# Telegram Channel Scraper - Posts, Views, Reactions (No Login) (`datafetch_labs/telegram-channel-scraper`) Actor

Scrape posts from any public Telegram channel without login or API keys: text, date, views, reactions, photos, videos, links, forwards and channel subscribers. Full history, date filter, in-channel search and monitor mode for new posts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datafetch\_labs/telegram-channel-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [DataFetch Labs](https://apify.com/datafetch_labs) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 post scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Telegram Channel Scraper: Posts, Views & Reactions (No Login)

**Scrape posts from any public Telegram channel. No Telegram account, phone number or API keys needed.** For every post you get text, date, **views**, **reactions**, photos, videos, links, link previews, forwards and hashtags, plus the channel's title and **subscriber count**. Go back through the full channel history, filter by date, search inside channels, or run in **monitor mode** to get only new posts.

- ✅ **No login, no API keys, no ban risk**: uses Telegram's public web preview (`t.me/s/…`).
- ✅ **Rich post data**: views, reactions (including paid ⭐ reactions), media URLs, links, forwards, replies, polls, documents, hashtags.
- ✅ **Full history** with automatic pagination, or stop at a date.
- ✅ **In-channel search** using Telegram's own search.
- ✅ **Monitor mode**: schedule it to get a feed of new posts from many channels.
- 💲 **$1 per 1,000 posts.**

### Use cases

- **Crypto and trading signals**: collect posts from signal and news channels, with views and reactions.
- **News and media monitoring**: track what channels publish, and when.
- **Brand and competitor monitoring**: follow competitor channels and measure engagement.
- **Research and OSINT**: archive public channels, analyze narratives, forwards and reach.
- **AI and analytics**: feed channel content into LLMs, dashboards or sentiment analysis.

### Input example

```json
{
    "channels": ["durov", "@telegram", "https://t.me/somechannel"],
    "maxPostsPerChannel": 500,
    "postsSince": "2026-01-01",
    "searchQuery": "",
    "onlyNewPosts": false
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
    "id": 548,
    "channel": "durov",
    "url": "https://t.me/durov/548",
    "date": "2026-09-27T12:10:04.000Z",
    "text": "🤝 Telegram has become the sponsor of Codeforces...",
    "views": 1740000,
    "isEdited": false,
    "forwardedFrom": null,
    "photos": ["https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/..."],
    "videos": [],
    "hasVideo": false,
    "links": ["https://codeforces.com"],
    "linkPreview": { "url": "https://codeforces.com", "site": "Codeforces", "title": "...", "description": "..." },
    "reactions": [
        { "emoji": "⭐", "isPaid": true, "count": 13600 },
        { "emoji": null, "customEmojiId": "5399847211989246390", "isPaid": false, "count": 29100 }
    ],
    "reactionsTotal": 59010,
    "hashtags": [],
    "channelTitle": "Pavel Durov",
    "channelSubscribers": 10600000,
    "channelVerified": true,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-28T22:45:00.000Z"
}
```

The `CHANNELS_REPORT` record lists each channel's title, subscriber count, number of posts collected and any errors.

### Monitor mode

Turn on **Monitor mode** and [schedule](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules) the Actor (e.g. every hour). Each run returns only posts published since the previous run. Pipe them to Slack, Discord, email, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make or n8n.

### Pricing

**$0.001 per post ($1 per 1,000)**. Channel info is included for free.

### Limitations

- Only **public** channels (and public supergroups) that have a web preview at `t.me/s/<name>` are supported. Private channels and chats are not.
- Very large media (videos) are returned as links when Telegram provides them; some media types are only viewable in the Telegram app.
- Views and reactions show Telegram's rounded public values (e.g. 1.74M).

# Actor input Schema

## `channels` (type: `array`):

Public channel usernames or links: durov, @durov, https://t.me/durov. One per line.

## `maxPostsPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

Newest posts first. 0 = whole history.

## `postsSince` (type: `string`):

Stop when posts get older than this date.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Use Telegram's own in-channel search (e.g. "bitcoin"). Leave empty to get all posts.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Optional extra filter: keep only posts whose text contains any of these words.

## `includeServiceMessages` (type: `boolean`):

E.g. 'channel photo updated', pinned message notices.

## `onlyNewPosts` (type: `boolean`):

Return only posts newer than the previous run. Schedule it to get a feed of new posts.

## `monitorStateName` (type: `string`):

Use a different name for each separate monitor.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many channels to scrape at once.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "durov",
    "telegram"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 20,
  "includeServiceMessages": false,
  "onlyNewPosts": false,
  "monitorStateName": "telegram-monitor",
  "maxConcurrency": 3
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `report` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "channels": [
        "durov",
        "telegram"
    ],
    "maxPostsPerChannel": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datafetch_labs/telegram-channel-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "channels": [
        "durov",
        "telegram",
    ],
    "maxPostsPerChannel": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datafetch_labs/telegram-channel-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channels": [
    "durov",
    "telegram"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 20
}' |
apify call datafetch_labs/telegram-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datafetch_labs/telegram-channel-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Y8lbAgQVD1eu5fS0a/builds/AYxe0nkb4TvAA71qW/openapi.json