Telegram Channel Scraper

Scrape public Telegram channels as clean structured JSON - one row per post with the post URL, date, plain text and formatted HTML, views, author signature, edited flag, forwarded-from and reply-to references, media (photos, videos, round videos, voice notes, documents, stickers with their CDN links), polls, link previews, reactions, inline buttons, links, hashtags and mentions - and the channel's username, title, subscriber count and verified mark on every row. Many channels in one run, up to 500 posts each. No Telegram account, no phone number, no API key.

Features

• Any channel input - a username (durov), @durov, or a t.me link (https://t.me/durov, https://t.me/s/durov). A post link (https://t.me/durov/400) returns just that post.
• Up to 500 posts per channel, newest first - the Actor pages back through the channel's history for you.
• Search inside a channel - only posts matching a text, using Telegram's own channel search.
• Date filter - only posts published since a date, so a daily or weekly run returns just the new ones.
• Rich post data - views, reactions (including paid stars), media links with thumbnails and durations, polls with options, link previews, forwards and replies.
• Channel profile - the CHANNELS record holds each channel's title, description, avatar, verified mark and subscriber / photo / video / link counters.
• Deduplicated - the same channel given twice (durov, @durov, t.me/durov) is read once.

Use cases

• Channel monitoring - a scheduled run with since delivers every new post of the channels you follow.
• Media and crypto research - track announcements, signals and news channels; measure reach with views and reactions.
• Brand and competitor tracking - search channels for your brand or product names.
• Content analysis - feed posts into BI tools, spreadsheets or an LLM for topic, sentiment and engagement analysis.
• Archiving - keep a structured copy of a channel's public posts and media links.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
channels	array	["durov"]	Public channel usernames, @handles, t.me links or post links.
maxPosts	integer	20	Posts per channel, newest first (1-500).
searchQuery	string	-	Only posts matching this text.
since	string	-	Only posts published on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD, UTC).
concurrency	integer	3	Channels read at the same time (1-5).

Example input

{
  "channels": ["durov", "@telegram", "https://t.me/s/bbcnews"],
  "maxPosts": 100,
  "since": "2026-09-01"
}

Output

One dataset item per post (long values shortened):

{
  "channelUsername": "durov",
  "channelTitle": "Pavel Durov",
  "channelUrl": "https://t.me/durov",
  "channelSubscribers": 10500000,
  "channelVerified": true,
  "id": 400,
  "url": "https://t.me/durov/400",
  "type": "message",
  "date": "2025-02-14T01:25:56Z",
  "text": "In just one hour, all the rings are gone ⛔️\n35,000 items, ~$20 each. That’s $700,000 in sales...",
  "textHtml": "In just one hour, all the rings are gone <tg-emoji emoji-id=\"5215371279929976844\">...",
  "views": 4450000,
  "viewsRaw": "4.45M",
  "author": "Paul Du Rove",
  "edited": false,
  "media": [
    {"type": "photo", "url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/...jpg", "postId": 400}
  ],
  "reactions": [
    {"emoji": "⭐", "paid": true, "count": 6560, "countRaw": "6.56K"},
    {"customEmojiId": "5190660975866437599", "count": 19500, "countRaw": "19.5K"}
  ],
  "channelInput": "https://t.me/durov/400"
}

Depending on the post, items also carry forwardedFrom, replyTo, poll, linkPreview, buttons, links, hashtags and mentions.

The key-value store also holds:

• CHANNELS - per channel: username, URL, title, description, avatar, verified mark, subscribers and the photo / video / link counters, posts collected.
• ERRORS - channels that returned no posts (unknown or private channel, a user / bot / group, no post matching the search or date) with the reason. These are not billed.

Pricing

$0.30 per 1000 posts. You pay only for posts delivered; failed channels are not charged.

Notes

• Only public channels with a web preview can be read. Private channels, invite links, groups, users and bots have no public preview and end up in ERRORS.
• Media links point at Telegram's CDN and expire after a while; download the files you need soon after the run.
• An album counts as one post with several media entries.