
Telegram Get Chat Messages / Channel Comments
Pricing
$100.00 / 1,000 runs

Telegram Get Chat Messages / Channel Comments
Parse messages and their authors' account information from a Telegram channel or chat
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Pricing
$100.00 / 1,000 runs
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Last modified
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Actor to get the Excel file containing messages and their authors' account information from a Telegram channel or chat. This Actor collects all messages and users who have posted messages in Telegram channels or Chat, sorted by the most recent activity. Each scraping session is limited to 10 minutes but can be resumed from the last checkpoint, allowing for unlimited data collection without quantity restrictions. This actor is designed for efficient and flexible Telegram user data collection, suitable for further analysis or integration with other tools.
Actor use public Telegram API's channels.getMessages method to create a parsing task for gathering Telegram channel information about messages and comments.
- Parsing Time: The approximate time to complete the parsing task is about 5 minutes.
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📥 Input
The Actor accepts the following input fields:
- username: The Telegram channel username or ID (e.g.,
@channelname
orchannelname
). - webhookUrl: The URL where the parsing results will be sent.
The task of Telegram channel parsing takes a few minutes to complete, so the Actor uses asynchronous logic. You must provide a webhook URL to receive the results. You can use your own URL or try online services for testing, such as webhook.site, which we recommend for this purpose.
Example of webhook events are available here
📋 Input Schema
Field | Type | Description | Required | Default |
---|---|---|---|---|
username | String | Telegram channel username or ID | Yes | devs |
webhookUrl | String | Webhook URL to receive parsing results | Yes | https://webhook.site/6fc27cda-... |
max_message_id | Integer | Offset message ID (only messages before this ID will be retrieved). Exclusive. Minimum: 0. | No | None |
min_message_id | Integer | Excludes messages with an ID lower than or equal to this value. Minimum: 0. | No | None |
keep_duplicates | Boolean | Whether to keep duplicate participants in the results. | No | false |
The username can be provided as @channelname
, channelname
, or a Telegram URL like https://t.me/channelname
.
📤 Output
The Actor outputs a dataset with the following fields:
Field | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
result | String | Status of the task (success or empty) |
error | String | Error message (if any) |
Example Output
{"result": "success","error": null}
📬 Webhook Output
The Actor sends parsing results to the provided webhookUrl
as a JSON object (ProgressUpdate
) with the following fields:
Field | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
TaskId | String | Unique identifier for the parsing task |
ChannelTelegramId | String | Telegram ID of the channel being parsed |
ExecutionTime | String | Duration of the parsing task execution |
State | String | Task status (started , in_progress , completed , error ) |
UsersCount | String | Current number of users parsed from the channel |
UsersWithUsernamesCount | String | Current number of users with usernames parsed from the channel |
UserIdsS3Key | String | S3 key for the file containing user IDs |
XlsxS3Key | String | S3 key for the Excel file containing parsed data |
Timestamp | String | Timestamp of the update in RFC3339 format (e.g., 2025-08-29T08:26:00Z ) |
Error | String | Error message (if any), e.g., admin privilege issues or restricted output |
Webhook Error Messages
If the output is restricted due to subscription limits:
Output is restricted. To use without limitations upgrade to a paid subscription.
Example Webhook Payload
{"task_id": "gp-123","channel_telegram_id": "123","execution_time": "2.551467402","state": "completed","users_count": "10","users_with_usernames_count": "8","user_ids_s3_key": "s3_link","xlsx_s3_key": "s3_link","timestamp": "2025-08-28T13:15:50Z","error": "Output is restricted. To use without limitations upgrade to a paid subscription"}
File Output
The actor generates two output files:
- Text File: Contains a list of usernames, reusable in other software.
- Excel File: Includes detailed data for each discovered Telegram account:
Channel NameUser IDFirst NameLast NameUsernameHas Profile Photo (Yes/No)Phone NumberPremium Status (Yes/No)Online StatusLanguageBio (About)Message DateMessage Text
To refine the collected data, it is recommended to filter the database based on: Presence of a profile photo, Online status, Keywords in the "Bio" (About) field.
Usage
- Input Username: Provide a Telegram channel username (e.g.,
devs
,@devs
, orhttps://t.me/devs
). - Input Webhook URL: Provide a webhookUrl where the parsing results will be sent.
- Run the Actor: Execute to fetch recommended channels.
- Monitor Results: Check the provided webhook URL for the participant data. The XlsxS3Key field provides a link to download the Excel file containing the parsed data.
Support
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