# Telegram Channel Scraper (no login) (`ninja.dev/telegram-channel-scraper`) Actor

Scrape posts from public Telegram channels without login or API keys. Returns text, date, views, reactions, media, links, hashtags and forwards, plus channel subscribers. Search inside a channel, filter by date, and monitor mode returns only posts new since your last run.

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

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 posts

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?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
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 (no login)

Extract posts from any public Telegram channel. No Telegram account, phone number, API ID or bot token needed: the Actor reads the channel's public web preview (`t.me/s/<channel>`).

For every post you get the text, date, views, reactions, media types, photo links, outbound links, hashtags and "forwarded from". For every channel you get the title, description, subscriber count and media counts.

### Monitor mode

Turn on `onlyNewPosts` and schedule the Actor (hourly, daily). It remembers the last post it saw in each channel and returns **only posts published since the previous run**. Perfect for:

- crypto and trading signal channels,
- news and breaking-news channels,
- competitor and brand announcement channels,
- feeding new posts into an AI agent, Slack, Google Sheets or a webhook.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `channels` | `durov`, `@durov` or `https://t.me/durov`. |
| `maxPostsPerChannel` | Newest posts first (default 50). |
| `sinceDate` | `YYYY-MM-DD`, stop at older posts. |
| `searchQuery` | Only posts matching this text, using Telegram's channel search. |
| `onlyNewPosts` | Monitor mode, see above. |
| `includeChannelInfo` | Add one channel row per channel (default on). |

### Output

**`post`**

```json
{
  "recordType": "post",
  "channel": "durov",
  "postId": 548,
  "url": "https://t.me/durov/548",
  "date": "2026-09-11T16:04:02+00:00",
  "text": "Telegram has become the sponsor of Codeforces ...",
  "views": 3150000,
  "reactions": [
    { "type": "paid-stars", "emoji": "⭐", "count": 21800 },
    { "type": "custom-emoji", "customEmojiId": "5399847211989246390", "count": 35800 }
  ],
  "totalReactions": 57600,
  "mediaTypes": ["photo"],
  "photoUrls": ["https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/..."],
  "links": ["https://codeforces.com/..."],
  "hashtags": [],
  "forwardedFrom": null
}
```

**`channel`**: `title`, `description`, `subscribers` (e.g. 10400000), `photos`, `videos`, `links`, `verified`, `avatarUrl`.

**`error`**: invalid handle or a channel without public preview, each with a `hint`.

### Limits

- Public channels only. Private channels, groups and user chats have no web preview.
- Views and reaction counts are rounded by Telegram (e.g. `3.15M`).
- Comments are not part of the public preview.

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# Actor input Schema

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

Public channels as handle, @handle or https://t.me/handle.

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

Newest posts first.

## `sinceDate` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Stops at older posts.

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

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

## `onlyNewPosts` (type: `boolean`):

Remembers the last post seen per channel and returns only newer posts on the next run. Ideal for scheduled runs.

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

One row per channel with title, description, subscribers and media counts.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "durov"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 50,
  "onlyNewPosts": false,
  "includeChannelInfo": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Posts with text, date, views, reactions, media and links; one channel row per channel; error rows with hints.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Counts of posts and channels and the list of issues.

# 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("ninja.dev/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("ninja.dev/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"
  ]
}' |
apify call ninja.dev/telegram-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ninja.dev/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/WVZgZPpXsU25Xdr51/builds/UiXfs8qdOWa00Z40P/openapi.json