Multiple photos dowload from Telegram

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to build a scenario where, whenever I upload several files to my Telegram bot, Make automatically downloads them and uploads them to Google Drive.

However, I’m running into an issue: it seems that only one file is detected at a time, even when I send multiple files together. I noticed that Telegram messages can include a media group ID, which might help to identify grouped files, but I can’t find that field anywhere in the message properties inside Make.

I’m not sure if I should use an Iterator module in this case, or if there’s a better way to handle multiple files from the same upload batch.

My current flow is roughly:

  1. Telegram Bot → Watch updates

  2. (?? Iterator ??)

  3. Download files

  4. Upload to Google Drive

Could someone explain the correct approach to handle multiple Telegram files at once — and whether the media group ID is accessible or not in Make?

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Hi ek314, as far as I know, there isn’t a way to get the fileID for each media that shares the same media_group_id at once. Telegram will still send you a webhook message for each image, so the easiest way is to download the images and upload them to Google Drive one by one as they come