Retrieve a channel presence timeline from Telegram
Ask for the history of who was present on an Ably channel during a relevant window.
Trigger
New Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
Action
Get Channel Presence History
This tool retrieves the history of presence messages for a specified channel in ably. it allows you to query presence events on a channel within a given time period.
Why this helps
Timeline questions often require several manual steps before the relevant presence events are visible.
- Retrieves presence events for a named channel and period.
- Helps answer participation timeline questions during a review.
- Keeps the request tied to its originating Telegram conversation.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Ably to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Ask Notis to retrieve presence history for a named Ably channel and time period when requested in Telegram.
- 3Select New Message Received and choose where run reports should appear.
- 4Test with a channel and a time window you need to review.
Questions about this workflow
Is this for message history?
No. It retrieves presence event history. Use the channel history action for messages.
Can I specify a time range?
Yes. State the relevant period in the automation prompt or request.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Ably. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Ably actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Query Batch Presence
This tool enables querying the presence states of multiple channels in a single api request. the api retrieves the member presence details of the specified channels in parallel.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Query Batch Presence History
This tool enables querying presence history for multiple channels in a single api request. it uses the get endpoint at https://rest.ably.io/presence to retrieve the member presence history details of the specified channels in parallel.
New Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
Create Ably Channel
Creates a new channel or retrieves an existing channel in ably. this tool allows you to programmatically create and initialize channels for real-time messaging. since ably creates channels implicitly when first used, this action publishes an empty initialization message to create/activate the channel.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Delete Channel Subscription
This tool allows you to unsubscribe devices or clients from push notifications for specific channels. the operation is asynchronous, so immediate requests after deletion may briefly still return the subscription.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Get Channel Details
This tool retrieves metadata and details for a specific channel in ably. it returns a channeldetails object containing information about the channel's status, occupancy, and other metadata. the endpoint provides visibility into channel activity, including metrics such as connections, presence, publishers, and subscribers, and requires appropriate permissions.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Get Channel History
This tool retrieves the message history for a specified ably channel. it uses the get /channels/{channelid}/messages endpoint to return a paginated list of messages in chronological order, subject to parameters such as 'channelid', 'limit', 'direction', 'start', and 'end'. the tool is useful for auditing, recovering missed messages, analyzing channel activity, and debugging message flows. authentication is required via basic or token authentication.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Get Channel Presence History
This tool retrieves the history of presence messages for a specified channel in ably. it allows you to query presence events on a channel within a given time period.
Get Ably Service Time
This tool retrieves the current server time from ably's service in milliseconds since the epoch. it is particularly useful for time synchronization and generating valid tokenrequest timestamps to prevent replay attacks. the endpoint supports multiple content types, handles http errors, network issues, and is a fundamental tool for ensuring accurate timing in ably applications.
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