Telegram autoposting: scenario runs but no messages are delivered (Drive → Telegram by Data)

1306silk · December 4, 2025, 9:23pm

What is your goal?

I want to understand why my Telegram scenario isn’t sending messages from Google Drive as expected.

What is the problem & what have you tried?

Problem
Scenario runs (on schedule and via Run once) but no messages are delivered to either Telegram destination:
• Channel: @alivesilk
• Group/Club: -1001078073507
No explicit 4xx/5xx error in Execution Inspector; Telegram modules finish without a visible error and nothing appears in chats.

What we’ve tried
• Bot is admin in both chats; rights verified.
• Switched Telegram modules to Send by = Data and feed files from Google Drive → Download a file (Data, Name).
• Tested both paths: Send a video note (channel) and Send a photo (group).
• Simplified/disabled filters (router conditions set to always true) to avoid blocking bundles.
• Retried multiple Run once executions; also triggered by schedule.
• Tested with different media (JPG/MP4 from Drive), same result.
• Channel addressed by @username; group by numeric -100… ID.

Sample files used (for repro)
• Excel schedule: sandbox:/mnt/data/Autopost_Schedule_Dec_2025.xlsx
• MP4 sample 1: sandbox:/mnt/data/классической шелковой вышивки из Сучжоу (2).mp4
• MP4 sample 2: sandbox:/mnt/data/Живой Шелк (2).mp4

Error messages or input/output bundles

No explicit error shown in Execution Inspector.

Execution excerpts:

Module: Telegram Bot > Send a video note (channel)
Input:
{
“chat_id”: “@alivesilk”,
“send_by”: “data”,
“video_note”: “ Data>”,
“filename”: “ Name>”,
“caption”: “…”
}
Output:
{} // no message_id returned; nothing delivered

Module: Telegram Bot > Send a Photo (group)
Input:
{
“chat_id”: “-1001078073507”,
“send_by”: “data”,
“photo”: “ Data>”,
“filename”: “ Name>”,
“caption”: “…”
}
Output:
{} // empty result; nothing delivered

We don’t see any 4xx/5xx in the run. Please advise where to view the raw Telegram API response when a module finishes without an error but no message appears.
Screenshots attached: module settings + Execution Inspector (Output).

Screenshots (scenario flow, module settings, errors)

samliew · December 5, 2025, 6:33am

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Can you please show us how you’ve mapped the variables in the Telegram modules?

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1306silk · December 7, 2025, 1:33pm

Subject (не меняй): Schedule-based autoposting for Telegram (TG1 + TG Club), VK, and YouTube Shorts — overview & mappings

Reply #1 — Scenario overview (short)
Hi! Here is the requested overview.

What the scenario does
Reads a publishing schedule (XLSX/CSV/Google Sheets) and posts to 4 destinations:

TG1: @alivesilk
TG Club: @elitdesignclub
VK community
YouTube Shorts

Flow (minimal):

Scheduler → 2) Get rows for today (sheet columns in RU) → 3) Iterator → 4) Router with 4 branches (TG1 / TG Club / VK / Shorts).
Inside each branch we pick the right module by format:

“GIF” → Telegram: Send an animation
“Карусель/галерея” → Telegram: Send a media group
иначе → Telegram: Send a message (or VK Post / YT Upload for those branches)

Key columns used (examples):
Дата, Формат подачи (день),
TG Канал 1 — тема / публикация (время+CTA) / хештеги,
TG Канал 2 — тема / публикация (время+CTA) / хештеги,
VK — тема / публикация (время+CTA) / хештеги,
YouTube Shorts — концепт / публикация (время+CTA) / хештеги.

If useful, I can share the blueprint JSON and sample input/output bundles in the next replies.

