Preview Telegram documents at a glance
See what a document looks like before you commit to opening and reviewing it.
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
LibreOffice Thumbnail
Tool to generate a thumbnail image of a document using libreoffice. use when you need a quick visual preview of a pdf or office file's first page.
Why this helps
Opening every attachment interrupts the task you were trying to finish.
- Makes incoming documents quicker to scan.
- Helps prioritize which file needs attention first.
- Reduces unnecessary app switching.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Api2pdf to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis in plain language.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to generate a first-page thumbnail for documents shared in Telegram.
- 4Pick the new message trigger and the channel for run reports.
- 5Test with one PDF or office document attachment.
Questions about this workflow
What does the preview show?
Api2pdf generates a thumbnail using LibreOffice, typically showing the document's first page.
Can I use this for office files too?
The action supports PDF or office files; test with the formats you commonly share.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Api2pdf. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Api2pdf actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete PDF
Tool to delete a previously generated pdf. use when you need to immediately remove a pdf by its response id.
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.
Extract PDF Pages
Tool to extract specific pages from a pdf document. use when you need only certain pages from a larger pdf file.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
LibreOffice PDF to HTML
Tool to convert a pdf document to html using libreoffice. use when you need html output of a pdf file (experimental; images may be excluded).
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
LibreOffice Thumbnail
Tool to generate a thumbnail image of a document using libreoffice. use when you need a quick visual preview of a pdf or office file's first page.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Merge PDFs
Tool to merge multiple pdf documents into a single pdf. use when you need to concatenate several pdfs on the server-side.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Optimize PDF
Tool to optimize a pdf document to reduce file size while maintaining quality. use when you need to minimize storage or bandwidth for an existing pdf.
Reorder PDF Pages
Tool to reorder pages of a pdf document. use when you need to rearrange pages into a new order by specifying page indices.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Api2pdf, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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