Start photo search with one Telegram tap
When someone taps a search option on your bot message, Notis searches Google Photos for the associated visual reference.
Trigger
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Action
Search Media Items
Searches for media items in a user's google photos library.
Why this helps
A repetitive lookup takes several messages and app switches even when the request pattern is familiar.
- Turns a familiar bot interaction into a direct search.
- Reduces typing for repeated photo requests.
- Keeps the retrieval flow inside Telegram.
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 configure it conversationally.
- 3Describe in plain language which inline button request should prompt a Google Photos search and what it should search for.
- 4Choose Callback Query Received as the trigger and select a run-report channel.
- 5Test by tapping the intended button and reviewing the search results.
Questions about this workflow
What causes this trigger?
It runs when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
How does Notis know what to search for?
Describe the button's purpose and the visual reference to search for in the automation prompt.
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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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