# Extract text from images & PDFs with Telegram and Mistral: n8n workflow > Started by another system calling it, and works across Telegram. 32 steps, 9 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live. Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/extract-text-from-images-and-pdfs-with-telegram-and-mistral (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) [Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Documents and files](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Documents+and+files#library) # Extract text from images & PDFs with Telegram and Mistral Started by another system calling it, and works across Telegram. 32 steps, 9 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live. Large [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fextract-text-from-images-and-pdfs-with-telegram-and-mistral) **32 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live **9** Branches: places the flow splits **0** Loops or waits **1** Service it connects to ## The flow Starts it 3 Logic 14 Service 15 The steps in the order they run, from what starts it. - 1 **Manual Webhook Setup Trigger** Manual trigger *Starts it* - 2 **Incoming request** Webhook *Starts it* - 3 **Telegram Webhook Configuration** Set *Logic* - 4 **Settings** Set *Logic* - 5 **Check Production Mode** If *Logic* - 6 **Determine Incoming Request Source Type** Switch *Logic* - 7 **Set Production Webhook** Http Request *Service* - 8 **Set Development Webhook** Http Request *Service* - 9 **Telegram Event Handler** Switch *Logic* - 10 **Get a file** Telegram *Service* - 11 **Return Webhook Status** Http Request *Service* - 12 **Is Whitelist Disabled?** If *Logic* - 13 **Respond with attachment** Respond To Webhook *Starts it* - 14 **Status “Typing…”** Telegram *Service* - 15 **Whitelist Logic** Code *Logic* - 16 **Determine Message Type** Switch *Logic* - 17 **Check Whitelist Status** If *Logic* - 18 **Command Router** Switch *Logic* - 19 **Checking file size** If *Logic* - 20 **Notification about correct commands** Telegram *Service* - 21 **Access Denied** Telegram *Service* - 22 **Inform Bot Capabilities** Telegram *Service* - 23 **File classifier** Code *Logic* - 24 **Maximum file size exceeded** Telegram *Service* - 25 **Image / PDF** If *Logic* - 26 **Generating temporary file link** Telegram *Service* - 27 **Invalid file** Telegram *Service* - 28 **Mistral OCR** Http Request *Service* - 29 **Markdown converter** Code *Logic* - 30 **Problem with file recognition** Telegram *Service* - 31 **Converting Markdown to File** Convert To File *Service* - 32 **Send Markdown File to Telegram** Telegram *Service* ## How it's built - **Starts on:** Another system calling it - **Steps:** 32, with 9 branches - **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live - **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 another system calling it. 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 32 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 32 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%2Fextract-text-from-images-and-pdfs-with-telegram-and-mistral) - **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. 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