# Telegram Channel Scraper — Keyword Search in Public Channels (`nogards95/telegram-channel-scraper`) Actor

Search public Telegram channels for keywords and get every matching post with date, text, views, reactions, photos and links. Or get all posts from the last N days. No login, no API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nogards95/telegram-channel-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Nogards](https://apify.com/nogards95) (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 $0.69 / 1,000 results

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# README

## Telegram Channel Scraper — Keyword Search in Public Channels

Search public Telegram channels for keywords and get every matching post with
date, text, views, reactions, photos and links, as clean JSON. No login, no
Telegram account, no API key.

### Who is this for

Crypto and trading analysts tracking announcements and signals, OSINT and
threat-intelligence teams watching channels, PR and brand teams monitoring
mentions, and news or market researchers following Telegram-first sources.

### What you get

- **Every post from the channels you choose** in the last N days, filtered by
  your keywords, or all posts if you leave keywords empty.
- **Engagement on each post:** views, the reactions breakdown (including paid
  Star reactions) and a reactions total.
- **Media and context:** photo URLs, links, hashtags, link previews, replies and
  forwards, plus the channel's title and subscriber count.

### Sample output

```json
{
  "channel": "bitcoin",
  "channelTitle": "Bitcoin",
  "channelSubscribers": 183000,
  "postId": 20485,
  "url": "https://t.me/bitcoin/20485",
  "date": "2026-10-07T12:02:55.000Z",
  "matchedKeywords": [
    "ETF"
  ],
  "text": "JUST IN: 🟠 American Banker desperately tries to hide Bitcoin’s success.\n\n• $100B+ in ETFs, and they say no one uses it.\n\n• Compares Bitcoin to memecoins.\n\n• Says BTC volume has been falling for 10 years.\n\n👉 The cope is loud.\n\nSource: https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2107543900617662736",
  "views": 5610,
  "reactions": [
    {
      "emoji": "🤣",
      "count": 32,
      "paid": false
    },
    {
      "emoji": "❤",
      "count": 8,
      "paid": false
    },
    {
      "emoji": "👍",
      "count": 8,
      "paid": false
    },
    {
      "emoji": "⚡",
      "count": 6,
      "paid": false
    },
    {
      "emoji": "🔥",
      "count": 1,
      "paid": false
    },
    {
      "emoji": "🤔",
      "count": 1,
      "paid": false
    },
    {
      "emoji": "🤬",
      "count": 1,
      "paid": false
    }
  ],
  "reactionsTotal": 57,
  "photos": [
    "https://cdn1.telesco.pe/file/CRjd706Gei3JthZkVYr7H0xZ3FwV6dqJko0ecFvexKHwqfgQy7Z3KhJegGC2Hz6ntSMPfKUfgi3pIbFESKR3diI8tl9EbPP1Jrdhm6GbZluyacbbR1i28Z6vacxgp7gB6p8DcgUBOjLlJ9iBharYRhSe91lHvWJwgBbqYZlev1AM_Nqmug3HqNZSqCLpGcimNtoOx8Mw_TodcsXdKxoRFi_jyxZLmxOgCZCOivQFJORQccs_aDQ25sAdKqTROvVO_sAHah5GAwpa3FZriT527nxDit5uK8YcqV8ie3EDkqljfnE-oC8u9_KUurwiBeYHyfXPivlKoD7pHFUwdzKJRQ.jpg"
  ],
  "hasVideo": false,
  "hasDocument": false,
  "links": [
    "https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2107543900617662736"
  ],
  "hashtags": [],
  "linkPreview": null,
  "isForwarded": false,
  "forwardedFrom": null,
  "replyToUrl": null,
  "authorSignature": null,
  "isEdited": false
}
```

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `channels` | Public channel usernames or links, e.g. `durov`, `@cointelegraph`, `https://t.me/whale_alert_io`. Up to 100 per run. |
| `keywords` | Return only posts containing any of these words or phrases. Leave empty for every post in the time window. |
| `daysBack` | How many days back to search in each channel. Default 3, max 90. |
| `maxResults` | Stop after this many posts in total. Default 50, 0 = no limit. |

### Example runs

Bitcoin ETF news from two crypto channels over the last month:

```json
{ "channels": ["cointelegraph", "bitcoin"], "keywords": ["ETF"], "daysBack": 30, "maxResults": 0 }
```

Everything a channel posted this week:

```json
{ "channels": ["binance_announcements"], "daysBack": 7, "maxResults": 0 }
```

Large transfers of stablecoins tracked by a whale-alert channel today:

```json
{ "channels": ["whale_alert_io"], "keywords": ["USDT", "USDC"], "daysBack": 1, "maxResults": 0 }
```

### Pricing

You pay per post returned, not per post read. A channel that cannot be read
(see below) appears as a single row explaining why.

### Technical notes

- **Public channels only.** Groups, private channels and invite links cannot be
  read. Each channel that cannot be read comes back as a row with an
  `errorCode`, so you always know why it returned nothing:
  - `not_found`: no public channel with this username;
  - `group_not_supported`: the name belongs to a group, not a channel;
  - `preview_disabled`: the owner turned off the public web preview;
  - `channel_unavailable`: the channel exists but Telegram does not show its
    posts publicly (often a legal or regional restriction);
  - `invalid_channel`: not a valid username or link.
- **Keyword matching** ignores case and accents and starts at a word boundary:
  `eth` matches "Ethereum" but not "method", and `bitcoin` matches "bitcoins".
  Phrases (`etf approval`) and hashtags (`#Aave`) match as written. The post
  text and the link preview title are searched.
- `views`, `channelSubscribers` and reaction counts are Telegram's rounded
  figures (e.g. 18.2K → 18200).
- Photo URLs are served by Telegram's CDN and may expire. Download them if you
  need to keep them.

# Actor input Schema

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

Public Telegram channel usernames or links, e.g. durov, @cointelegraph, https://t.me/whale_alert_io. Up to 100 per run. Groups and private channels cannot be read.

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

Return only posts containing any of these words or phrases. Matching ignores case and accents and starts at a word boundary: eth matches Ethereum but not method. Leave empty to get every post in the time window.

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

How many days back to search in each channel. Older posts are not read.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many posts in total. 0 = no limit.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "cointelegraph",
    "whale_alert_io"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "bitcoin",
    "BTC"
  ],
  "daysBack": 3,
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

# 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": [
        "cointelegraph",
        "whale_alert_io"
    ],
    "keywords": [
        "bitcoin",
        "BTC"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nogards95/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": [
        "cointelegraph",
        "whale_alert_io",
    ],
    "keywords": [
        "bitcoin",
        "BTC",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nogards95/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": [
    "cointelegraph",
    "whale_alert_io"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "bitcoin",
    "BTC"
  ]
}' |
apify call nogards95/telegram-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nogards95/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/R3aDdGio5dZfKSYZx/builds/b6xnkbfY8s1HYrSuX/openapi.json