How to Query Telegram Data in MySQL Workbench

You can use the SQL Gateway from the ODBC Driver for Telegram to query Telegram data through a MySQL interface. Follow the procedure below to start the MySQL remoting service of the SQL Gateway and work with live Telegram data in MySQL Workbench.

Connect to Telegram Data

If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can use the built-in Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to configure the DSN. This is also the last step of the driver installation. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the help documentation for a guide to using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure a DSN.

Using API Key Authentication

Telegram uses Bot Tokens to authenticate API requests. You can obtain a Bot Token by creating a bot via BotFather on Telegram (https://t.me/BotFather). Once created, BotFather will provide a token in the format

123456789:ABCdefGhIJKlmNoPQRsTUVwxyZ

After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:

• AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
• APIKey: Set this to your Telegram Bot Token obtained from BotFather.

Example connection string

Profile=C:\profiles\Telegram.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_bot_token';

Configure the SQL Gateway

See the SQL Gateway Overview to set up connectivity to Telegram data as a virtual MySQL database. You will configure a MySQL remoting service that listens for MySQL requests from clients. The service can be configured in the SQL Gateway UI.

Query Telegram from MySQL Workbench

The steps below outline connecting to the virtual Telegram database created in the SQL Gateway from MySQL Workbench and issuing basic queries to work with live Telegram data.

Connect to Telegram through the SQL Gateway

1. In MySQL Workbench, click to add a new MySQL connection.
2. Name the connection (CData SQL Gateway for Telegram).
3. Set the Hostname, Port, and Username parameters to connect to the SQL Gateway.
4. Click Store in Vault to set and store the password.
5. Click Test Connection to ensure the connection is configured properly and click OK.

NOTE: When we refer to Username and Password, we mean the credentials for the user(s) created for the SQL Gateway.

Query Telegram Data

1. Open the connection you just created (CData SQL Gateway for Telegram).
2. Click File -> New Query Tab.
3. Write a SQL query to retrieve Telegram data, like SELECT * FROM `CData API Sys`.AvailableGifts;

With access to live Telegram data from MySQL Workbench, you can easily work with Telegram, just like you would a MySQL database. Get started now with a free, 30-day trial of the CData API Driver for ODBC and the CData SQL Gateway.