1306silk · December 7, 2025, 1:36pm

Reply #2 — Field mappings & filters (Telegram + routing)

Telegram field mappings (per platform branch)

A) Send a message (text/caption)

Chat ID: @alivesilk (TG1) / @elitdesignclub (TG Club)
Parse mode: Markdown
Text:

{{<platform topic>}}

⏰ {{<platform time+CTA>}}
{{<platform hashtags>}}

Подставляю соответствующие колонки площадки:
TG1 → TG Канал 1 — тема, TG Канал 1 — публикация (время+CTA), TG Канал 1 — хештеги
Клуб → TG Канал 2 — тема, TG Канал 2 — публикация (время+CTA), TG Канал 2 — хештеги

B) Send an animation (GIF)

Chat ID: канал площадки
Animation: {{GIF_URL}} (из таблицы/предыдущего шага)
Caption:

{{<platform topic>}}
{{<platform hashtags>}}

Parse mode: Markdown

C) Send a media group (Carousel)

Chat ID: канал площадки
Media (array):

[
  { "type": "photo", "media": "{{URL1}}", "caption": "{{<platform topic>}}" },
  { "type": "photo", "media": "{{URL2}}" },
  { "type": "photo", "media": "{{URL3}}" }
]

Router filters (by platform)

TG1 branch:

{{exists(TG Канал 1 — тема)}} = true

TG Club branch:

{{exists(TG Канал 2 — тема)}} = true

VK branch:

{{exists(VK — тема)}} = true

YouTube Shorts branch:

{{exists(YouTube Shorts — концепт)}} = true

Module selection (by format) inside a branch

GIF → use Send an animation:

{{contains(lower(Формат подачи (день)); "gif")}} = true

Carousel/Gallery → use Send a media group:

{{or(
  contains(lower(Формат подачи (день)); "карусель"),
  contains(lower(Формат подачи (день)); "галерея")
)}} = true

Otherwise → Send a message.

Date filter for fetching rows

Дата = {{formatDate(now; "YYYY-MM-DD")}}

(Если хранится время — добавляю окно: and Время <= {{addMinutes(now; 15)}})

1306silk · December 7, 2025, 1:37pm

{
“metadata”: { “name”: “Autopost_Schedule_Dec_2025” },
“modules”: [
{ “id”: 1, “name”: “Scheduler”, “type”: “tools.scheduler”,
“config”: { “cron”: “*/15 * * * *” } },

{ "id": 2, "name": "Get rows (today)", "type": "google.sheets.searchRows",
  "map": {
    "spreadsheetId": "YOUR_SHEET_ID",
    "range": "Schedule!A:Z",
    "query": "Дата = {{formatDate(now; \"YYYY-MM-DD\")}}"
  }},

{ "id": 3, "name": "Iterator", "type": "tools.iterator",
  "map": { "array": "{{2.rows}}" } },

{ "id": 4, "name": "Router", "type": "tools.router" },

{ "id": 10, "name": "TG1: Send message", "type": "telegramBot.sendMessage",
  "map": {
    "chat_id": "@alivesilk",
    "parse_mode": "Markdown",
    "text": "{{TG Канал 1 — тема}}\n\n⏰ {{TG Канал 1 — публикация (время+CTA)}}\n{{TG Канал 1 — хештеги}}"
  },
  "filter": {
    "type": "basic",
    "conditions": [{ "left": "{{exists(TG Канал 1 — тема)}}", "op": "eq", "right": "true" }]
  }},

{ "id": 11, "name": "TG Club: Send message", "type": "telegramBot.sendMessage",
  "map": {
    "chat_id": "@elitdesignclub",
    "parse_mode": "Markdown",
    "text": "{{TG Канал 2 — тема}}\n\n⏰ {{TG Канал 2 — публикация (время+CTA)}}\n{{TG Канал 2 — хештеги}}"
  },
  "filter": {
    "type": "basic",
    "conditions": [{ "left": "{{exists(TG Канал 2 — тема)}}", "op": "eq", "right": "true" }]
  }},

{ "id": 12, "name": "VK: Post", "type": "vk.createPost",
  "map": {
    "owner_id": "YOUR_COMMUNITY_ID",
    "message": "{{VK — тема}}\n\n⏰ {{VK — публикация (время+CTA)}}\n{{VK — хештеги}}"
  },
  "filter": {
    "type": "basic",
    "conditions": [{ "left": "{{exists(VK — тема)}}", "op": "eq", "right": "true" }]
  }},

