Turn Byteforms response choices into a Telegram poll
Bring a form based decision into a native Telegram poll when the options are clear.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Send Poll
Send a native poll to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
Form responses can surface a team decision, but moving those choices into a chat poll takes extra copying and setup.
- Reuse choices found in available Byteforms responses.
- Let the team vote in a native Telegram poll.
- Avoid creating a poll when responses do not provide clear options.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Byteforms and Telegram once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation in Notis by naming it and describing the poll outcome.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to identify a clear decision and its options in available Byteforms responses, then create a Telegram poll only when the options are supported by the data.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real example and review the poll question and options.
Questions about this workflow
Will this always create a poll?
Ask Notis to create one only when the returned responses contain a clear decision and supported options. Otherwise it can report that no poll is warranted.
Can this collect votes from form respondents?
No. The Telegram poll collects votes from Telegram chat participants.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Byteforms to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Byteforms 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.
Byteforms and Telegram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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