Track Expenses From Receipt Photos with Telegram & Google Sheets Using Ocr.space

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{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "Telegram Bot (Webhook)",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegramBot",
      "position": [
        250,
        200
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "webhookUrl": "=https://api.telegram.org/bot{{$env.YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN}}/getUpdates",
        "pollInterval": 5,
        "allowedUpdates": [
          "message"
        ],
        "onlyNewUpdates": true
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Check 'Photo'",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
      "position": [
        450,
        500
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "conditions": [
          {
            "value1": "={{$json.message.photo}}",
            "value2": "true",
            "operation": "isNotEmpty"
          }
        ]
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Get Telegram Photo",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegramBot",
      "position": [
        700,
        500
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "chatId": "={{$json.message.chat.id}}",
        "fileId": "={{$json.message.photo[{$json.message.photo.length - 1}].file_id}}",
        "operation": "getFile"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "OCR.space Request",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        950,
        500
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://api.ocr.space/parse/image",
        "method": "POST",
        "options": {
          "query": [
            {
              "name": "apikey",
              "value": "={{$env.YOUR_OCR_SPACE_API_KEY}}"
            },
            {
              "name": "language",
              "value": "eng"
            },
            {
              "name": "isOverlayRequired",
              "value": "true"
            }
          ],
          "bodyParameters": [
            {
              "name": "file",
              "value": "={{$binary.data}}"
            }
          ],
          "bodyContentType": "formData"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Send Raw OCR Text",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegramBot",
      "position": [
        1200,
        500
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "text": "OCR Text Found:\n\n*{{$json.ParsedResults[0].ParsedText}}*",
        "chatId": "={{$json.message.chat.id}}",
        "parseMode": "HTML"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Check 'Photo'": {
      "output": [
        {
          "node": "Get Telegram Photo",
          "type": "main",
          "index": 0
        }
      ]
    },
    "OCR.space Request": {
      "output": [
        {
          "node": "Send Raw OCR Text",
          "type": "main",
          "index": 0
        }
      ]
    },
    "Get Telegram Photo": {
      "output": [
        {
          "node": "OCR.space Request",
          "type": "main",
          "index": 0
        }
      ]
    },
    "Telegram Bot (Webhook)": {
      "output": [
        {
          "node": "Check 'Photo'",
          "type": "main",
          "index": 0
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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