Automation library · Data collection

Track DTDC shipments with Telegram

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Telegram. 17 steps, 6 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

17 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
6Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 8Service 8

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

  1. 1Telegram TriggerTelegram triggerStarts it
  2. 2Filter: Text Messages OnlyIfLogic
  3. 3Parse Message & Extract Tracking NumberCodeLogic
  4. 4Is /start Command?IfLogic
  5. 5Is /track or Tracking Number?IfLogic
  6. 6Is /help Command?IfLogic
  7. 7Send Welcome MessageTelegramService
  8. 8Has Tracking Number?IfLogic
  9. 9Send Help MessageTelegramService
  10. 10Send Unknown Command MessageTelegramService
  11. 11Is Valid Tracking Number?IfLogic
  12. 12Send Missing Tracking NumberTelegramService
  13. 13Send Searching MessageTelegramService
  14. 14Send Invalid Tracking ErrorTelegramService
  15. 15DTDC Tracking APIHttp RequestService
  16. 16Format Tracking ResponseCodeLogic
  17. 17Send Tracking ResultTelegramService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
17, with 6 branches
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. 17 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 17 steps before you point it at anything that matters.