Rudi Afandi 
This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #5709 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Telegram → Telegram Trigger recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"id": "lNBuLeOYDLRMZhF0",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"name": "Url Shortner",
"tags": [],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "3699e2c1-9b17-4975-adfa-40c5955f1d51",
"name": "Telegram Trigger",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegramTrigger",
"position": [
0,
-105
],
"parameters": {
"updates": [
"message"
],
"additionalFields": {}
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "ab26cb35-e5cd-4011-a2f1-3b3630155799",
"name": "Insert shortCode",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.mongoDb",
"position": [
1460,
220
],
"parameters": {
"fields": "=longUrl,shortUrl",
"options": {},
"operation": "insert",
"collection": "url"
},
"credentials": {
"mongoDb": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "0aa4998d-d44d-49ff-8620-ffc299a90a82",
"name": "New link",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
"position": [
1680,
220
],
"parameters": {
"text": "=Here is your Short URL : https://s.lamdi.id/{{ $('shortCode Data').item.json.shortUrl }}",
"chatId": "={{ $('Telegram Trigger').item.json.message.chat.id }}",
"additionalFields": {
"appendAttribution": false
}
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "ce0adffc-a7cb-4d40-ba1a-312a817d1646",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-80,
-180
],
"parameters": {
"width": 1180,
"height": 280,
"content": "## Validating\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "591e81f5-d1ad-45dc-af47-6e94f1558315",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-80,
-480
],
"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 1180,
"height": 280,
"content": "## Link not valid\n\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "792a1a83-6c38-4d18-ab7e-45a54b7fe64c",
"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-80,
120
],
"parameters": {
"color": 4,
"width": 2000,
"height": 280,
"content": "## Creating new link\n\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "63434047-e655-4490-aac0-3f2a98461b3d",
"name": "Exist?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.mongoDb",
"position": [
440,
220
],
"parameters": {
"query": "={\n\"shortUrl\": \"{{ $json.shortUrl }}\"\n}",
"options": {
"limit": 1
},
"collection": "url"
},
"credentials": {
"mongoDb": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2,
"alwaysOutputData": true
},
{
"id": "035410fc-07fe-41ac-9acd-d8c7e86de9d5",
"name": "no exist?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
1020,
220
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "8ad72bb8-6b19-4a69-bc43-2d1d31fe4026",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.exist }}",
"rightValue": "false"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "687c1422-6ade-4279-929e-05279d815d6e",
"name": "exist?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
660,
220
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "36d39222-59ad-48ec-887f-ddb78a7f7239",
"name": "exist",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ !!$json._id }}"
},
{
"id": "102add96-c1ac-4174-92c4-8d6608fedcd5",
"name": "shortUrl",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $('Reply Data').item.json.shortUrl }}"
},
{
"id": "bc5964bc-95ac-4e44-929c-264b3f71270a",
"name": "longUrl",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $('Reply Data').item.json.longUrl }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "024156e2-423c-476d-bd74-6ad6b18631d3",
"name": "Webhook",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.webhook",
"position": [
-20,
640
],
"parameters": {
"path": "redirect",
"options": {},
"responseMode": "responseNode"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "af608dbd-b6f4-47ea-8eb9-7c7095fcc72d",
"name": "Sticky Note7",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-80,
420
],
"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"width": 1420,
"height": 580,
"content": "## Handle Redirects\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "aaa66b70-a6c4-472a-8ad5-78ddddaa6b60",
"name": "Is it reply?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
220,
-100
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "8b3fa1be-6cde-4ac6-95aa-969e84c035d5",
"operator": {
"type": "object",
"operation": "notEmpty",
"singleValue": true
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.message.reply_to_message }}",
"rightValue": ""
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "76ecf7ff-0ce6-4d0c-8f88-ccfe6b9c10ed",
"name": "Reply Data",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
220,
220
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "947ede9e-ddc8-4ed3-8edd-af0b03de78e2",
"name": "longUrl",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.longUrl }}"
},
{
"id": "41204ee4-cac2-4f1c-a95c-1af0cdded6dc",
"name": "shortUrl",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $('Is it reply?').item.json.message.text }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "fd5152fa-fa5a-4408-be08-e1ae6c78c791",
"name": "askShortCode",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
"position": [
880,
-100
],
"parameters": {
"text": "=Link detected: {{ $json.longUrl }} What code do you want to use?",
"chatId": "={{ $('Telegram Trigger').item.json.message.chat.id }}",
"forceReply": {
"force_reply": true
},
"replyMarkup": "forceReply",
"additionalFields": {
"appendAttribution": false
}
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "3bc6b432-0e8b-49b8-89fa-4b232b6bd1b1",
"name": "Clean Data",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
0,
220
