Telegram released a feature that allows you to tag Saved Messages with emojis, making it easier to filter them later. This feature has been very helpful for me in tracking expenses and even managing my dog’s health. I started saving every expense in Telegram and would occasionally transfer them to my main accounting app. This system worked fine for a while, but I realized that most of my saved expenses were from my main Savings Account or Credit Card linked to the same bank. That’s when I thought I could save time by automating the process.

Since my bank sends an SMS notification for every transaction I make, I figured I could automate this using Tasker.

My bank doesn’t provide another method to receive these notifications, so SMS was the only way to get this information in real time.

Tasker Project

First, create a new Tasker project to store variables, profiles, and tasks. I named mine Finance. Then, go to the project properties, where you can set these properties by holding the name of the project:

Add two project variables: telegram_bot_token and chat_id. These will hold your bot token and the chat ID of the specific conversation where you want to receive updates.

Create a Task

Create a new Task and add an action of type HTTP Request. Then, fill in the parameters for the action as follows:

Here, you can see the variables being updated at the time of sending the Telegram message. The varible %SMSRB is the body of an SMS Text Message.

Create Profile

Now, create a profile to trigger the task and complete the automation. Start by adding a profile as an Event:

Search for the event Received Text which will trigger the action on a specific SMS message. The Content parameter to match the text using regular expressions. In this case, my bank always sends transaction information after a specific phrase that includes the bank’s name:

I had to add multiple events, as my bank randomizes the SMS content slightly.

Telegram Bot

Now, you should receive the messages in Telegram, which can be forwarded and labeled for convenient use.