How to connect Telegram bot for Manychat with Pabbly

[humilis]

We are using Manychat for chatting with our Telegram contacts and for sending broadcast messages to them. For this purpose we created a bot that the contacts subscribe to.

We now want the broadcast messages from Manychat to the Telegram bot to be sent to a Discord channel as well.

I'm struggling to connect the Telegram bot to Pabbly. I get all the live chat messages (sent + received), but I need the sent broadcast messages.

How to connect the Telegram bot (created for Manychat) to Pabbly and get only the sent broadcast messages?

 

[ArshilAhmad]

Hi @humilis,

Could you please share the Workflow URL where you have set up Telegram as the trigger step? Also, please let us know if the broadcast messages you’re sending are not being captured in the Telegram trigger step.

 

[humilis]

Hi @ArshilAhmad ,

I have created a bot (just like in the YouTube tutorial): TG Broadcasts to Discord
There was already a bot created on behalf of Manychat: Lady Fatale - All-inclusive VIP Femdom
I created a group, and added both bots as member.

For both bots I tested:
- message sent from TG account itself
- message sent from TG group account
- message sent from live chat in Manychat
- broadcast message sent from Manychat

Only the message sent from TG account itself was captured by Pabbly Connect. But what I need is the broadcast message sent from Manychat to be captured by Pabbly Connect. You can watch it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/184hrxUHJj-RSqcRvoWkRkSjxZnbPAqNB/view?usp=sharing
As I said: I tested for both the bots, the results were identical.

How do I connect the bot correctly, so that the broadcast messages from Manychat are captured?

 

[Preeti Paryani]

Hello @humilis,

Could you please provide us with the Workflow URL as well, so we can better suggest to you?

 

[humilis]

Hi @Preeti Paryani ,

This is the URL: https://connect.pabbly.com/workflow/mapping/IjU3NjYwNTZiMDYzMDA0Mzc1MjY4NTUzYzUxMzEi_pc

Just note that I'm still struggling with the trigger and haven't added any actions yet.

 

[Preeti Paryani]

Hello @humilis,

We would like to inform you that when setting up the connection with Telegram, it is configured for a specific bot. Based on our understanding, updates will be captured only for that particular bot within your Pabbly Connect workflow.

That said, please allow us some time to run a few tests on our end. We will also confirm this with our technical team and get back to you with a proper update.

Thank you for your patience.

 

[humilis]

@Preeti Paryani , that specific bot I made at first. But both that specific bot and the existing one for Manychat show identical results.

On the other hand, it may be that I need to use the Manychat trigger (External Request) instead. But I have no experience with external requests and Json, and it doesn't sound like it's a 'no code needed' option.

Let's wait and see your findings.
Thanks for your help.

 

[Preeti Paryani]

Hello @humilis,

You may go ahead and try the option you mentioned in the meantime.

Unfortunately, I haven’t had the chance to test the concern on my end yet. I sincerely apologize for the delay. Please allow me a bit more time, and I’ll get back to you with the results as soon as I’ve completed the testing.