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Download Viral Social Media Videos Directly From Telegram

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Telegram. 10 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

10 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 4Service 5

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

  1. 1Telegram TriggerTelegram triggerStarts it
  2. 2Validate The message is only a URLCodeLogic
  3. 3Trigger FetchMedia FetchHttp RequestService
  4. 4Wait For Video FetchWaitLogic
  5. 5Download succeeded?IfLogic
  6. 6Download VideoHttp RequestService
  7. 7Send an error messageTelegramService
  8. 8Check file sizeIfLogic
  9. 9Send the downloaded videoTelegramService
  10. 10Send error and download linkTelegramService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
10, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
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. 10 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 10 steps before you point it at anything that matters.