# Telegram Channel Scraper (`jadey_orbit/telegram-channel-scraper`) Actor

Extract posts, views, media and channel stats from any public Telegram channel. No API key or login needed. Pay per post.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jadey\_orbit/telegram-channel-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Matt Sparks](https://apify.com/jadey_orbit) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Telegram Channel Scraper

Extract posts and stats from any **public Telegram channel** — no API key, no login, no phone number. Just channel names in, structured data out.

### What does it extract?

**Per post**: text (plain + HTML), post ID and URL, publish date, view count, photos, video/document flags, polls, link previews, forwarded-from source.

**Per channel** (optional): title, description, subscriber count, photo/video/link counts, avatar URL.

### Why this scraper?

- 🔑 **Zero setup** — no Telegram API credentials, no bot token, no login. Works instantly.
- 💰 **$0.50 per 1,000 posts** — pay only for what you get.
- 🧾 **Complete post metadata** — views, media, forwards, polls, service messages.
- 🛡️ **Graceful edge handling** — private, age-restricted, or nonexistent channels are reported, not crashed on.

### Pricing

| Event | Price | When charged |
|---|---|---|
| Actor start | $0.01 | Once per run |
| Post scraped | $0.0005 | Per post ($0.50 / 1,000) |
| Channel info | $0.002 | Per channel profile (only if enabled) |

**Example**: 1,000 posts from 5 channels ≈ $0.01 + $0.50 + $0.01 = **$0.52**.

### Input

```json
{
    "channels": ["durov", "@telegram", "https://t.me/somechannel"],
    "maxPostsPerChannel": 500,
    "includeChannelInfo": true
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
    "type": "post",
    "channel": "durov",
    "postId": 531,
    "url": "https://t.me/durov/531",
    "text": "Telegram now has a Rich Text Editor...",
    "date": "2026-07-16T20:45:25+00:00",
    "views": 927000,
    "photos": [],
    "hasVideo": true,
    "forwardedFrom": null
}
```

Download as **JSON, CSV, Excel**, or fetch via the Apify API.

### Use cases

- **Crypto/market monitoring** — track announcement channels in real time
- **News aggregation** — feed public channels into your pipeline
- **OSINT & research** — archive and analyze public channel activity
- **Competitor tracking** — watch competitors' Telegram marketing
- **AI agents** — works out of the box with the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp)

### Notes

- Only **public channels with web preview** are supported (private/age-restricted channels have no public preview — this is a Telegram limitation, not a bug).
- Posts are returned newest-first.
- Only publicly visible data is collected.
- Feature requests (date filtering, keyword search, comments)? Open an issue in the **Issues** tab.

# Actor input Schema

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

Public channel usernames (e.g. <code>durov</code>, <code>@telegram</code>) or URLs (<code>https://t.me/durov</code>).

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

Maximum number of posts to scrape per channel, newest first.

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

Also output one channel-profile item per channel (title, description, subscriber count, photo/video/link counts).

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

Proxy settings for the requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "durov"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 100,
  "includeChannelInfo": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jadey_orbit/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"] }

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

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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"
  ]
}' |
apify call jadey_orbit/telegram-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jadey_orbit/telegram-channel-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/vygrfq0dutbaLgq1R/builds/Fjlj3HMKxbsI5B97X/openapi.json