n8n-nodes-telegraph

This is an n8n community node that lets you use Telegraph (Telegra.ph) in your n8n workflows.

Telegraph is a minimalist publishing tool created by Telegram that allows you to create richly formatted posts with photos and embedded content. It's perfect for creating instant articles, blog posts, and documentation pages.

✨ Features

• Create & Manage Accounts - Create Telegraph accounts, edit account info, and revoke access tokens
• Create & Edit Pages - Publish content with full formatting support
• Multiple Content Formats - Write in Markdown, HTML, or native Telegraph JSON format
• View Statistics - Get page view counts with date filtering
• List Pages - Retrieve all pages associated with an account

📦 Installation

Community Nodes (Recommended)

1. Go to Settings > Community Nodes
2. Select Install
3. Enter n8n-nodes-telegraph in the search field
4. Click Install

Manual Installation

# Navigate to your n8n installation directory
cd ~/.n8n

# Install the package
npm install n8n-nodes-telegraph

Then restart n8n.

🔧 Operations

Account Creation

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Create an account | Create a new Telegraph account (no credentials required) |

Account

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Edit | Update account information (short name, author name, author URL) | | Get | Retrieve account information | | Revoke Access Token | Revoke current access token and generate a new one |

Page

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Create | Create a new Telegraph page | | Edit | Edit an existing page | | Get | Get page content and metadata | | Get All | List all pages for an account | | Get Views | Get page view statistics |

🔐 Credentials

To use Account and Page operations, you'll need a Telegraph Access Token.

Getting an Access Token

1. Add the Telegraph node to your workflow
2. From Account Creation Actions select Create an account (no credentials required)
3. Enter a Short Name for your account
4. Execute the node
5. From the response, open the auth_url in your browser / get http request in n8n to activate the account
6. Copy the access_token from the response
7. Create new Telegraph credentials in n8n with this token

⚠️ Important: You must visit the auth_url at least once to activate your account.

Or get one via API:

# Step 1: Create account
curl "https://api.telegra.ph/createAccount?short_name=YourName&author_name=Your%20Name"

# Step 2: Open the auth_url from the response in your browser
# Example: https://edit.telegra.ph/auth/xxxxxxxxxxxx

# Step 3: Use the access_token in your n8n credentials

📝 Content Formats

The node supports three content input formats for creating/editing pages:

Markdown (Recommended)

Write content naturally with Markdown syntax:

# My Article

This is a **bold** and *italic* text.

## Features
- Easy to write
- Supports formatting
- Great for quick posts

> A beautiful blockquote

[Link to Telegraph](https://telegra.ph)

![Image](https://example.com/image.jpg)

Supported Markdown:

• Headings (#, ##, ###, ####)
• Bold (**text**) and Italic (*text*)
• Links ([text](url)) and Images (![alt](url))
• Unordered lists (-, *, +) and Ordered lists (1., 2.)
• Code blocks (triple backticks) and inline code
• Blockquotes (>)
• Horizontal rules (---)

HTML

Use HTML tags directly:

<h3>My Article</h3>
<p>This is <strong>bold</strong> and <em>italic</em> text.</p>
<ul>
  <li>First item</li>
  <li>Second item</li>
</ul>
<figure>
  <img src="https://example.com/image.jpg">
  <figcaption>Caption</figcaption>
</figure>

Supported HTML tags: a, aside, b, blockquote, br, code, em, figcaption, figure, h3, h4, hr, i, img, li, ol, p, pre, s, strong, u, ul

JSON (Telegraph Format)

Native Telegraph Node format for advanced use:

[
  {"tag": "h3", "children": ["My Article"]},
  {"tag": "p", "children": ["Hello, ", {"tag": "strong", "children": ["world"]}, "!"]}
]

📋 Examples

Create a Simple Page

1. Add Telegraph node
2. Select Page → Create
3. Set credentials (access token)
4. Enter title: My First Post
5. Choose Markdown format
6. Write your content
7. Execute!

Get Page Statistics

1. Add Telegraph node
2. Select Page → Get Views
3. Enter the page path (e.g., My-First-Post-11-29)
4. Optionally filter by year/month/day/hour
5. Execute to see view counts

⚠️ Limitations

• Telegraph does not support tables (use code blocks as workaround)
• Only h3 and h4 headings are supported (others are converted)
• Maximum page size is approximately 64KB
• Images must be hosted externally or uploaded to Telegraph separately

🔗 Resources

• Telegraph API Documentation
• n8n Community Nodes Documentation
• GitHub Repository
• npm Package

📜 License

MIT

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Made with ❤️ for the n8n community