Share directory updates with your Telegram community
Make important directory changes easier to notice by sharing a clear, approved Telegram update.
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
Updates can go unseen when members have to check a directory separately for every change.
- Share a supplied update where your community communicates
- Keep the notice concise and actionable
- Reduce manual announcement work after a directory change
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Brilliant Directories and Telegram once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, or tell Notis the outcome in plain language.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to send the supplied directory update and any next step to the intended Telegram chat.
- 4Choose a webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real directory update.
Questions about this workflow
Does this detect directory changes automatically?
No Brilliant Directories trigger events are listed. Your update process must send an HTTP request to start the Notis webhook automation.
Can the message include a change that was not supplied?
No. Provide the approved update details and any relevant next step in the webhook request or instruction.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Brilliant directories to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Brilliant directories 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.
Brilliant directories and Telegram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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