{ "id": 13, "name": "TG: Send animation (GIF)", "type": "telegramBot.sendAnimation",
  "map": {
    "chat_id": "@alivesilk",
    "animation": "{{GIF_URL}}",
    "caption": "{{TG Канал 1 — тема}}\n{{TG Канал 1 — хештеги}}",
    "parse_mode": "Markdown"
  },
  "filter": {
    "type": "basic",
    "conditions": [{ "left": "{{contains(lower(Формат подачи (день)); \"gif\")}}", "op": "eq", "right": "true" }]
  }},

{ "id": 14, "name": "TG: Send media group (Carousel)", "type": "telegramBot.sendMediaGroup",
  "map": { "chat_id": "@elitdesignclub", "media": "{{ArrayOfPhotos}}" },
  "filter": {
    "type": "basic",
    "conditions": [{
      "left": "{{or(contains(lower(Формат подачи (день)); \"карусель\"), contains(lower(Формат подачи (день)); \"галерея\"))}}",
      "op": "eq", "right": "true"
    }]
  }},

{ "id": 15, "name": "YouTube Shorts: Upload", "type": "youtube.uploadVideo",
  "map": {
    "title": "{{YouTube Shorts — концепт}}",
    "description": "{{YouTube — хештеги}}",
    "file": "{{ShortsVideoFile}}",
    "privacyStatus": "public",
    "shorts": true
  },
  "filter": {
    "type": "basic",
    "conditions": [{ "left": "{{exists(YouTube Shorts — концепт)}}", "op": "eq", "right": "true" }]
  }}

],
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}

1306silk · December 7, 2025, 1:53pm

{
“Дата”: “2025-12-07”,
“Формат подачи (день)”: “Квиз/факт-стори”,
“TG Канал 1 — тема”: “Восточный режим дня: поток • порядок • спокойствие”,
“TG Канал 1 — публикация (время+CTA)”: “10:30 — Напишите одно слово: поток / порядок / спокойствие”,
“TG Канал 1 — хештеги”: “#шелквинтерьере #шелковаякартина #шелковыекартины #картинашелком #картинанашелке #картинашелкмосква”
}

1306silk · December 7, 2025, 2:12pm

{
“Дата”: “2025-12-07”,
“Формат подачи (день)”: “Квиз/факт-стори”,
“TG Канал 1 — тема”: “Восточный режим дня: поток • порядок • спокойствие”,
“TG Канал 1 — публикация (время+CTA)”: “10:30 — Напишите одно слово: поток / порядок / спокойствие”,
“TG Канал 1 — хештеги”: “#шелквинтерьере #шелковаякартина #шелковыекартины #картинашелком #картинанашелке #картинашелкмосква”
}

1306silk · December 7, 2025, 2:28pm

Added: overview, field mappings, filters, blueprint JSON and sample bundles. If anything else is needed, let me know and I’ll provide it

samliew · December 8, 2025, 4:55am

Screenshot of each module, and full scenario run from history.

Stoyan_Vatov · December 8, 2025, 8:47am

You can’t use files from the local machine. They need to be hosted on a web service somewhere. Google drive or one drive or something.

1306silk · December 12, 2025, 9:26pm

Clarification: we are NOT sending local files. We pass Telegram file_id values from Google Sheets into the Telegram modules (Send by = File ID).

Examples:
• tg_photo_file_id (from Sheets): AgACAgQAAxkBAAICZ2… (photo)
• tg_video_file_id (from Sheets): BAACAgIAAxkBAAICaG… (video/video_note)

Questions (yes/no):

Must the file_id be obtained by the SAME bot connection (shelkovenkobot_clean), or any Telegram file_id works?
For Video Note, should we map into “video_note” or “video”? Any constraints with File ID (duration/shape)?
When module finishes with empty Output (no message_id), where in Execution Inspector can we see the raw Telegram API error?
Any known cases when @usernameusernameusernameusername for channels (chat_id=@alivesilk) fails silently and numeric chat_id is required?

