# Telegram Channel Scraper - Posts, Views, Reactions (`datanest-labs/telegram-channel-scraper`) Actor

Scrape posts from any public Telegram channel: text, date, views, reactions, photos, videos, links, hashtags, forwards plus channel subscribers. Search inside channels by keyword. No login, no phone number, no API keys.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datanest-labs/telegram-channel-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ergin Bekar](https://apify.com/datanest-labs) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 post saveds

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?

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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 and media

Scrape any **public Telegram channel** without a Telegram account, phone number or API keys. For each post you get:

- Post ID, URL, date, full **text**, edited flag
- **Views** and **reactions** (emoji and count)
- **Photos**, video flag/URLs, documents, polls
- Links, hashtags, forwarded-from source, reply link
- Channel title and **subscriber count**

Search inside a channel with `searchQuery`, or collect only recent posts with `postedWithinDays`.

### Use cases

- **Crypto & trading signals**: monitor alpha and announcement channels and get notified when new posts appear.
- **Media monitoring & OSINT**: track news channels, mentions and narratives.
- **Marketing & influencer research**: compare channel reach (subscribers, views per post, reactions).
- **AI & sentiment analysis**: export clean post text for LLMs and NLP.

### Input

```json
{
  "channels": ["durov", "https://t.me/telegram"],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 200,
  "postedWithinDays": 30,
  "searchQuery": ""
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "channel": "durov",
  "id": 531,
  "url": "https://t.me/durov/531",
  "date": "2026-10-28T12:00:00+00:00",
  "text": "Telegram now has...",
  "views": 4200000,
  "edited": false,
  "forwardedFrom": null,
  "photos": ["https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/..."],
  "hasVideo": false,
  "links": ["https://telegram.org/blog"],
  "hashtags": [],
  "reactions": [{ "emoji": "👍", "count": 120000 }],
  "channelTitle": "Pavel Durov",
  "channelSubscribers": 10200000,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-30T10:00:00.000Z"
}
```

Full channel info (description, photo, all counters) is saved in the key-value store as `CHANNEL_<name>`.

### Notes

- Only **public channels** with web preview enabled are supported. Private groups and chats are not, by design.
- Pricing: **pay per post** saved.

# Actor input Schema

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

Public channel usernames or links, e.g. durov, @telegram, https://t.me/durov.

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

Only posts matching this keyword (Telegram's own channel search).

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

Newest posts first. 0 = the whole public history.

## `postedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Stop at posts older than N days. 0 = no limit.

## `includeChannelInfo` (type: `boolean`):

Add channel title and subscriber count to every post.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "durov",
    "telegram"
  ],
  "searchQuery": "",
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 50,
  "postedWithinDays": 0,
  "includeChannelInfo": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All posts saved to the default dataset.

# 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": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datanest-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": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datanest-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": 50
}' |
apify call datanest-labs/telegram-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datanest-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/uuadm7iV48Lx78zRj/builds/hGHPrpNfTPq0ebGl1/openapi.json