Telegram
Seamlessly automate Telegram bots—send messages, media, files, manage groups, moderate, and monitor events. Leverage full bot functionality with powerful actions and instant triggers in FlowRunner.
The Telegram FlowRunner Extension provides a powerful, comprehensive integration with the Telegram Bot API—enabling seamless automation for messaging, group management, content distribution, and real-time event monitoring within FlowRunner workflows.
With this extension, you can:
- Build fully automated customer support bots and chatbots tailored to your needs.
- Implement robust notification and alert systems via Telegram.
- Moderate groups and channels automatically by integrating moderation actions.
- Distribute news, updates, and rich content efficiently to multiple chats or channels.
- Create interactive workflows using commands, callbacks, and conversational events.
- Monitor messages and events in real time to trigger workflows when specific events occur.
- Automate the broadcasting of media, files, or announcements.
- Forward key messages between chats for organizational coordination.
- Collect feedback, measure user engagement, and automate data gathering.
Supported Actions:
- Delete Message: Delete a specific message in a chat or channel by providing the chat ID and message ID.
- Edit Message Text: Edit the text of an existing message sent by the bot to update or correct information.
- Forward Message: Forward messages from one chat to another by specifying source and target chat IDs and message IDs.
- Get Bot Info: Retrieve detailed information about the connected bot, including username, permissions, and status.
- Get Chat Info: Fetch metadata and details for a specific chat or channel using its unique ID.
- Get Chat Member: Look up information on a particular member of a chat, such as role, status, and user details.
- Get File: Retrieve and download files that have been shared with the bot via Telegram.
- Get Updates: Manually fetch new incoming updates, including messages and events, from Telegram servers.
- Get Webhook Info: Check the current webhook configuration and status for the Telegram bot's connection.
- Send Audio: Send audio files (such as music or voice notes) to users, chats, or channels from your automated workflows.
- Send Document: Transmit documents, such as PDFs or other files, to any chat or user.
- Send Location: Share coordinate-based location data with users or groups to enable location-aware workflow automations.
- Send Message: Instantly send text messages to any chat, channel, or user connected to your bot.
- Send Photo: Upload and share images and photos directly from your FlowRunner flows.
- Send Sticker: Send Telegram stickers to enhance chat interactions or as part of engagement workflows.
Supported Trigger:
- On New Message: Triggers instantly when your Telegram bot receives a new message, allowing you to create real-time workflows and responses.
To use the Telegram FlowRunner Extension, follow these steps:
- Install the Extension:
- Navigate to FlowRunner Marketplace and install the Telegram extension.
- Authenticate with Telegram:
- Drag any Telegram-related action into the Flow Editor.
- Enter your Telegram Bot API token to connect your bot with FlowRunner.
- Start Automating:
- Utilize available Telegram actions and triggers to automate bot actions, manage chats, send messages, and handle real-time events within your FlowRunner workflows.
The Telegram FlowRunner Extension is developed and maintained by Backendless Corp. For assistance:
- Visit the Backendless Support Forum
- Refer to the official Telegram Bot API Documentation for detailed API usage and guidelines.
Automate and expand your Telegram bot workflows with FlowRunner for robust real-time messaging, group management, and more.
