# Telegram Info Scraper (`scrapeai/telegram-info-scraper`) Actor

Resolve public Telegram handles, channels, groups, bots, and profiles into clean metadata rows without Telegram login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapeai/telegram-info-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ScrapeAI](https://apify.com/scrapeai) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Developer tools, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Telegram Info Scraper ✈️

**Telegram Info Scraper** resolves public Telegram handles, channels, groups, bots, and user profiles into clean, structured metadata without requiring any Telegram login or API keys.

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### 🌟 Key Features

- **No Telegram Login Required**: Extract public channel, group, bot, and profile data without needing phone numbers or Telegram API session keys.
- **Universal Input Resolution**: Accepts handles (e.g. `durov`, `@telegram`), profile URLs (`https://t.me/durov`), or web preview links (`https://t.me/s/news`).
- **Entity Type Auto-Detection**: Automatically identifies whether an input handle is a **channel**, **group**, **bot**, or **user profile**.
- **Subscriber & Member Stats**: Extracts subscriber count, group member count, photo/video/link counts, verified status, profile pictures, and bios.
- **Recent Channel Posts**: Extracts recent public posts/messages with post IDs, dates, full post text, views, media URLs (photos, videos), and post reactions.
- **Dynamic & Flexible Output**: Export results in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML via the Apify API or Console.

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### 📥 Input Configuration

The scraper accepts a list of Telegram handles or URLs along with post extraction settings.

#### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `handles` | Array | `["durov", "@telegram"]` | Array of Telegram handles, usernames, or URLs to scrape. |
| `startUrls` | Array | `[]` | Array of Telegram request objects or URL strings. |
| `includePosts` | Boolean | `true` | Whether to extract recent channel messages/posts for public channels/groups. |
| `maxPostsPerChannel` | Integer | `20` | Maximum number of recent posts to scrape per channel (1 to 100). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | `{}` | Optional Apify proxy settings. |

#### Example Input JSON

```json
{
  "handles": [
    "durov",
    "@telegram",
    "https://t.me/news"
  ],
  "includePosts": true,
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 10
}
```

***

### 📤 Output Format

Each dataset item contains complete profile metadata and optionally an array of recent posts.

#### Example Output JSON

```json
{
  "handle": "durov",
  "url": "https://t.me/durov",
  "title": "Pavel Durov",
  "type": "channel",
  "description": "Founder of Telegram.",
  "image": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/...",
  "isVerified": true,
  "subscribersCount": 11300000,
  "membersCount": null,
  "extraText": "11 341 280 subscribers",
  "actionButtonText": "View in Telegram",
  "previewUrl": "https://t.me/s/durov",
  "photosCount": 101,
  "videosCount": 45,
  "linksCount": 194,
  "filesCount": null,
  "recentPostsCount": 5,
  "posts": [
    {
      "postId": "518",
      "postUrl": "https://t.me/durov/518",
      "date": "2026-05-19T18:02:53+00:00",
      "text": "Anyone can now prompt their own text transformation style...",
      "views": "4.47M",
      "viewsNumeric": 4470000,
      "author": "Pavel Durov",
      "isEdited": true,
      "mediaType": "video",
      "mediaUrls": [
        "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/..."
      ],
      "reactions": [
        "7.81K",
        "25K"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-06T08:18:36.870Z"
}
```

***

### 🚀 How to Run

#### Locally with Node / Apify CLI

1. Install dependencies:
   ```bash
   npm install
   ```

2. Run schema validation:
   ```bash
   apify validate-schema
   ```

3. Execute the actor locally:
   ```bash
   npm start
   ```
   *or*
   ```bash
   apify run
   ```

#### On the Apify Platform

Deploy using the Apify CLI:

```bash
apify push
```

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### 🎯 Common Use Cases

- **Competitive Intelligence**: Track subscriber growth and post performance across public industry channels.
- **Brand Monitoring**: Monitor mentions, announcements, and audience reactions in real-time.
- **Influencer Discovery**: Evaluate channel engagement rates, reach, and verification status.
- **Content Aggregation**: Collect media, announcements, and posts for archiving or analysis.

***

### 📄 License

[ISC](LICENSE)

# Actor input Schema

## `handles` (type: `array`):

List of Telegram handles, usernames, or channel URLs to resolve (e.g. \['durov', '@telegram', 'https://t.me/news']).

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Telegram URLs to resolve.

## `includePosts` (type: `boolean`):

Whether to extract recent channel messages/posts for public channels.

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

Maximum number of recent posts to scrape per channel (1 to 100).

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

Select proxies to be used by your crawler.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "handles": [
    "durov",
    "@telegram"
  ],
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://t.me/durov"
    }
  ],
  "includePosts": true,
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (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 = {
    "handles": [
        "durov",
        "@telegram"
    ],
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://t.me/durov"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapeai/telegram-info-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 = {
    "handles": [
        "durov",
        "@telegram",
    ],
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://t.me/durov" }],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapeai/telegram-info-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 '{
  "handles": [
    "durov",
    "@telegram"
  ],
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://t.me/durov"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call scrapeai/telegram-info-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapeai/telegram-info-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/g0BMYc8lqV6rHu08c/builds/IFzoNEGGtrQV03tOx/openapi.json