You can access the Telegram Channel API — Public Posts Reader programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "proxyUrl": ""
12};
13
14// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15const run = await client.actor("galih_rakasiwi/telegram-channel-api").call(input);
16
17// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
18console.log('Results from dataset');
19console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
20const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
21items.forEach((item) => {
22    console.dir(item);
23});
24
25// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Telegram Channel API — Public Posts Reader API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Telegram Channel API — Public Posts Reader API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Telegram Channel API — Public Posts Reader API in Python

Telegram Channel API — Public Posts Reader API through CLI

Telegram Channel API — Public Posts Reader OpenAPI definition

Telegram Channel API — Public Posts Reader API

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Telegram Channel Scraper

alex_claw/telegram-channel-scraper

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Telegram Channel & Profile Scraper

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982

5.0

(2)

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Telegram Channel Messages Scraper

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Telegram Channel Messages Scraper

lightmoon/telegram-messages-scraper

Export public Telegram channel posts to CSV or JSON — text, views, reactions, media links and dates. From $0.99 per 1,000 messages. No account, no API key and no phone number. Search by keyword, collect only new posts, monitor news and crypto channels, track brand mentions or archive a channel.

Stable

Telegram Video Downloader

codenest/telegram-video-downloader

Download videos & audio from Telegram with full metadata! Extracts channel info, post details, thumbnails, view counts, upload dates, and provides secure Apify storage links. Perfect for archiving Telegram content with complete media assets.

CodeNest

Telegram Channel Scraper — Messages, Views & Subscribers

sian.agency/telegram-channel-scraper

Scrape public Telegram channels — messages, views, dates, media, forwards and channel stats (subscribers, photos, videos). Fast overview or full history crawl. By channel handle or t.me URL, with in-channel search. Clean JSON/CSV, no login or API token.

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Telegram Channel Search Scraper — Fresh Posts by Keyword

scrapersdelight/telegram-channel-search-scraper

Search Telegram public channels by keyword and get the NEWEST matching posts from Telegram's own preview: channel title, @username, subscribers, description, post text, exact date, views, media, links and forward source. No login, no browser, 256 MB. Date filters for monitoring.