# Telegram Channel Posts Scraper (`kilometric_camp/telegram-channel-posts-scraper`) Actor

Scrape public Telegram channels without an account or API key: posts with text, date, views, reactions, media links, link previews, hashtags, forwards and replies, plus channel info and subscriber counts. Filter by date or keyword.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kilometric_camp/telegram-channel-posts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Çınar Özkan](https://apify.com/kilometric_camp) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 results

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?

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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 Posts Scraper

Download the posts of **public Telegram channels** into a table or JSON: text, date, views, reactions, media links, link previews, hashtags, forwards and replies, plus the channel's subscriber count. No Telegram account, no API key, no phone number.

**Try it in about a minute:** keep the default input (`durov`) and press **Start**. You get the channel summary and the 20 newest posts.

### What you get

- **Posts**, newest first: full text (line breaks kept), exact post link, date and time (UTC), views, edited flag, author signature.
- **Reactions**: every reaction with its count, and the total.
- **Media**: links to photos and videos, video length, file names and sizes of documents.
- **Link previews** (site, title, description, image), **hashtags**, **mentions** and all **links** found in the text.
- **Forwards and replies**: who a post was forwarded from, and which post it answers.
- **Channel summary** (one row per channel): title, description, verified badge, subscribers, number of photos, videos and links.
- **Filters**: only posts from/until a date (`7 days`, `2026-10-01`), only posts that contain your keywords, a maximum per channel.

### Use cases

- Watch what competitors, brands or news channels post, and which posts get the most views and reactions.
- Track a keyword or a product name across channels you follow.
- Build datasets for research, media monitoring or sentiment analysis.
- Measure channel growth by saving the subscriber count on a schedule.

### How it works

The Actor reads the public web preview that Telegram publishes for channels at `t.me/s/<channel>`. It sends ordinary web requests, about 20 posts per request, page by page for each channel, with up to three channels read at the same time. It does not log in and cannot see anything that is not publicly visible.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| **Telegram channels** | One per line: `durov`, `@durov`, `https://t.me/durov` or `https://t.me/s/durov`. |
| **Maximum posts per channel** | Newest first. `0` returns only the channel summary. Default 100. |
| **Only posts from / until** | Absolute (`2026-10-01`) or relative (`7 days`, `2 weeks`, `3 months`). |
| **Keywords** | Keep only posts containing at least one of them (not case sensitive). |
| **Add a channel summary row** | One extra row per channel. Counts as one result. |
| **Maximum pages per channel** | Safety limit for filters that match rarely. 200 pages reach back about 4,000 posts. |
| **Proxy** | Off by default. Turn on Apify Proxy if Telegram refuses your requests. |

### Output

Each post is one row. Example (shortened):

```json
{
  "type": "post",
  "channel": "durov",
  "postId": 531,
  "url": "https://t.me/durov/531",
  "date": "2026-07-16T20:45:25+00:00",
  "text": "🩵 Telegram now has a Rich Text Editor.\n\nIt supports tables, headings, ...",
  "views": 5840000,
  "author": "Pavel Durov",
  "isForwarded": false,
  "media": [{ "type": "video", "url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/b231b9b161.mp4?t...", "postUrl": "https://t.me/durov/531" }],
  "mediaTypes": ["video"],
  "reactions": [{ "emoji": "stars", "count": 6300 }, { "emoji": "custom", "count": 54600, "customEmojiId": "5265077361648368841" }],
  "reactionsTotal": 95110
}
```

And the channel summary row:

```json
{ "type": "channel", "channel": "durov", "title": "Pavel Durov", "verified": true, "subscribers": 10200000,
  "photosCount": 102, "videosCount": 47, "linksCount": 200, "description": "Founder of Telegram." }
```

Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read it through the Apify API.

### Pricing

Pay per result: every post and every channel summary row is one result. Set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops saving as soon as it is reached, so you never pay for more than you allowed. See the Pricing section on this page for the price per 1,000 results.

