Telegram Channel Scraper

Scraper for Telegram channels via public interface t.me/s/ with residential proxy rotation.

Features

Channel Metadata

• Channel name
• Username (@channel)
• Channel description
• Avatar/photo URL
• Subscriber count
• Numeric channel ID
• Statistics: photos, videos, files, links

Post Data

• Post ID
• Author
• Message text
• Publication date and time
• View count
• Forwards from other channels
• Replies to posts
• Media: photos, videos (URLs)
• Links in text

Input Parameters

{
  "channels": [
    "telegram",
    "https://t.me/s/ShrikeNews",
    "shtuchka_intelekt"
  ],
  "max_posts": 100,
  "proxy_configuration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  },
  "rotate_proxy_per_request": true
}

Parameters:

• channels (required): Array of Telegram channels to scrape. Accepts:
  • Username (e.g., "telegram")
  • Full URL (e.g., "https://t.me/ShrikeNews")
  • Public URL (e.g., "https://t.me/s/channel")
• max_posts (default: 100): Maximum number of posts to scrape per channel
• proxy_configuration (default: RESIDENTIAL): Apify Proxy settings
  • By default uses residential proxy
• rotate_proxy_per_request (default: true): Rotate proxy for each request

Output Data

The actor returns an array of channel objects, one for each channel scraped. Each object contains:

• Channel metadata
• Array of posts (last_posts)

Example output (array with 2 channels):

[
  {
    "url": "https://t.me/s/ShrikeNews",
    "channel_username": "ShrikeNews",
    "channel_id": 1505028797,
    "channel_title": "Shrike News",
    "channel_description": "News that I find interesting...",
    "subscribers": 94500,
    "photos_count": 12100,
    "videos_count": 4090,
    "last_posts": [
      {
        "channel": "ShrikeNews",
        "post_id": "26982",
        "author": "Shrike News",
        "text": "Don't get confused...",
        "datetime": "2025-12-03T19:25:46+00:00",
        "views": 39900,
        "photos": ["https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/..."],
        "links": ["https://t.me/ShrikeNews/26981"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "https://t.me/s/telegram",
    "channel_username": "telegram",
    "channel_id": 1234567890,
    "channel_title": "Telegram",
    "subscribers": 500000,
    "last_posts": [...]
  }
]

Memory Settings

Recommended: 128 MB

The actor is optimized for minimal memory usage. When running via CLI or API use:

$apify run --memory-mbytes=128

Usage

Via Apify Console

1. Open the actor in Apify Console
2. Enter channel list in channels field (e.g., ["telegram", "ShrikeNews"])
3. Configure other parameters as needed (residential proxy enabled by default)
4. Click Start

Via CLI

# Run locally
apify run --memory-mbytes=128

# Run on Apify platform
apify push
apify call <ACTOR_ID> --memory-mbytes=128

Via API

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_API_TOKEN')

run_input = {
    "channels": ["ShrikeNews", "telegram", "https://t.me/s/shtuchka_intelekt"],
    "max_posts": 50
}

run = client.actor('<ACTOR_ID>').call(
    run_input=run_input,
    memory_mbytes=128
)

# Get results
dataset = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"])
items = dataset.list_items().items

Key Features

• ✅ Residential proxies by default - bypasses blocking
• ✅ Proxy rotation - new IP for each request
• ✅ Realistic headers - mimics real browser
• ✅ Complete data extraction - all available content
• ✅ Low memory footprint - runs on 128 MB
• ✅ Numeric channel ID extraction - extracts real Telegram channel ID

Limitations

• Scrapes only public channels
• Post limit determined by max_posts parameter
• Requires Apify Residential Proxy for stable operation