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Telegram

by Telegram Messenger Inc.

Send text messages, photos, documents, and polls to Telegram chats and channels. Retrieve bot updates and respond to user messages from agent workflows.

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How agents use Telegram

  • Agent sends a formatted notification to a Telegram channel when a workflow completes or an alert fires
  • Agent delivers a daily digest message to a team group chat with summaries from other integrations
  • Agent sends a document or report file directly to a Telegram chat after generating it
  • Agent polls for incoming messages and routes them into other workflow nodes for processing
  • Agent sends a photo or chart image to a channel after generating a visualisation
  • Agent edits a previously sent status message to reflect real-time progress updates
  • Agent sends a poll to a group to gather quick team feedback as part of a decision workflow

Agent actions

Send MessageSend a text message to a Telegram chat, group, or channel.

Inputs: chatId, text, parseMode, disableNotification, replyToMessageId

Returns: messageId, chatId, date, message

Send PhotoSend a photo to a Telegram chat with an optional caption.

Inputs: chatId, photo, caption, parseMode

Returns: messageId, fileId, message

Send DocumentSend a file/document to a Telegram chat.

Inputs: chatId, document, caption, fileName

Returns: messageId, fileId, message

Send PollSend a poll or quiz to a Telegram chat.

Inputs: chatId, question, options, isAnonymous, allowsMultipleAnswers

Returns: messageId, pollId, message

Edit MessageEdit the text of a previously sent message.

Inputs: chatId, messageId, text, parseMode

Returns: success, message

Get UpdatesRetrieve incoming messages and events sent to the bot (long polling).

Inputs: offset, limit, allowedUpdates

Returns: updates, updateCount, latestUpdateId

Get Chat InfoRetrieve information about a chat, group, or channel.

Inputs: chatId

Returns: chatId, type, title, username, memberCount, chat

Get Bot InfoRetrieve information about the authenticated bot.

Returns: botId, username, firstName, bot

Example workflows

1

Real-time alert notifications

When a monitoring agent detects an issue, it immediately sends a formatted alert to a designated Telegram channel.

2

Daily report delivery

Each morning, an agent compiles a report and sends it as a document to a management group chat.

About Telegram

Vendor
Telegram Messenger Inc.
Pricing Always review details with the vendor
FreeThe Telegram Bot API is completely free with no usage costs.
Authentication
Bearer token
Rate limit Always review details with the vendor
60 requests / minute
Compatible nodes
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