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Automate Telegram message processing - separate text and files

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Telegram. 11 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

11 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 9Service 1

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Waiting For MessageTelegram triggerStarts it
  2. 2SwitchSwitchLogic
  3. 3Split OutSplit OutLogic
  4. 4Get Attachment OnlySetLogic
  5. 5Get Chat Message OnlySetLogic
  6. 6Get Chat Message ContentSetLogic
  7. 7Get AttachmentSetLogic
  8. 8Get & Download AttachmentTelegramService
  9. 9Next Step ! No OpLogic
  10. 10Next Step !No OpLogic
  11. 11Next Step ! No OpLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
11, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Telegram
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Telegram account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming Telegram message.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 11 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 11 steps before you point it at anything that matters.