# Telegram Channel Search: Find Posts by Keyword (`himanshu-data/telegram-channel-search`) Actor

Search public Telegram channels for any keywords at once: every matching post with a snippet around the keyword, date, views, reactions, media and link. Many channels times many keywords in one run, no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/himanshu-data/telegram-channel-search.md
- **Developed by:** [Himanshu Agrawal](https://apify.com/himanshu-data) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.10 / 1,000 matching posts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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

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# README

## Telegram Channel Search: Find Posts by Keyword

Search **public Telegram channels for any keywords** in one run: many channels times many keywords. Every matching post comes with a **snippet around the keyword**, date, views, reactions, media type, hashtags, forwards and link, plus the channel's title and subscriber count. No login, no Telegram account.

### What you can use it for

- **Brand and crypto monitoring:** find every mention of a brand, token or project across the channels you follow.
- **News and OSINT research:** search a list of news or community channels for a topic.
- **Marketing:** find channels and posts that talk about your niche before buying ads.
- **Content curation:** collect posts about a topic from many channels at once.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Channels | Public channel usernames or links (durov, @durov, https://t.me/durov). |
| Keywords | Words or phrases; each is searched in every channel. |
| Max posts per keyword and channel | Newest matches first. |
| Only posts after | Skip older posts. |

```json
{
  "channels": ["durov", "telegram"],
  "keywords": ["update", "privacy"],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 50
}
```

### Output

One row per matching post (real output, October 2026; text shortened):

```json
{
  "keyword": "update",
  "snippet": "For all the info from today's update and a look back at 13 years of Telegram features ...",
  "channelUsername": "telegram",
  "channelTitle": "Telegram News",
  "channelSubscribers": 9280000,
  "postId": 460,
  "url": "https://t.me/telegram/460",
  "date": "2026-08-26T19:12:34+00:00",
  "views": 1990000,
  "mediaType": "text",
  "totalReactions": 0
}
```

Rows also include the full text, photos, videos, documents, links, hashtags, reactions by emoji and the forward source.

### Pricing

**$1.50 per 1,000 matching posts** on paid Apify plans, less on Scale and Business.

### Tips

- Works with channels that have a public web preview (most public channels). Groups, bots and private channels are skipped.
- Need every post of a channel, not just matches? Use our Telegram Channel Scraper.

# Actor input Schema

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

One per line: a username (durov), @durov, or a link (https://t.me/durov). Only public channels with a web preview work; private channels and groups are skipped.

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

Words or phrases to find in the channels, e.g. a brand, a coin, a product. Each keyword is searched in every channel.

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Newest matches first.

## `postedAfter` (type: `string`):

Skip posts older than this date, e.g. 2026-10-01.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Usually not needed. Turn on for very large runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "durov",
    "telegram"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "update"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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"
    ],
    "keywords": [
        "update"
    ],
    "maxResultsPerSearch": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("himanshu-data/telegram-channel-search").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",
    ],
    "keywords": ["update"],
    "maxResultsPerSearch": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("himanshu-data/telegram-channel-search").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"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "update"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 10
}' |
apify call himanshu-data/telegram-channel-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/E2JNTrjmaNTxDfCKd/builds/hJLaH0AYjtyjackvR/openapi.json