Daily TMDB Movie Recommendations to Telegram via OpenAI (n8n)

Get a fresh, high-rated movie recommendation on Telegram—every day

This n8n workflow automatically finds a top movie from TMDB, generates a short recommendation using OpenAI, and posts the movie poster plus a generated caption to your Telegram channel on a schedule.

What this workflow does

• Runs on a schedule at the times you configure during the day (Schedule Trigger).
• Queries TMDB Discover using predefined filters such as rating, vote count, release date, language, and genre/country exclusions. It also randomizes the TMDB “page” to vary candidates.
• Selects one movie at random from the TMDB results by splitting the TMDB response into individual items and choosing one randomly.
• Uses OpenAI to generate a concise caption in English based on the selected movie’s TMDB details.
• Builds the Telegram post by combining the generated caption with the movie’s TMDB poster image URL.
• Sends the poster and caption to Telegram into your configured channel.

Use cases

• Daily entertainment updates for a Telegram channel—no manual posting.
• Content automation for SaaS communities or media-related audiences using TMDB-backed recommendations.
• Reliable scheduled posts that mix discovery filters with randomized selection to keep recommendations varied.

Technical details

• Schedule Trigger for timed execution.
• HTTP Request to call the TMDB Discover API (with your TMDB API key and query filters).
• Code + Split out nodes to handle TMDB results and randomly select a movie.
• OpenAI node to generate the short English recommendation caption.
• Telegram node to send the poster image and generated caption to your channel (bot must be an administrator).
• Sticky Note for workflow documentation and clarity.

Setup & customization

• Add your TMDB API key and adjust Discover filters (minimum rating, vote count, release date, excluded genres/countries).
• Connect an OpenAI credential and confirm the model is available in your account.
• Connect a Telegram Bot credential, update @your_channel_username, and grant channel admin access.