],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const urlRegex = /(https?:\\/\\/[^\\s]+)/g;\nconst text = $input.first().json.message.reply_to_message.text;\nconst urls = text.match(urlRegex);\n\nif (!urls || urls.length === 0) {\n return {\n json: {\n error: \"There is not detected URL. Please input valid URL that start with http:// or https://\",\n chat_id: $input.item.json.chat_id // Take chat_id for error message\n }\n };\n}\n\nconst longUrl = urls[0]; // Take first URL appear\n\n// Function for generate random URL\nfunction generateRandomCode(length = 7) {\n const characters = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';\n let result = '';\n for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {\n result += characters.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * characters.length));\n }\n return result;\n}\n\nlet shortCode = generateRandomCode();\n\n// Prepare data for MongoDB\nreturn {\n json: {\n longUrl: longUrl,\n shortCode: shortCode,\n chat_id: $input.item.json.chat_id,\n message_id: $input.item.json.message_id\n }\n};"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "e6b64f7a-4f51-42b0-8c2e-1dff1e09defa",
"name": "askShortCode1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
"position": [
1240,
-80
],
"parameters": {
"text": "=Short code existed! Try another one? (You must reply this message)",
"chatId": "={{ $('Telegram Trigger').item.json.message.chat.id }}",
"forceReply": {
"force_reply": true
},
"replyMarkup": "forceReply",
"additionalFields": {
"appendAttribution": false
}
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "e3dfe8fe-85a4-4682-b8d8-25f27f55d402",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
1120,
-180
],
"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 800,
"height": 280,
"content": "## Link exist, ask another one\n\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "e3b0449e-d305-412c-8521-d395df67c329",
"name": "Valid URL",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.respondToWebhook",
"position": [
1080,
540
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"redirectURL": "={{ $('short code exist?1').item.json.longUrl }}",
"respondWith": "redirect"
},
"typeVersion": 1.4
},
{
"id": "7cd09931-b212-42f0-ae34-4fbb3c78b47e",
"name": "Sticky Note4",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-740,
-180
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 640,
"height": 1180,
"content": "## Workflow 1: Create Short URL\n\nI. Main Message & Reply Detection\n\n- Telegram Trigger: Receives all Telegram messages.\n- Is it Reply? (IF): Checks if message is a reply.\n- True: Reply (-> Code)\n- False: Initial message (-> Clean Data)\n\nII. Path: Initial Message (Long URL)\n\n- Clean Data (Function): Extracts and validates long URL.\n- Reply Data (Set): Stores URL/chat context for workflow.\n- Exist? (MongoDB - Find): Checks if long URL/short code exists.\n- exist? (Set): Flags if link exists (true/false).\n- no exist? (IF): Routes based on link existence.\n- True: Link exists (-> askShortCode1)\n- False: New link (-> Data)\n\nIII. Path: Existing Link / Ask Custom\n\n- askShortCode1 (Telegram Send Message): Notifies link exists, asks for custom code (Force Reply).\n\nIV. Path: Custom Code Submission & Validation\n\n- Code (Function): Validates custom short code format.\n- Not Valid? (IF): Checks custom code format validity.\n- True: Invalid format (-> Not Valid)\n- False: Valid format (-> connects to Exist? for existence check)\n- Not Valid (Telegram Send Message): Error: invalid code format.\n\nV. Path: Creating New Link (If Unique)\n\n- Data (Set): Prepares final link data for database insert.\n- Insert shortCode (MongoDB - Insert): Inserts new long/short URL pair.\n- New link (Telegram Send Message): Sends new short URL to user."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "3c327cb0-c695-4792-840b-4964cb1a3a6e",
"name": "Sticky Note5",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
1360,
420
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 560,
"height": 580,
"content": "## Workflow 2: URL Redirect Handler\n\n- Webhook (Webhook Trigger): Receives short URL requests from web server.\n- Data2 (Set): Extracts short code from webhook URL.\nExist?2 (MongoDB - Find): Finds original long URL for given short code.\n- Exist?3 (Set): Extracts found long URL.\n- if (IF): Checks if long URL was found.\n- True: URL found (-> Valid URL)\n- False: URL not found (-> Not valid URL)\n- Valid URL (Respond to Webhook): Redirects to original long URL (HTTP 302).\n- Not valid URL (Respond to Webhook): Sends 404 Not Found response."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "721bf395-5f9c-406c-a734-682c6f5f4a97",
"name": "take URL",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
440,
-105
],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const urlRegex = /(https?:\\/\\/[^\\s]+)/g;\nconst text = $input.first().json.message.text;\nconst urls = text.match(urlRegex);\n\nif (!urls || urls.length === 0) {\n return {\n json: {\n error: \"There is not detected URL. Please input valid URL that start with http:// or https://\",\n chat_id: $input.item.json.chat_id // Take chat_id for error message\n }\n };\n}\n\nconst longUrl = urls[0]; // Take first URL appear\n\n// Function for generate random URL\nfunction generateRandomCode(length = 7) {\n const characters = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';\n let result = '';\n for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {\n result += characters.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * characters.length));\n }\n return result;\n}\n\nlet shortCode = generateRandomCode();\n\n// Prepare data for MongoDB\nreturn {\n json: {\n longUrl: longUrl,\n shortCode: shortCode,\n chat_id: $input.item.json.chat_id,\n message_id: $input.item.json.message_id\n }\n};"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "2dfc05a3-b928-4277-ba3c-38e1fb7fd944",
"name": "Not Valid URL?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
660,
-105
