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How do I send Tables with Telegram Bot API?

I need to send stock market data and the formatting sucks right now. Need to send something liike this

| Symbol | Price | Change | 
|--------|-------|--------|
| ABC | 20.85 | 1.626 | 
| DEF | 78.95 | 0.099 | 
| GHI | 23.45 | 0.192 | 
| JKL | 98.85 | 0.292 |

This is what I have tried.

| Symbol | Price | Change |  
|--------|-------|--------|  
| ABC | 20.85 | 1.626 |   
| DEF | 78.95 | 0.099 |   
| GHI | 23.45 | 0.192 |    
| JKL | 98.85 | 0.292 |
Solution

  • Set the Telegram API parse_mode parameter to HTML and wrap the message in <pre></pre> , but remember that telegram API does not support nested tags.

    <pre>
| Tables   |      Are      |  Cool |
|----------|:-------------:|------:|
| col 1 is |  left-aligned | $1600 |
| col 2 is |    centered   |   $12 |
| col 3 is | right-aligned |    $1 |
</pre>

    Result in Telegram messanger:

    ScreenShot from telegram bot

    Updated. How convert the tables in the picture

    There will be a problem on the small screens of smartphones. So this method is not good. The only option is to convert the tables in the picture and so send :

    1. Or you can convert HTML to image using a headerless browser on your server.
    2. Or you can convert HTML to image using here external API services
    3. Or you can convert HTML to image using more difficult way by php GD