title: Find out my own user ID for sending a message with Telegram API
body: <p>For Telegram, how can I find out my own user id (<code>chat_id</code>) for use with the Telegram API?</p>
  
  <p>I want to send myself a message via the Telegram API, like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>https://api.telegram.org/bot&lt;BOTID&gt;/sendMessage
  </code></pre>