Share Visual Alerts via Telegram When Webhooks Fire
External events matter, but plain text alerts don't convey urgency. Send visual notifications to Telegram when webhooks trigger so the team pays attention.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Send Photo
Send photos to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
When external systems send events via webhooks, text-only alerts can get lost in the noise. Visual notifications with accompanying photos grab attention and communicate urgency more effectively.
- Make webhook alerts more visible with accompanying photos
- Grab team attention faster with visual notifications
- Create context around external events with images
- Reduce missed alerts by making notifications more prominent
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Telegram to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'When I receive a webhook, send a photo to Telegram with context about the event'.
- 3Notis provides a unique webhook URL for this automation.
- 4Include a photo URL or image data in your webhook payload (or let Notis generate a contextual image).
- 5Configure your external tool to send webhooks to the URL provided.
- 6Test by triggering a webhook and confirming the photo arrives in your Telegram channel.
Questions about this workflow
Can I customize what image is sent with each webhook?
Yes. Include an image URL in your webhook payload, or tell Notis to generate a contextual visual based on the event data.
What if my webhook payload doesn't include an image?
Notis can create a visual summary or badge based on the webhook data. You can customize the appearance in your automation prompt.
Can I send multiple photos or combine them with text?
Yes. Your automation can send photos along with text descriptions, summaries, or additional context about the webhook event.
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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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