# 📨 Telegram Channel Scraper — Messages, Media & Stats (`openclawai/telegram-channel-scraper`) Actor Scrape public Telegram channels — messages, media, views and reactions — as clean JSON. Free public mode needs no credentials; advanced mode unlocks full history, reply threads and reaction breakdowns. Pay per message. - **URL**: https://apify.com/openclawai/telegram-channel-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Pika Choo](https://apify.com/openclawai) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, Developer tools, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.00 / 1,000 message 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? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## 📨 Telegram Channel Scraper — Messages, Media & Stats Scrape **public Telegram channels** — messages, media, view counts and more — as clean JSON. Two modes: a **free public mode** that needs no credentials, and an **advanced mode** that unlocks full history, reply threads, reaction breakdowns and forward counts. ### Two modes **🆓 Public mode (default — no credentials)** - Recent messages from any public channel - Text, date, view count, author, photo/video flags, media URLs - Just give it channel usernames and go **🔑 Advanced mode (your session)** - Everything in public mode, plus: - **Full history backfill** (not just recent messages) - **Reaction breakdowns** (emoji + counts) - **Reply threads** (which message each reply targets) - **Forward counts** - Enable by supplying your API ID, API hash (from my.telegram.org) and a saved login session ### Input | Field | Description | |---|---| | **Channels** | Public channel usernames or links, e.g. `telegram`, `@durov`, `https://t.me/telegram`. | | **Max Messages Per Channel** | Cap per channel (1–10000). | | **Session** | Saved login session — enables Advanced Mode. Leave empty for free public mode. | | **API ID / API Hash** | Your Telegram app credentials (Advanced Mode only). | | **Include Media Info** | Attach media details / URLs per message. | | **Proxy** | Recommended when scraping many channels. | ### Example input ```json { "channels": ["telegram", "durov"], "maxMessages": 200, "includeMedia": true } ```` ### Output Each row is one message: `channel`, `message_id`, `url`, `text`, `date`, `views`, `author`, `has_photo`, `has_video`, `media`, `reactions`, `reply_to`, `forwards`, `mode`, `scraped_at`. Channels that are private or don't exist return an `error` row, so one bad channel never fails the run. ### Notes - Public mode reads the public web preview — only public channels are available, and very long history may be limited. Use advanced mode for full backfill. - `reactions`, `reply_to` and `forwards` are populated in advanced mode only. - The platform rate-limits per IP — enable the residential proxy for large jobs. - Billing is **per message** scraped. # Actor input Schema ## `channels` (type: `array`): Public channel usernames or links to scrape. Examples: 'telegram', '@durov', 'https://t.me/telegram'. One run can cover several channels. ## `maxMessages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of messages to scrape per channel (1–10000). Free public mode returns the most recent messages; advanced mode can backfill full history. ## `sessionString` (type: `string`): Optional. Paste a saved login session to enable Advanced Mode: full history backfill, reply threads, full reaction breakdowns and member metadata. Leave empty to use the free public mode. ## `apiId` (type: `string`): Your Telegram application API ID. Required only for Advanced Mode. Create one at my.telegram.org. Leave empty for free public mode. ## `apiHash` (type: `string`): Your Telegram application API hash. Required only for Advanced Mode. Create one at my.telegram.org. Leave empty for free public mode. ## `includeMedia` (type: `boolean`): Include media details (photo / video / document presence and URLs where available) for each message. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings. Recommended for scraping many channels — the platform rate-limits requests per IP. ## Actor input object example ```json { "channels": [ "telegram" ], "maxMessages": 100, "includeMedia": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "channels": [ "telegram" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("openclawai/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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "channels": ["telegram"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("openclawai/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": [ "telegram" ] }' | apify call openclawai/telegram-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=openclawai/telegram-channel-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "📨 Telegram Channel Scraper — Messages, Media & Stats", "description": "Scrape public Telegram channels — messages, media, views and reactions — as clean JSON. Free public mode needs no credentials; advanced mode unlocks full history, reply threads and reaction breakdowns. Pay per message.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "BOhGwbFxQl0SGMjQB" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/openclawai~telegram-channel-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-openclawai-telegram-channel-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/openclawai~telegram-channel-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-openclawai-telegram-channel-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/openclawai~telegram-channel-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-openclawai-telegram-channel-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "channels": { "title": "📡 Channels", "type": "array", "description": "Public channel usernames or links to scrape. Examples: 'telegram', '@durov', 'https://t.me/telegram'. One run can cover several channels.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxMessages": { "title": "📊 Max Messages Per Channel", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of messages to scrape per channel (1–10000). Free public mode returns the most recent messages; advanced mode can backfill full history.", "default": 100 }, "sessionString": { "title": "🔑 Session (Advanced Mode)", "type": "string", "description": "Optional. Paste a saved login session to enable Advanced Mode: full history backfill, reply threads, full reaction breakdowns and member metadata. Leave empty to use the free public mode." }, "apiId": { "title": "🆔 API ID (Advanced Mode)", "type": "string", "description": "Your Telegram application API ID. Required only for Advanced Mode. Create one at my.telegram.org. Leave empty for free public mode." }, "apiHash": { "title": "🔐 API Hash (Advanced Mode)", "type": "string", "description": "Your Telegram application API hash. Required only for Advanced Mode. Create one at my.telegram.org. Leave empty for free public mode." }, "includeMedia": { "title": "🖼️ Include Media Info", "type": "boolean", "description": "Include media details (photo / video / document presence and URLs where available) for each message.", "default": true }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "🛡️ Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. Recommended for scraping many channels — the platform rate-limits requests per IP.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```