Telegram Chat Access Control with User Permission Database β€” n8n Workflow

Medium complexity⚑ Trigger11 nodes🏷️ Miscellaneousby Yehor EGMS

Overview

πŸ” n8n Workflow: Access Control for Internal Chats or Chatbots

This n8n workflow helps you restrict access to your internal chats or chatbots so that only authorized team members can interact with them. It's perfect for setups using Telegram, Slack, or other corporate messengers, where you need to prevent unauthorized users from triggering internal automations.

πŸ“Œ Section 1: Trigger & Input

⚑ Receive Message (Telegram Trigger)

Purpose: Captures every incoming message from a user interacting wi

Nodes used

AirtableGoogle SheetsTelegramNotion

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Input data
Thread to connect Credential to connect with
Table with a list of employees
Select the created Data table (you can choose either Go
Employee access filter
names - access statuses
Response when access is denied
Description
πŸ“ Access Control Flow β€” Quick Guide
Telegram Trigger β€” receives a message from the user.
User Access Table β€” stores the list of users and their
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Video Tutorial
@youtube
Can be used
Instruction
1. Connect Telegram Bot
This workflow starts with a Telegram Trigger node.
In Telegram, open @BotFather
Create a bot:
/newbot
N
No Operation, do nothing
P
Permission
Answer Denied
⚑
T
Telegram Trigger
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S
Slack Trigger
Get row(s) in sheet
Get a record
Get a database page
I
If
F
Filter
D
Database with employees
11 nodes4 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a trigger trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 11 nodes, connecting airtable, datatable, filter.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (11)

AI

Airtable

airtable

#1
GO

Google Sheets

googleSheets

#2
TE

Telegram

telegram

#3
NO

Notion

notion

#4

How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows β†’ New β†’ Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded telegram-chat-access-control-with-user-permission-database file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n β†’ Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Telegram Chat Access Control with User Permission Database", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

airtabledatatablefiltergooglesheetsifnotionslacktriggerswitchtelegramtelegramtrigger

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Nodes11
Complexitymedium
Triggertrigger

Created by

Yehor EGMS

Yehor EGMS

@egm-systems

Tags

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