### Calling it from Python

```python
## pip install "apify-client>=3"
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("<this Actor>").call(run_input={
    "channels": ["durov", "telegram"],
    "maxPostsPerChannel": 50,
    "keywords": ["update"],
})
for row in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(row["type"], row.get("date"), row.get("views"), (row.get("text") or "")[:60])
```

### Tutorial and ready-made scripts

- Step-by-step tutorial with real numbers: [How to download a public Telegram channel's posts to CSV with Python](https://publicdatanotes.hashnode.dev/download-telegram-channel-posts-csv-python)
- Two scripts that export the posts to CSV and print a quick report (MIT): [github.com/thecbstudio/telegram-channel-posts-examples](https://github.com/thecbstudio/telegram-channel-posts-examples)

### Good to know

- **Only channels with the public web preview switched on can be read.** Private channels, groups, users and bots cannot. If a channel is not available you get the reason in the run log and in the `CHANNEL_ERRORS` record of the run's key-value store.
- **Numbers are rounded by Telegram.** Views, reactions and subscribers appear on the page as `5.84M` or `1.2K`, so they are approximate for big values.
- **Custom emoji reactions** come with their `customEmojiId`; Telegram does not show the picture on the public page.
- **Media links are temporary.** Photo and video links on Telegram's servers can expire, so download the files you need soon after the run.
- **Very large videos** may come with a thumbnail and the post link only.
- **No search across all of Telegram.** You give the channels; the keyword filter works inside each channel.
- Not affiliated with Telegram. Use the data in line with Telegram's terms and the laws that apply to you, especially for anything about individuals.

### FAQ

**Do I need a Telegram account or an API key?** No.

**Can it read a private channel or a group?** No, only what anyone can see in a browser at `t.me/s/<channel>`.

**How fast is it?** In our cloud tests one channel gave 400 posts in about 30 seconds, and three channels at once gave 600 posts in about 22 seconds. Time grows with the number of pages, so very large histories take a few minutes.

**A channel returns nothing. Why?** Its owner switched the web preview off, or the name does not exist. The reason is written to the log.

**Something looks wrong.** Open an issue on the Actor page with the channel name and what you expected.

# Actor input Schema

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

One per line: a username (durov), an @username, or a link (https://t.me/durov, https://t.me/s/durov). Only channels with the public web preview switched on can be read.

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

Newest posts first. Use 0 to get only the channel information (title, description, subscribers). About 20 posts are read per request.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Skip older posts. An absolute date (2026-10-01) or a relative value (7 days, 2 weeks, 3 months).

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Skip newer posts. An absolute date (2026-10-31) or a relative value (1 day, 2 weeks).

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

Keep only posts that contain at least one of these words or phrases (not case sensitive). The text of the post and of its link preview is searched.

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

Adds one row per channel with title, description, subscribers and the number of photos, videos and links. It counts as one result.

## `maxPagesPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

Safety limit for keyword or date searches that match rarely. One page is about 20 posts, so 200 pages reach back about 4,000 posts.

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

Not needed in most cases. If Telegram refuses your requests, turn on Apify Proxy here.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "durov"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 20,
  "includeChannelInfo": true,
  "maxPagesPerChannel": 200,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `posts` (type: `string`):

Posts as a table: channel, date, text, views, reactions, media types and a link to each post. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel.

## `channels` (type: `string`):

One row per channel: title, description, subscribers and counters.

## `allFields` (type: `string`):

Every field, including media links, link previews, reaction breakdown, replies, forwards and mentions.

# 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"
    ],
    "maxPostsPerChannel": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kilometric_camp/telegram-channel-posts-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"],
    "maxPostsPerChannel": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kilometric_camp/telegram-channel-posts-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"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call kilometric_camp/telegram-channel-posts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,kilometric_camp/telegram-channel-posts-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/tYyqx7Suf0uZdDdiC/builds/WtJcIHhUXpzpVbLug/openapi.json