Find stores near a location your channel shares
Post a postal code and country code to your channel and get nearby retailer information.
Trigger
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Action
Get Nearby Retailers
Get nearby retailers by postal code + country code. attempts prod first then falls back to dev; errors from prod bubble up if both fail.
Why this helps
When a group shares a new location, finding its grocery options can become another manual follow-up.
- Make location information useful to the whole channel.
- Reduce repeated store searches by group members.
- Get retailer results tied to the postal code in the post.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Instacart to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis conversationally.
- 3Write one instruction to find nearby Instacart retailers when a channel post includes a postal code and country code.
- 4Choose New Channel Post and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Publish a test location post and confirm the retailer information returned.
Questions about this workflow
Can the bot read channel posts?
Yes, when the bot is an administrator in the Telegram channel.
What details are needed for lookup?
The retailer lookup uses a postal code and country code.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Instacart. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Instacart actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Recipe Page
Create a recipe page on instacart + return shareable url. attempts prod first then falls back to dev; errors from prod bubble up if both fail.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Shopping List Page
Create a shopping list page on instacart + return shareable url. attempts prod first then falls back to dev; errors from prod bubble up if both fail.
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.
Get Nearby Retailers
Get nearby retailers by postal code + country code. attempts prod first then falls back to dev; errors from prod bubble up if both fail.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Instacart, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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