notification.py

import configparser
import requests

# Read Configuration
config = configparser.ConfigParser()
config.read('config.ini')

TELEGRAM_TOKEN = False
if (config.has_option('telegram', 'telegram_token')):
    TELEGRAM_TOKEN = config['telegram']['telegram_token']

TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID = False
if (config.has_option('telegram', 'telegram_chatid')):
    TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID = config['telegram']['telegram_chatid']

def telegram_sendNotification(notification):
    if ( TELEGRAM_TOKEN and TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID ):
        payload = {
            'chat_id': TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID,
            'text': notification,
            'parse_mode': 'HTML'
        }
        return requests.post("https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/sendMessage".format(token=TELEGRAM_TOKEN),data=payload).content
    else:
        return False