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Check your campaign chat details before outreach

Make sure a campaign is headed to the right Telegram destination. Schedule a quick refresh of current chat information and review it before outreach begins.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

Action

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.).

Why this helps

Outdated chat names or usernames can make campaign coordination uncertain.

  • Confirm the current Telegram destination details.
  • Add a quick check before planned outreach.
  • Reduce errors caused by stale chat references.

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 name the chat details check.
  • 3Tell Notis to retrieve the current information for the Telegram campaign chat you identify and send a brief summary to your chosen review chat.
  • 4Choose a notis_cron schedule before the campaign and set where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real chat and confirm the current name or username is clear.

Questions about this workflow

Does this workflow send campaign messages?

No. It checks current Telegram chat information and reports it. Use a separate supported message workflow to send campaign content.

What information can it retrieve?

The action provides current chat information such as a name or username, when available.

Can it check a chat that the bot cannot access?

The bot needs the relevant chat identifier and access for Telegram to return its current information.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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.

TriggerScheduled

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.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Delete Message

Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.

ActionInstant

Edit Message

Edit text messages sent by the bot.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Forward Message

Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.

ActionInstant

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.).

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Get Chat History

Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Blackbaud and Telegram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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