Keep photo context with the image
A photo's meaning can fade after the conversation ends. Send a note in Telegram and Notis can add that context to the media item's description.
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
Update Media Item
Updates a media item's description in google photos.
Why this helps
Images lose the project, client, or decision context that made them useful in the first place.
- Keeps useful context close to a media item.
- Makes later retrieval and handoff more informative.
- Captures details while they're still fresh in the conversation.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Google Photos to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or ask Notis to set it up conversationally.
- 3Describe in plain language how a Telegram note should identify a media item and update its Google Photos description.
- 4Choose New Message Received and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with a known media item and a short contextual note.
Questions about this workflow
What context is useful to add?
A project, event, date, location, or reason the image matters can help someone understand it later.
Can the workflow identify a photo from just a description?
The instruction needs enough information to identify the intended media item. Test with your typical references before relying on it.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Googlephotos. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Googlephotos actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add Enrichment
Adds an enrichment at a specified position in a defined album.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Batch Add Media Items
Adds one or more media items to an album in google photos.
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.
Batch Create Media Items
Unified action to upload media files and create them as items in google photos.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Batch Get Media Items
Returns the list of media items for the specified media item identifiers.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Create Album
Creates a new album in google photos.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Get Album
Returns the album based on the specified albumid.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Download Photos Media Item
Downloads a media item from google photos and returns it as a file.
List Albums
Lists all albums shown to a user in the albums tab of google photos.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Googlephotos, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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