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Find a FreshBooks project without leaving Telegram

When a project name is on the tip of your tongue, ask Notis in Telegram to check the FreshBooks project list for the right business.

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

List Projects

Tool to list all projects for a business. use after confirming the business id.

Why this helps

Searching through accounting pages to confirm a project name can derail a quick reply or handoff.

  • Check project names in the chat where the question came up.
  • Get the business confirmed before requesting its projects.
  • Reduce back-and-forth when preparing a handoff.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Telegram and FreshBooks to Notis once through the portal.
  • 2Create an automation in the portal, or tell Notis in Telegram to fetch FreshBooks projects when you ask for them.
  • 3Write one plain-language instruction to confirm the business and return its project list.
  • 4Select Telegram New Message Received as the trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
  • 5Test with a Telegram request that names the FreshBooks business.

Questions about this workflow

What if I have more than one business?

Tell Notis which business to use. The project lookup should confirm its business ID before using List Projects.

Does this create projects?

No. This workflow reads the project's listing from FreshBooks.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Freshbooks. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Telegram triggers

Freshbooks actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

List Businesses

Tool to list all businesses associated with the authenticated user.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

List Projects

Tool to list all projects for a business. use after confirming the business id.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerInstant

New Channel Post

Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.

TriggerInstant

Callback Query Received

Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.

TriggerInstant

Message Edited

Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.

TriggerInstant

New Chat Member

Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.

TriggerInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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