Bring donor story photos into your Telegram workflow
Help the team review supporter stories without hunting through files. Use a webhook with the story context and image reference, then send the photo to Telegram.
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
Good supporter stories and their images can get separated during content planning.
- Keep an image and its story context together.
- Make review easier in an existing team chat.
- Reduce manual searching before content planning.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Blackbaud and Telegram once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give the review workflow a name.
- 3Tell Notis to use the donor story and accessible photo reference supplied with the webhook to send the image with a short caption to your chosen Telegram chat.
- 4Select the notis_webhook trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real example and verify the image is appropriate to share in that chat.
Questions about this workflow
Does Blackbaud provide donor photos?
The source description does not specify donor photo fields. Include an accessible image reference in the webhook context or another source available to Notis.
Can the bot post a photo from a private file?
The connected Telegram action needs an image it can access. Confirm the reference is usable by the integration before relying on the workflow.
Can the photo be sent directly to supporters?
You can identify an appropriate Telegram chat, but confirm you have permission to share the image and story with that audience.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Blackbaud to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Blackbaud 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.
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Blackbaud and Telegram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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