Capture from Telegram
Let approved teammates forward invoice PDFs and photos to your organization's Telegram bot.
Capture from Telegram
Admin+The Telegram bot lets your team send invoices straight from their phone. A teammate forwards an invoice PDF or snaps a photo of a receipt, sends it to the bot, and Inbox Ledger captures it like any other source.
How it works
An admin or owner sets up the bot once and adds a list of allowed Telegram usernames. Only those usernames can send documents to the bot, and anything from an unknown username is ignored.
A username can belong to only one organization. If a username is already registered elsewhere, Inbox Ledger refuses to add it.
Set it up
Open Sources
In the dashboard sidebar, open Sources and scroll to the Messenger Bots section.
Connect the Telegram bot
Click Connect on the Telegram card.
Add allowed usernames
Enter the Telegram usernames of the teammates who may send invoices, then save.
Tell your team to message the bot
Each approved teammate opens the bot in Telegram and forwards an invoice PDF or sends a photo of a receipt.
Accepted files
- File types: PDF, JPEG, and PNG.
- Size cap: 20 MB per file.
Files sent through the bot are treated as explicit intent, so they are not pre-filtered the way email attachments are. Whatever an approved teammate sends goes straight into processing.
Confirm it worked
After a teammate sends a file, open Documents. Within a few minutes the invoice should appear with the vendor and total filled in.
Related
Capture from WhatsApp
The same flow using approved phone numbers.
Sources overview
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Documents overview
What happens after a source captures a file.
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