled via BotFather. What is the simplest way to get the group ID from inside WSL2? The getUpdates curl method returns empty results because OpenClaw has a webhook consuming Lex's bot updates.

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Simplest path, since OpenClaw is already consuming the webhook, is to let OpenClaw show you the inbound update.

From WSL2:

openclaw logs --follow

Then send any message in that Telegram group and look for the Telegram payload’s chat.id.

A group/supergroup ID will look something like:

-1001234567890

That negative chat.id is the value you want under channels.telegram.groups, not in groupAllowFrom.

Why this works: getUpdates is empty when a webhook is active, so reading the gateway logs is easier than fighting Telegram’s polling/webhook split.

Docs:

• Telegram channel docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/telegram
• FAQ: https://docs.openclaw.ai/start/faq

If you want, I can also show the exact JSON5 snippet for adding that group ID to your config.