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# Telegram Specific Variables
As part of FlowBridge Connect functionality, we will populate your flow with specific variable that you can use at your own will. All you need to do is create the variable name in Voiceflow and FlowBridge Connect will automatically populate them with information
Here are the Telegram specific variables you can create:
| Variable Name | Value | Description |
| -------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| user\_name | String | The first name of the user's account. |
| telegram\_id | Integer | Telegram session ID (user ID for DMs, formatted for groups) |
| channel | String | the channel the user is communicating on. It will be "telegram" for Telegram conversations |
| telegram\_chat\_type | String | Type of chat: 'private', 'group', 'supergroup', or 'channel' |
| telegram\_chat\_id | Integer | Chat ID where message was sent
Example:
123456789 (DM), -987654321 (group)
|
| channel\_user\_id | Integer | Telegram user ID (e.g., `123456789`) |
For more information on the variables, check out the [Automatically Populated Variables page](/documentation/basics/automatically-populated-variables.md)