Automated Telegram Chat History for Documentation
Keep your team's Telegram conversations documented by automatically retrieving chat history on a schedule. Create a record of important decisions and discussions.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
Why this helps
Telegram conversations contain important decisions and follow-ups, but they disappear from view as new messages arrive. Founders need documented records for compliance, onboarding, and decision history.
- Keep a documented record of important Telegram conversations
- Retrieve chat history automatically without manual exports
- Maintain compliance records of team discussions
- Create an archive for onboarding or historical reference
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Telegram to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'Retrieve my Telegram chat history every Friday and save it for documentation'.
- 3Set the trigger: Notis Cron (weekly at your preferred day and time).
- 4Specify which Telegram chat or channel to retrieve history from.
- 5Choose where to store the history (Telegram channel, email, or exported document).
- 6Wait for the scheduled time to see the chat history retrieval, or trigger a test manually.
Questions about this workflow
How far back will the history go?
You can customize how far back to retrieve. For example: 'Get the past 7 days of chat history' or 'Retrieve all messages since last Friday'.
Can I filter the history to specific topics or members?
Yes. Tell Notis what to include: 'Get messages about project decisions only' or 'Retrieve messages from the team lead'.
Will the history include media like photos and documents?
Yes, but large media will be linked rather than embedded in the export. Notis can customize what types of content are included.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Telegram actions
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Answer Callback Query
Use this method to send answers to callback queries sent from inline keyboards. the answer will be displayed to the user as a notification at the top of the chat screen or as an alert.
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
File Shared (Permissions Added)
Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.
Export Chat Invite Link
Generate a new primary invite link for a chat; any previously generated primary link is revoked. the bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Get Chat Info
Get up to date information about the chat (current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or channel, etc.).
New File Matching Query
Triggers when a new Google Drive file matches a provided query. This is the legacy query-centric trigger: it preserves Drive API query config such as ``corpora`` / ``driveId`` aliases and emits the historical ``file_matching_query`` event type. ``FileCreatedTrigger`` covers the broader "new file" case and emits ``file_created``.
Get Chat Administrators
Get a list of administrators in a chat. on success, returns an array of chatmember objects that contains information about all chat administrators except other bots.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
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