# Process Telegram image albums with Data Tables Cache: n8n workflow > Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Telegram and n8n data table. 28 steps, 1 branch: large, and worth reading before you trust it with... Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/process-telegram-image-albums-with-data-tables-cache (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) [Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Alerts and monitoring](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Alerts+and+monitoring#library) # Process Telegram image albums with Data Tables Cache Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Telegram and n8n data table. 28 steps, 1 branch: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live. Large [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fprocess-telegram-image-albums-with-data-tables-cache) **28 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live **1** Branch: places the flow splits **0** Loops or waits **2** Services it connects to ## The flow Starts it 3 Logic 12 Service 13 The steps in the order they run, from what starts it. - 1 **Telegram Trigger** Telegram trigger *Starts it* - 2 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it* - 3 **When clicking ‘Execute workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it* - 4 **Is media group with images?** If *Logic* - 5 **If any new records** Data Table *Service* - 6 **Upsert row(s)** Data Table *Service* - 7 **Filter1** Filter *Logic* - 8 **Process other messages as usual** No Op *Logic* - 9 **Get new requests** Data Table *Service* - 10 **Send initial notification** Telegram *Service* - 11 **NOOP** No Op *Logic* - 12 **Merge2** Merge *Logic* - 13 **Merge** Merge *Logic* - 14 **Latest message in media_group** Summarize *Service* - 15 **status:done** Data Table *Service* - 16 **status:processing** Data Table *Service* - 17 **Filter** Filter *Logic* - 18 **Sort** Sort *Logic* - 19 **parse TG messages** Set *Logic* - 20 **Get a file** Telegram *Service* - 21 **prepare user messages** Set *Logic* - 22 **Summarize** Summarize *Service* - 23 **Send processing message** Telegram *Service* - 24 **Call NanoBanana via OpenRouter** Http Request *Service* - 25 **Merge1** Merge *Logic* - 26 **Extract Base64** Set *Logic* - 27 **Send result message** Telegram *Service* - 28 **Convert to File** Convert To File *Service* ## How it's built - **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message - **Steps:** 28, with 1 branch - **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live - **Connects to:** Telegram, n8n data table - **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? Take your time. At 28 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 28 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%2Fprocess-telegram-image-albums-with-data-tables-cache) - **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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