Check nearby grocery retailers from Telegram
Send your postal code in Telegram and get nearby Instacart retailer information back.
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
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
Finding which grocery retailers serve an area can interrupt planning and take several searches.
- Make area-based retailer discovery a simple message.
- Avoid leaving the conversation to begin a separate store search.
- Get nearby retailer information for the postal code provided.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Instacart to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or request it from Notis in plain language.
- 3Ask in one instruction for a nearby Instacart retailer lookup when a Telegram message includes a postal code and country code.
- 4Choose New Message Received and select where run reports should appear.
- 5Send a real postal code and country code to the bot and review the retailer results.
Questions about this workflow
What location details does the lookup need?
The action looks up nearby retailers using a postal code and country code.
Does it create a shopping list?
No. This workflow uses the nearby retailer lookup action and returns retailer information.
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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.
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Webhook trigger
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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.
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Telegram and Instacart, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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