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Buffer to Telegram integrations

Buffer and Telegram can work together seamlessly on IFTTT to streamline your social media management and communication. By integrating these two powerful services, you can automatically share your social media posts on Telegram, keeping your audience informed and engaged, without any extra effort.
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Social media post notifications

Automatically send a message to your Telegram chat every time you publish a new post on Buffer, ensuring your followers are always updated with your latest content.

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Create your own Buffer and Telegram workflow

Create custom workflows effortlessly by selecting triggers, queries, and actions. With IFTTT, it's simple: “If this” trigger happens, “then that” action follows. Streamline tasks and save time with automated workflows that work for you.

21 triggers, queries, and actions

New message in a group

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when any user sends the /ifttt command to the source group.

New message with key phrase in a group

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a user sends a message with the /ifttt command and a key phrase to the source group.

New message with key phrase to @IFTTT

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when you send a text message with a key phrase to the @IFTTT bot on Telegram.

New photo in your channel

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new photo is posted in a public channel where you are an admin. The @IFTTT bot must also be an admin in the channel.

New photo to @IFTTT on Telegram

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when you send a photo to the @IFTTT bot on Telegram.

New post in your channel

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new message is posted in a public channel where you are an admin. The @IFTTT bot must also be an admin in the channel.

New post sent

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time a post you scheduled through Buffer has been successfully published to its social network.

Post failed to send

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time one of your scheduled Buffer posts fails to publish to its social network.

History of messages in a group

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when any user sends the /ifttt command to the source group.

History of messages with key phrase in a group

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when a user sends a message with the /ifttt command and a key phrase to the source group.

History of messages with key phrase to @IFTTT

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when you send a text message with a key phrase to the @IFTTT bot on Telegram.

History of photos in your channel

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when a new photo is posted in a public channel where you are an admin. The @IFTTT bot must also be an admin in the channel.

History of photos to @IFTTT on Telegram

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when you send a photo to the @IFTTT bot on Telegram.

History of posts in your channel

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when a new message is posted in a public channel where you are an admin. The @IFTTT bot must also be an admin in the channel.

Add a post to the queue

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will add a post to your Buffer queue for the channel you choose. Buffer schedules it automatically based on that channel's posting schedule.

Schedule a post

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will schedule a post to publish at a specific date and time on the channel you choose.

Send message

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will send a text message to a Telegram chat.

Send mp3

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will send an mp3 to a Telegram chat.

Send photo

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will send a photo to a Telegram chat.

Send video

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will send a video to a Telegram chat.

Share a post now

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will publish a post to the channel you choose immediately, bypassing the Buffer queue.

Add a post to the queue

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will add a post to your Buffer queue for the channel you choose. Buffer schedules it automatically based on that channel's posting schedule.

History of messages in a group

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when any user sends the /ifttt command to the source group.

History of messages with key phrase in a group

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when a user sends a message with the /ifttt command and a key phrase to the source group.

History of messages with key phrase to @IFTTT

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when you send a text message with a key phrase to the @IFTTT bot on Telegram.

History of photos in your channel

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when a new photo is posted in a public channel where you are an admin. The @IFTTT bot must also be an admin in the channel.

History of photos to @IFTTT on Telegram

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when you send a photo to the @IFTTT bot on Telegram.

History of posts in your channel

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when a new message is posted in a public channel where you are an admin. The @IFTTT bot must also be an admin in the channel.

New message in a group

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when any user sends the /ifttt command to the source group.

New message with key phrase in a group

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a user sends a message with the /ifttt command and a key phrase to the source group.

New message with key phrase to @IFTTT

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when you send a text message with a key phrase to the @IFTTT bot on Telegram.

New photo in your channel

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new photo is posted in a public channel where you are an admin. The @IFTTT bot must also be an admin in the channel.

New photo to @IFTTT on Telegram

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when you send a photo to the @IFTTT bot on Telegram.

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About Buffer

Buffer is a social media management tool for scheduling, publishing, and analyzing posts across X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, Pinterest, YouTube, and Google Business Profile. A Buffer "channel" is one connected social account, and posts are queued to one channel at a time. Use Buffer on IFTTT to automatically fill your queue from any source, publish posts instantly, or get notified when scheduled content goes live.

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About Telegram

Use IFTTT to automatically message with Telegram. Do more with the Telegram web app. Pure instant messaging — simple, fast, secure, and synced across all your devices. Connect with some of the IFTTT applets below, or build customized integrations using the Telegram Bot Platform.

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