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "6d06a585-e477-45db-9a06-8f6faa151beb",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "notEmpty",
"singleValue": true
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.error }}",
"rightValue": ""
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "f38169f6-efdb-4e1a-b0b9-6740ef59f693",
"name": "Not Valid URL1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
"position": [
440,
-380
],
"parameters": {
"text": "Please input valid url (https://domain.com)",
"chatId": "={{ $('Telegram Trigger').item.json.message.chat.id }}",
"additionalFields": {
"appendAttribution": false
}
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "e1e5911c-afae-4cdf-a043-01e3dad1f598",
"name": "take short code",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
200,
640
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "937b7cd7-77f7-4668-8d39-ba17a606b049",
"name": "shortCode",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.query.code }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "daff4473-50f5-4cf2-8ae4-0734fb0523ca",
"name": "short code exist?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.mongoDb",
"position": [
420,
640
],
"parameters": {
"query": "={\"shortUrl\":\"{{ $json.shortCode }}\"}",
"options": {},
"collection": "url"
},
"credentials": {
"mongoDb": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2,
"alwaysOutputData": true
},
{
"id": "5102ca6d-e5d5-4828-88f0-4e761cd77825",
"name": "short code exist?1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
640,
640
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "16a2153c-2115-42cd-bcce-e6d016c1588d",
"name": "exist",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ !!$json._id }}"
},
{
"id": "382fc55c-6d4b-4a70-b087-7173165edea1",
"name": "longUrl",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.longUrl }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "3cd11299-1aef-4b29-87e1-f6370e227056",
"name": "If short code exist",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
860,
640
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "9e62aeda-3c42-4d30-a0f0-d64f34db5a94",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $('short code exist?1').item.json.exist }}",
"rightValue": "true"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "a7649e38-53a9-4023-bfaf-433b6c7ec473",
"name": "404 page",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.respondToWebhook",
"position": [
1080,
740
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"redirectURL": "https://s3-cdn.cmlabs.co/page/2023/01/24/a-guideline-on-how-to-fix-error-404-not-found-effectively-519451.png",
"respondWith": "redirect"
},
"typeVersion": 1.4
},
{
"id": "2987203f-83e2-4fd7-abde-25916d7d73bb",
"name": "shortCode Data",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
1240,
220
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "5bbaa285-6b18-46bc-a547-8d1b999fd6c2",
"name": "shortUrl",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $('exist?').item.json.shortUrl }}"
},
{
"id": "a98b3245-9612-4b72-b844-7353c0941fb2",
"name": "longUrl",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $('exist?').item.json.longUrl }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
}
],
"active": true,
"settings": {
"callerPolicy": "workflowsFromSameOwner",
"executionOrder": "v1",
"saveDataSuccessExecution": "none"
},
"versionId": "e2b51546-52fa-494f-a544-99d99e93754a",
"connections": {
"Exist?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "exist?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"exist?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "no exist?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Webhook": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "take short code",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"take URL": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Not Valid URL?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"no exist?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "shortCode Data",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "askShortCode1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Clean Data": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Reply Data",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Reply Data": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Exist?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Is it reply?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Clean Data",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "take URL",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"askShortCode": {
"main": [
[]
]
},
"Not Valid URL?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Not Valid URL1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "askShortCode",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"shortCode Data": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Insert shortCode",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"take short code": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "short code exist?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Insert shortCode": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "New link",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Telegram Trigger": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Is it reply?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"short code exist?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "short code exist?1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"short code exist?1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "If short code exist",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"If short code exist": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Valid URL",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "404 page",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
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