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Triggers

The trigger is the event that starts the automation.

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  Instantly when receiving a text message

  It is triggered every time a user sends a text message to the bot or to a group/channel where the bot is located.
  

  • You can choose to trigger the task for any message received or only for those that are preceded by a specific command (a word).

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  Instantly when receiving a command

  It is triggered every time the bot receives a command.

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  Instantly when receiving data from a Web App

  It is triggered every time the bot receives data from a Telegra Web App.

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  Instantly when receiving a voice message

  It is triggered every time a user sends a voice message to the bot.

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  Instantly when receiving an audio file

  It is triggered every time a user sends an audio file to the bot.

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  Instantly when a user presses a Telegram button

  It is triggered every time a user clicks on the buttons attached to the posts of a chat.
  

  • You can choose to trigger the task for a specific chat or for any chat where it has been displayed the button.

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  Instantly when receiving a contact

  It is triggered every time a user sends a contact from their address book to the bot.
  

  • To send contacts to a bot, use the attach button in your Telegram application.

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  Instantly when receiving an image

  It is triggered every time a user sends an image to the bot.

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  Instantly when receiving a message, image, or file

  It is triggered every the bot receives a text message, image or file to the bot.

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  Instantly when receiving a video

  It is triggered every the bot receives a video.

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  Instantly when receiving a member in a group

  It is triggered every time a new member joins in a group or super group where the bot resides.

Actions

The action is what happens automatically, without you having to do anything else.

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  Edit a message

  Edit the text, image, video or file of a specific post.

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  Wait a response from the user

  Task is paused and will resume once a response is received from the user.

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  Send a video

  Send a video along with a description to a specific chat, group or channel.
  
  

  • Supported video format: MP4.
  • Maximum size 50 MB (Maximum established by Telegram in its API).

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  Send a voice note

  Send a voice note along with a description to a specific chat, group, or channel.
  
  

  • Supported formats: .OGG, .MP3, and .M4A.
  • Maximum size: 50 MB (limit set by Telegram's API).

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  Send a document

  Send a document along with a description to a specific chat, group or channel.
  
  

  • Supported document formats: GIF, PDF and ZIP.
  • Maximum size 20 MB.

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  Restrict chat member

  Restricts the operations that a user can perform on a supergroup.
  

  • The bot must be an administrator in the supergroup.

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  Send a poll

  Send a poll to the users of a chat.

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  Send a message

  Send a message, an image/video/document or both to a specific chat, group or channel.
  
  

  • The following tags are currently supported in the messages: b, strong , i, em, u, ins, s, strike, del, a, code, pre.
  • You can include URL Buttons and Callback Buttons in posts.

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  Ask user

  Send a query (usually a question) that may include an image/video/file to a chat and wait for the user's response before continuing.
  
  

  • The following tags are currently supported in the messages: b, strong , i, em, u, ins, s, strike, del, a, code, pre.
  • You can include URL Buttons and Callback Buttons in posts.

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  Forward a message

  Forward a message from one group or channel to another.
  
  

  • Service messages can't be forwarded.
  • Forwarding messages from groups or channels requires that your bot is included in them and with administrator permissions (also to forward from other channels and public groups).

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  Copy a message between chats

  Copy a message from one chat, group, or channel to another.
  
  

  • Service messages cannot be copied.
  • Copying messages requires your bot to be included in them and with administrator permissions (even to copy messages from other groups and public channels).

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  Delete a message

  Delete a message from a specific chat including service messages, with the following limitations:
  
  

  • A message can only be deleted if it was sent less than 48 hours ago.
  • A dice message in a private chat can only be deleted if it was sent more than 24 hours ago.
  • Bots can delete outgoing messages in private chats, groups, and supergroups.
  • Bots can delete incoming messages in private chats.
  • Bots granted can_post_messages permissions can delete outgoing messages in channels.
  • If the bot is an administrator of a group, it can delete any message there.
  • If the bot has can_delete_messages permission in a supergroup or a channel, it can delete any message there.

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  Get the URL of a file

  Given a Telegram File Id, it returns the download URL.
  
  

  • Telegram file download URLs are valid for one hour.

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  Send a reply to the user

  Respond to the message received from a user.
  

  • The reply to messages is valid for both private chats, groups and channels.
  • Reply can contain an image, video or file.
  • The following tags are currently supported in the messages: b, strong , i, em, u, ins, s, strike, del, a, code, pre.

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