# Send Csv file to telegram bot
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276
**Category:** General
**Created:** [30 December 2020 11:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276 "2020-12-30T11:30:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Maruthi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Maruthi)
#### Post date: [30 December 2020 11:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276/1 "2020-12-30T11:30:17Z")
Hi
I'm saving the sensor data to csv file and I want to send the saved csv file to telegram bot
I'm getting unsupported buffer file type when i send it as document type
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [30 December 2020 11:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276/2 "2020-12-30T11:31:23Z")
So what is you problem and what have you tried?
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### Author:  [@Maruthi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Maruthi)
#### Post date: [30 December 2020 11:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276/3 "2020-12-30T11:40:28Z")
Tried to upload as .xls and .csv but getting error
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [30 December 2020 11:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276/4 "2020-12-30T11:48:57Z")
Put a `debug` node (set to display the Complete msg object) on the output of your function node to see what you are sending
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### Author:  [@Maruthi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Maruthi)
#### Post date: [30 December 2020 11:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276/5 "2020-12-30T11:52:34Z")
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [30 December 2020 12:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276/6 "2020-12-30T12:24:43Z")
So that is not a document it is a buffer which is why you get the error. Try exporting your spreadsheet as a csv file and sending that
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### Author:  [@Maruthi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Maruthi)
#### Post date: [30 December 2020 12:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276/7 "2020-12-30T12:49:08Z")
I'm able to select from this list,
Sorry, I'm new to this
How to do it, any reference can I get
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [30 December 2020 13:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276/8 "2020-12-30T13:34:36Z")
have you tried the other options?
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### Author:  [@Maruthi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Maruthi)
#### Post date: [30 December 2020 14:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276/9 "2020-12-30T14:00:00Z")
yeah tried all four, didn't succeed
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [30 December 2020 14:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276/10 "2020-12-30T14:04:24Z")
Is the incoming file is CSV format?? The `CSV` node
> # csv
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> Converts between a CSV formatted string and its JavaScript object representation, in either direction.
So if you are reading in a excel file it won't work. The file coming in has to be is CSV format (which is why I told you:
> Try exporting your spreadsheet as a csv file and sending that
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [30 December 2020 14:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276/11 "2020-12-30T14:19:16Z")
Once you've fixed the buffer issue, what makes you think that Telegram understands CSV format? What are you wanting to achieve?
If you want to upload it as a file that can be downloaded by a Telegram user, you need to format the payload correctly: [Uploading and Downloading Files (telegram.org)](https://core.telegram.org/api/files)
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### Author:  [@Maruthi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Maruthi)
#### Post date: [8 February 2021 09:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276/12 "2021-02-08T09:28:16Z")
Thanks for the information,
I just needed the log file which can send me regularly
so, now I'm sticking to email
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [9 April 2021 09:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-csv-file-to-telegram-bot/38276/13 "2021-04-09T09:28:49Z")
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