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Connect Google Drive to Telegram

Telegram is a quick way to send things from your phone, and Drive is where they should end up. Save photos, receipts and voice notes sent to a bot into the right folder, and get a Telegram message when something new is ready in Drive.
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Ideas

What you can do with Google Drive and Telegram

Phone-to-Drive filing and Drive updates delivered to Telegram. These are ready-made starting points. Anything else you can describe works too.
Every 15 minutesAI

Publish videos dropped into a Drive folder and get the links on Telegram

Drop a video into your Drive To post folder and it is captioned, published through your posting service, and the links arrive on Telegram.

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Every 10 minutesAI

File email attachments in Drive and get a summary on Telegram

PDFs and images you receive by email are saved in Drive, and you get a short summary with the link on Telegram.

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The moment it happensAI

Transcribe voice notes sent to Telegram and save them to Drive

Send a voice note or audio file to your Telegram bot and get the text and a summary back, with both saved to your Transcripts folder.

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The moment it happens

Save files and photos sent to Telegram in Drive

Anything sent to your Telegram bot is filed in Drive in a folder for each sender and date, and the bot replies with the link.

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The moment it happensAI

Generate images from Telegram messages and keep them in Drive

Describe an image to your Telegram bot and it sends back the picture and saves a copy in your Drive AI images folder.

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DailyAI

Get top job matches for your CV on Telegram

Each morning the best new postings for your CV arrive on Telegram, each with a short cover-letter opener.

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The moment it happensAI

Message a video idea to Telegram and get the finished video back

Send your Telegram bot a video idea and get a short generated video back in the chat, with a copy saved in your Drive Shorts folder.

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The moment it happensAI

Send payment screenshots to a Telegram bot and file them in Drive

Forward a payment screenshot to your Telegram bot and it replies with the amount, date and payer, and files the image in Drive.

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The moment it happens

Search Google Drive from a Telegram bot

Send your bot a few words and get back links to the matching files in your Google Drive, newest first.

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Every 5 minutes

Get a Telegram alert for new files in a Google Drive folder

Every 5 minutes ClickRuntime checks a Google Drive folder and sends a Telegram message for each new file, with who added it and a link.

See how it works Your own logic

Any other automation you can describe in words

Your own rules, schedule and AI steps with Google Drive and Telegram, plus any other app. Describe it and your assistant builds it.

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More ideas

The moment it happens

Save Telegram group messages to Google Drive daily

Your bot collects the messages in a Telegram group through the day and saves them as one dated text file in Google Drive each night.

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Build your own

Build any Google Drive and Telegram automation you can describe

The ideas above are ready-made starting points, not a fixed list. Describe what should happen between Google Drive and Telegram in your own words, with your conditions, other apps or an AI step, and your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

  • Your own rules

    Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.

  • Any number of apps

    One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.

  • AI where it helps

    Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.

  • On a schedule or on each event

    Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

For example, ask your assistant

When someone sends a photo to my Telegram bot with a caption like 'job 142', save it to Drive in the Jobs/142 folder and reply with the link.

Every evening, send my Telegram group a list of files added to our shared Drive folder that day, grouped by who uploaded them.

Use cases

Why people connect Google Drive and Telegram

How the two apps work together

  • Messages and files sent to your Telegram bot reach a trigger link instantly through Telegram's webhook.
  • Files are saved to the Drive folder you choose, and a link is sent back in the chat.
  • ClickRuntime can also check Drive folders every few minutes and send new file alerts to Telegram.

  • Field worker saves photos to Drive by message

    Photos sent to a Telegram bot from a site can be saved into a Drive folder named by job and date.

  • Small team gets alerts for new client files

    When a client uploads to a shared Drive folder, a Telegram group gets a note with the file name and link.

  • Freelancer fetches files on the go

    Sending the bot a file name returns a link to the matching file in Drive.

  • Owner backs up receipts from the phone

    Receipts photographed and sent to Telegram are saved to Drive for the bookkeeper.

More apps

Google Drive, Telegram and other apps in one automation

An automation isn't limited to two apps. Add the next step in another app and it runs as part of the same automation.

Telegram receipts logged in a sheet

When I send a receipt photo to my bot, save it to Drive, read the total with AI, and add it to my Expenses sheet.

Field photos to Drive and Slack

When a crew member sends a photo to the Telegram bot, save it to the job's Drive folder and post it to the job channel in Slack.

Telegram files linked in Notion

Save files I send to my Telegram bot to Drive and add a Notion page with the link and my caption.

Setup

Connect Google Drive and Telegram once

Every idea on this page uses the same two connections, so you set them up once. If one is missing, your assistant tells you and links to the right place.

Google Drive

File storage

  1. At console.cloud.google.com, create a project and enable the Google Drive API.
  2. Set up the OAuth consent screen and add the scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.
  3. Create an OAuth client of type Web application with the redirect URI https://clickruntime.com/oauth/callback.
  4. In the ClickRuntime dashboard, open Connections, choose Google Drive and enter the client ID and secret, then connect.
  5. Prefer a service account? Under IAM & Admin → Service Accounts, create one and add a JSON key, share your folders or a Shared Drive with its email, and save the key as a secret on Connections & secrets.

Telegram

Messaging

  1. In Telegram, open a chat with @BotFather and send /newbot.
  2. Choose a name and a username for your bot, then copy the token BotFather sends (it looks like 123456:ABC-...).
  3. Open your new bot and press Start, so it is allowed to message you. For groups or channels, add the bot and give it admin rights if it should post or delete.
  4. In the ClickRuntime dashboard, open Connections & secrets and save the bot token.

FAQ

Questions about connecting Google Drive and Telegram

How does ClickRuntime talk to Telegram?
Through a Telegram bot you create with BotFather. You save its token as a secret in your ClickRuntime dashboard.
Is there a file size limit?
Telegram bots can download files up to 20 MB, so very large videos need to go into Drive another way.
Where do the files go?
Into the Drive folder you choose, named with the date and sender so they are easy to find.
Can a group send files too?
Yes. Add the bot to a Telegram group and it saves files posted there.
Who can send files through the bot?
Anyone who messages the bot, unless you restrict it. The script can check the sender's Telegram ID against an allowed list.
Are files sent to Telegram stored anywhere else?
They are passed from Telegram to Drive. Only small details like IDs may be kept in state to avoid duplicates.
Can it reply with a file from Drive?
Yes. The bot can send a link or the file itself back in the chat.

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