Keep Deployment Status Visible in Telegram
Give your team a shared update when a deployment check returns a status.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Send Message
Send a text message to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
People can lose time asking whether a deployment finished or reopening CI to check.
- Share the returned deployment status in the team chat.
- Make deployment progress easier to find.
- Reduce repeated status checks and follow-up questions.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Appveyor and Telegram once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis the desired outcome from any channel.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to check the relevant Appveyor deployment and post its returned status in Telegram.
- 4Choose notis_webhook as the trigger and arrange for the deployment process to call the webhook.
- 5Choose a report channel and test with one real deployment check.
Questions about this workflow
Can this report deployment completion automatically?
A webhook request starts the automation. It can check and report the status returned by Appveyor when the calling process invokes it.
Can it state an estimated completion time?
Only if that estimate is supplied or returned by Appveyor. Ask for the actual status when no estimate is available.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Appveyor to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Appveyor triggers
Telegram actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
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.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
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.).
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Appveyor and Telegram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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