# Create and manage short URLs with Telegram and MongoDB: n8n workflow

> Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across MongoDB and Telegram. 22 steps, 4 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-and-manage-short-urls-with-telegram-and-mongodb (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Create and manage short URLs with Telegram and MongoDB

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across MongoDB and Telegram. 22 steps, 4 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large

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**22 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**4** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 4 Logic 11 Service 7

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

- 1 **Telegram Trigger** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Webhook** Webhook *Starts it*
- 3 **Is it reply?** If *Logic*
- 4 **take short code** Set *Logic*
- 5 **Clean Data** Code *Logic*
- 6 **take URL** Code *Logic*
- 7 **short code exist?** Mongo Db *Service*
- 8 **Reply Data** Set *Logic*
- 9 **Not Valid URL?** If *Logic*
- 10 **short code exist?1** Set *Logic*
- 11 **Exist?** Mongo Db *Service*
- 12 **Not Valid URL1** Telegram *Service*
- 13 **askShortCode** Telegram *Service*
- 14 **If short code exist** If *Logic*
- 15 **exist?** Set *Logic*
- 16 **Valid URL** Respond To Webhook *Starts it*
- 17 **404 page** Respond To Webhook *Starts it*
- 18 **no exist?** If *Logic*
- 19 **shortCode Data** Set *Logic*
- 20 **askShortCode1** Telegram *Service*
- 21 **Insert shortCode** Mongo Db *Service*
- 22 **New link** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 22, with 4 branches
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** MongoDB, Telegram
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own MongoDB and Telegram accounts. 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?

Take your time. At 22 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 22 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fcreate-and-manage-short-urls-with-telegram-and-mongodb)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[MongoDB](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=MongoDB#library)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library)

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