Reference
Change Telegram privacy settings
Set one privacy setting to everybody / contacts / nobody. People or groups added as exceptions on the phone are kept.
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Set one privacy setting to everybody / contacts / nobody. People or groups added as exceptions on the phone are kept.
Overview
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Code | accounts.set_privacy |
| Scope needed | profile.write |
| Risk | Write |
| May need confirmation | No |
| Runs as | Queues work for a node |
Needs Idempotency-Key |
Yes |
| Member roles allowed | owner, manager |
| Needs a worker from version | 1.0.16 |
| In the app | Accounts → Privacy |
Input fields
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
accountId |
uuid |
Yes | |
key |
"phone_number" | "last_seen" | "profile_photo" | "bio" | "forwards" | "calls" | "group_invites" |
Yes | |
rule |
"everybody" | "contacts" | "nobody" |
Yes |
Example request
curl -X POST https://tlg.builera.app/api/public/v2/ops/accounts.set_privacy \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TELEGRAM_AUTO_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: <unique key per operation>" \
-d '{"accountId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","key":"phone_number","rule":"everybody"}'Output fields (data)
| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
ok |
true |
Yes |
jobId |
text |
Yes |
Example answer
{
"data": {
"ok": true,
"jobId": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
}
}Using it over MCP
Not listed on any profile: call tools_describe then tools_run with code: "accounts.set_privacy". Tool name when listed: accounts_set_privacy.