Screenshots already attached:

TG Send a Video Note (channel), 2) TG Send a Photo (group), 3) Google Sheets/Iterator fields.

1306silk · December 12, 2025, 9:29pm

Clarification: we are NOT sending local files. We pass Telegram file_id values from Google Sheets into the Telegram modules (Send by = File ID).

Examples:
• tg_photo_file_id (from Sheets): AgACAgQAAxkBAAICZ2… (photo)
• tg_video_file_id (from Sheets): BAACAgIAAxkBAAICaG… (video/video_note)

Questions (yes/no):

Must the file_id be obtained by the SAME bot connection (shelkovenkobot_clean), or any Telegram file_id works?
For Video Note, should we map into “video_note” or “video”? Any constraints with File ID (duration/shape)?
When a module finishes with empty Output (no message_id), where in Execution Inspector can we see the raw Telegram API response?
Any known cases when @username for channels (chat_id=@alivesilk) fails silently and numeric chat_id is required?

Screenshots attached:

TG Send a Video Note (channel), 2) TG Send a Photo (group), 3) Sheets/Iterator fields.

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1306silk · December 12, 2025, 9:41pm

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IP44N7anXmtkb2G4nvEnrAkeE1bLUkOA?usp=drive_link

samliew · December 13, 2025, 7:39am

The bot must have previously uploaded it. You cannot reuse file_ids from another user/bot.^[1]

If there’s no module output bundles, you can probably only view the raw response using the MDT.

If you have the Make DevTool Chrome extension installed, you should be able to view the request and response headers and body from each module when you manually run the scenario.

From Make DevTool - Help Center :

Make DevTool allows you to debug your Make scenarios by adding an extra pane to the Chrome Developer Tools. Using this new debugger pane, you can check all the manual runs of your scenarios, review all the performed operations, and see the details of every API call performed. Additionally, with Make DevTools you can see which module, operation, or response caused an error in your scenario. This helps you debug your scenario and get your scenario back on track.

Why is this question asked? Are you encountering any issues using the username?

— @samliew

Source: How to retrieve the file_id of an uploaded file in Telegram bot? - #3 by Nate_91Surf - Telegram bot - Latenode Official Community ↩︎

samliew · December 13, 2025, 8:11am

Based on this screenshot, I deduce the following issue:

Polling Triggers & Empty “Check Runs”

If you don’t see any bundles from the trigger module and operations on the rest of the modules, it means there are no new items (empty output bundle) when the scenario ran to check for new items. This is called a “Check run”.

There are two main types of triggers, Polling (scheduled), and Instant (webhooks). Polling triggers can only run on a schedule. Instant triggers can be run as soon as data is received by the webhook.

Polling means Make checks external service for changes (pull changes to Make).
Webhook (instant) triggers means external service calls Make when there are new changes (push changes to Make).

The module you are using does not push changes — it’s basically a API request that Make has to occasionally “call” to fetch the latest changes/items.

To find out more on the different types of Trigger modules, see refer to Types of Modules and Webhooks sections of the Make Help Centre.

If you want your scenario to only run when there is new data (and not on a schedule or timed interval), see if your app has an “Instant” or “Webhook” trigger in Make. If not, check if the third-party service has a feature that can send out a webhook when content is created/updated - and then you can point it to a “Custom Webhook” trigger in your scenario.

If you want to re-run your scenario on older data,

Polling Triggers: Epoch Panel & Selecting Older Data

Go to the Epoch Panel, by right-clicking on the trigger module (polling triggers only), and select “Choose where to start” from the list of options in the context menu.

If you select “From now on”, the next time the scenario runs it will only return new data (or nothing if there is no new data).

You can also select other old data to re-run your scenario with next using the “Choose manually” option. This will then show you a list of previous historical items you can select to process the next time the scenario is triggered.

For more information, see

— @samliew

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Telegram autoposting: scenario runs but no messages are delivered (Drive → Telegram by Data)

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