# Monitor Telegram news channels

**Use case:** 

Read 185 verified news channels: posts, views and links. Links are present on 85.5 % of news posts — the highest of any niche measured.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "discover",
  "channels": [],
  "searchTerms": [
    "breaking"
  ],
  "exactMatch": true,
  "niche": "news",
  "maxChannels": 25,
  "maxMessagesPerChannel": 30,
  "newestFirst": true,
  "includeExactSubscribers": true,
  "includeContactFields": true,
  "maxCacheAgeDays": 1,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "proxyFallback": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "channel_username": {
    "label": "Channel",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channel_title": {
    "label": "Channel title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "telegram_channel_id": {
    "label": "Channel ID",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "message_id": {
    "label": "Post ID",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Post URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "datetime": {
    "label": "Posted at",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "text": {
    "label": "Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "text_length": {
    "label": "Text length",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "views": {
    "label": "Views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "views_raw": {
    "label": "Views (as shown)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "reactions_total": {
    "label": "Reactions",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "reactions": {
    "label": "Reactions breakdown",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "links": {
    "label": "Links",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "link_domains": {
    "label": "Link domains",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "hashtags": {
    "label": "Hashtags",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "emails": {
    "label": "Emails",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "phones": {
    "label": "Phone numbers",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "mentions": {
    "label": "@mentions",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "tme_handles": {
    "label": "t.me handles",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "author": {
    "label": "Author",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "forwarded_from": {
    "label": "Forwarded from",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "is_reply": {
    "label": "Is reply",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "reply_to_url": {
    "label": "Reply to",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "is_edited": {
    "label": "Edited",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "has_photo": {
    "label": "Has photo",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "has_video": {
    "label": "Has video",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "has_poll": {
    "label": "Has poll",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "poll": {
    "label": "Poll",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "buttons": {
    "label": "Inline buttons",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "link_preview_url": {
    "label": "Link preview",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "search_term": {
    "label": "Search term",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "matched_exact": {
    "label": "Exact match",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "from_cache": {
    "label": "From cache",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "fetched_at": {
    "label": "Fetched at",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "data_age_hours": {
    "label": "Data age (hours)",
    "format": "number"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Telegram Channel Scraper — Search Without a Handle or Login](https://apify.com/oswaldocarabano/telegram-channel-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/oswaldocarabano/telegram-channel-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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