# Telegram Channel Scraper (`seemuapps/telegram-channel-scraper`) Actor Scrape posts from any public Telegram channel - message text, dates, view counts, media and forwards - exported as clean JSON, no login required. - **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/telegram-channel-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Andrew](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Social media, Developer tools - **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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Telegram Channel Scraper Extract every post from any public Telegram channel - message text, dates, view counts, media, forwards, and link previews. No login, no account, no API credentials required. ### What you get For every post in the channel, one clean dataset row with: - **Message text** as plain text, plus the canonical post URL (`https://t.me/channel/123`) - **Publish date** in ISO 8601 format and the **view count** as a real number (e.g. `1230000`, not "1.23M") - **Media flags and URLs** - `hasPhoto`, `hasVideo`, and direct `mediaUrls` for photo images and video thumbnails - **Forward detection** - the name of the original channel when a post is forwarded - **Link preview URL** and whether the post is a reply - Scrape **multiple channels in one run** - each row is tagged with its channel - Paginated output: each run writes a resume cursor so you can fetch a channel's entire history across multiple runs - Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets directly from the Apify console ### Use cases - **OSINT and investigations** - archive and monitor public channels, track narratives, and preserve posts with timestamps and view counts - **Crypto and trading alpha** - monitor announcement and signal channels and pipe new posts into your own alerting or backtesting stack - **Brand monitoring** - track mentions, leaks, and sentiment in public communities around your product or industry - **Research and journalism** - build datasets of channel activity over time for trend, propaganda, or misinformation analysis - **Competitor watching** - follow competitors' announcement channels and measure engagement via view counts ### How to use 1. Enter one or more **Channels** - usernames (with or without @) or full t.me links 2. Set **Max Items** (default 100 across all channels; set 0 to fetch the full history) 3. Run the actor - posts appear in the **Dataset** tab, newest first, one post per row 4. To keep going where the run stopped: open the **Key-value store** tab, copy the `NEXT_PAGE_ID` value, and paste it into **Page ID** on your next run. If `NEXT_PAGE_ID` is `null`, you've fetched everything. Note: a small number of channels disable their web preview - those are skipped with a warning in the log. ### Output format Each dataset record: ```json { "channel": "telegram", "messageId": 449, "url": "https://t.me/telegram/449", "text": "For all the features from this update, like links in poll options...", "date": "2026-06-18T14:36:10+00:00", "views": 1230000, "hasPhoto": false, "hasVideo": false, "mediaUrls": [], "forwardedFrom": "", "linkPreviewUrl": "https://telegram.org/blog/watch-apps-and-more", "isReply": false } ```` # Actor input Schema ## `channels` (type: `array`): Public Telegram channel usernames (with or without @) or t.me channel URLs. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of posts to return across all channels combined. Set 0 to fetch the full channel history. ## `pageId` (type: `string`): Paste NEXT\_PAGE\_ID from the previous run's Key-value store to fetch the next page (posts older than this message ID). ## Actor input object example ```json { "channels": [ "telegram" ], "maxItems": 100 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): One record per channel post: channel, messageId, url, text, date, views, hasPhoto, hasVideo, mediaUrls, forwardedFrom, linkPreviewUrl, isReply. ## `nextPageId` (type: `string`): NEXT\_PAGE\_ID record in the default key-value store. Paste into Page ID on the next run to resume; null when the channel history is exhausted. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "channels": [ "telegram" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "channels": ["telegram"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("seemuapps/telegram-channel-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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": [ "telegram" ] }' | apify call seemuapps/telegram-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=seemuapps/telegram-channel-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Telegram Channel Scraper", "description": "Scrape posts from any public Telegram channel - message text, dates, view counts, media and forwards - exported as clean JSON, no login required.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "8U03qwYjacS33eYU1" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/seemuapps~telegram-channel-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-seemuapps-telegram-channel-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/seemuapps~telegram-channel-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-seemuapps-telegram-channel-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/seemuapps~telegram-channel-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-seemuapps-telegram-channel-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "channels" ], "properties": { "channels": { "title": "Channels", "type": "array", "description": "Public Telegram channel usernames (with or without @) or t.me channel URLs.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of posts to return across all channels combined. Set 0 to fetch the full channel history.", "default": 100 }, "pageId": { "title": "Page ID (pagination)", "type": "string", "description": "Paste NEXT_PAGE_ID from the previous run's Key-value store to fetch the next page (posts older than this message ID)." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```