# Telegram Channel Search & Posts Scraper ($0.50/1k - No Login) (`ramirez911/telegram-channel-posts-search-scraper`) Actor

Fast, browserless Telegram Public Channel & Posts Scraper API ($0.50/1,000 posts) with zero login or API keys. Extracts channel subscribers, verified status, post text, view counts, timestamps, external URLs, hashtags, media links, and keyword search for AI & OSINT.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ramirez911/telegram-channel-posts-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Štefan Bohumel](https://apify.com/ramirez911) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News, AI
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 telegram 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?

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 Search & Posts Scraper API ($0.50 / 1,000 Posts — No Login)

Extract public **Telegram channel posts, subscriber counts, view metrics, timestamps, external URLs, hashtags, and media links** at **just $0.50 per 1,000 posts** — **100% browserless, zero Telegram login or API keys required, running in 256 MB RAM**.

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### Key Capabilities

1. **Zero Telegram Account / Zero Phone Verification**: Scrapes public `https://t.me/s/<channel>` streams directly over HTTP/2 without risking Telegram account bans or managing MTProto sessions.
2. **Channel & Subscriber Intelligence**: Extracts `channelTitle`, `channelDescription`, `subscribersCount` (parsed integer), `subscribersText`, and `isVerified` badge.
3. **Full Historical Pagination & Keyword Filtering**: Automatically paginates backward (`?before=<postId>`) to retrieve up to `2,000` historical posts per channel, with optional `searchKeyword` filtering for crypto, OSINT, news, and brand monitoring.
4. **Rich Post Metadata**: Returns `postId`, `postUrl`, ISO `publishedAt`, `text`, `viewsCount`, `forwardedFrom`, `externalLinks`, `hashtags`, `mentions`, `mediaImageUrls`, and `mcpMarkdown`.

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### Input Example

```json
{
  "channels": ["durov", "telegram"],
  "searchKeyword": "",
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 20,
  "includeMcpMarkdown": true
}
```

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### Companion Autonomous Scrapers & APIs on Apify Store

- **[Bulk Email Validator & Catch-All Verifier ($0.50/1k Emails)](https://apify.com/ramirez911/bulk-email-validator-verifier-api)** — Verify B2B & consumer emails (DNS MX, SPF/DMARC, disposable & role checks) at $0.50/1,000.
- **[Reddit Search, Posts & Comments Archive Scraper ($1/1k RAG)](https://apify.com/ramirez911/reddit-search-posts-comments-scraper)** — Extract Reddit posts and comments by subreddit, keyword, or author without Reddit IP blocks.
- **[B2B Domain Contact, Email, DNS SaaS & Tech-Stack Scraper API](https://apify.com/ramirez911/b2b-domain-tech-contact-enricher)** — Enrich domains extracted from Telegram channels with verified emails and tech stacks.

# Actor input Schema

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

List of public Telegram channel handles or URLs (e.g. 'durov', '@telegram', 'https://t.me/bloomberg').

## `searchKeyword` (type: `string`):

Optional case-insensitive keyword filter to only return posts containing this term.

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

Maximum number of posts to extract per channel (automatically paginates backward through channel history).

## `includeMcpMarkdown` (type: `boolean`):

Adds a clean 'mcpMarkdown' summary field for LLM agents and RAG pipelines.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "durov",
    "telegram"
  ],
  "searchKeyword": "",
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 20,
  "includeMcpMarkdown": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset items containing extracted Telegram posts and channel metadata.

# 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",
        "telegram"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ramirez911/telegram-channel-posts-search-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",
        "telegram",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ramirez911/telegram-channel-posts-search-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",
    "telegram"
  ]
}' |
apify call ramirez911/telegram-channel-posts-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ramirez911/telegram-channel-posts-search-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/VsPFTfbt09UU1W3e0/builds/BCCr9ZcEAP2js1tQ1/openapi.json