# Telegram Channel Scraper (`rakish_bobby_gwr/telegram-channel-scraper`) Actor

Scrape posts from public Telegram channels without login or phone number: text, date, views, reactions, photos, links, hashtags, forwards and channel subscribers. Filter by date or keyword. Fast, no browser.

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

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 post 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.

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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

Scrape posts from public Telegram channels: text, publication time, views, reactions, photos, links, hashtags, forwards and link previews, plus the channel's title, description and subscriber count. No Telegram account, phone number or API keys: it reads the public web preview that Telegram publishes for every public channel at `t.me/s/<channel>`.

It is fast and cheap: in our tests 50 posts from two channels took under 2 seconds.

### What you can do with it

- **Monitor news, crypto and market channels**: schedule it every hour with *Posted after* = "1 days" and push new posts to Slack, email or a webhook.
- **Track brand and topic mentions** with the keyword filter.
- **Research and analytics**: views, reactions and posting frequency of competitor or influencer channels.
- **Feed AI agents and RAG pipelines** with fresh channel content.

### Input

```json
{
    "channels": ["durov", "https://t.me/telegram"],
    "maxPostsPerChannel": 100,
    "postedAfter": "30 days",
    "keywords": ["update", "feature"]
}
```

- **Channels**: usernames or links (`durov`, `@durov`, `https://t.me/durov`, `https://t.me/s/durov`).
- **Max posts per channel**: newest posts first; `0` scrapes the whole history.
- **Posted after**: `YYYY-MM-DD` or relative (`7 days`). Scraping stops at the first older post, so a daily schedule costs only the new posts.
- **Keywords**: keep only posts containing any of the words.

### Output

```json
{
    "input": "durov",
    "channel": "durov",
    "postId": 525,
    "url": "https://t.me/durov/525",
    "date": "2026-06-12T19:15:19+00:00",
    "text": "🔄 Telegram’s new update is out. Lots of great new features.\n\n😂 But...",
    "views": 16500000,
    "author": "Pavel Durov",
    "forwardedFrom": null,
    "photos": [],
    "hasVideo": false,
    "hasDocument": false,
    "links": [
        "https://telegram.org/blog/watch-apps-and-more"
    ],
    "hashtags": [],
    "linkPreview": {
        "url": "https://telegram.org/blog/watch-apps-and-more",
        "site": "Telegram",
        "title": "Smartwatch Apps, Rich Text for Bots, AI Guardians for Groups, and Much More",
        "description": "Today’s update brings Telegram to Apple Watch and Android smartwatches, adds filthy rich text for bots, lets AI admins screen new group members, and introduces smarter polls, browser controls, and much more."
    },
    "reactions": [
        {
            "reaction": "paid star",
            "count": 4450
        },
        {
            "reaction": null,
            "count": 20000
        },
        {
            "reaction": null,
            "count": 8110
        },
        {
            "reaction": null,
            "count": 6100
        },
        {
            "reaction": null,
            "count": 1190
        },
        {
            "reaction": null,
            "count": 283
        }
    ],
    "reactionsTotal": 40133,
    "channelTitle": "Pavel Durov",
    "channelDescription": "Founder of Telegram.",
    "channelSubscribers": 10200000,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-11-01T09:40:12+00:00"
}
```

Views, reactions and subscribers are rounded the way Telegram shows them (`16.5M` becomes 16500000). Custom emoji reactions have `"reaction": null` because Telegram renders them as images.

### Pricing

$1.00 per 1,000 posts. Channels that cannot be scraped are reported with an `error` field and are not charged.

### Limits

- Only **public channels** with a web preview. Private channels, groups, bots and invite links (`t.me/+...`, `t.me/joinchat/...`) are not accessible without logging in.
- Comments under posts are not part of the public preview.
- Media files are not downloaded; you get photo URLs and flags for videos and documents.

### Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Telegram. It only collects publicly available data; make sure your use complies with the applicable terms and laws.

### Feedback

Missing a field? Open an issue in the **Issues** tab.

# Actor input Schema

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

Public channel usernames or links, one per line: "durov", "@durov", "https://t.me/durov" or "https://t.me/s/durov". Private groups and invite links are not supported.

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

Newest posts first. Stop after this many posts per channel. 0 means all posts back to the first one.

## `postedAfter` (type: `string`):

Only posts published after this date: YYYY-MM-DD or a relative value such as "7 days". Scraping stops at the first older post.

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

Only posts whose text contains any of these words (case-insensitive). Leave empty for all posts.

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

Not needed for most runs: the data comes from public endpoints. Turn on Apify Proxy if you see rate limits on very large runs.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many channels are processed in parallel.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "durov"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}
```

# 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": [
        "durov"
    ],
    "maxPostsPerChannel": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rakish_bobby_gwr/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"],
    "maxPostsPerChannel": 20,
}

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

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rakish_bobby_gwr/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/OKC97xCQm5c3AQMRk/builds/gj0L0JofGQaft62bh/openapi.json