# Telegram Channel Scraper - Public Posts and Views (`tiger19935/telegram-channel-scraper`) Actor

Scrape public Telegram channels: post text, dates, views, forwards, reactions, links and media. No login or API key. Monitor channels, news and communities.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tiger19935/telegram-channel-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrew Boiko](https://apify.com/tiger19935) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.60 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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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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.

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# README

## Telegram Channel Scraper - posts, views, reactions and media from public channels

Scrape public Telegram channels without an account, API key or phone number. The actor reads the public web preview (t.me/s/<channel>) and returns structured posts with text, date, views, reactions, forwards, links, hashtags and media URLs.

### Features

- Any number of public channels per run (usernames, @names or t.me links)
- Pagination back in time, up to thousands of posts per channel
- Search inside a channel with a query (server-side search of Telegram)
- Keyword include/exclude filters, date filter
- Monitor mode: schedule it and receive only posts newer than the last run
- Channel info on every row: title and subscriber count

### Pricing (pay per event)

- post: each post saved to the dataset

### Example input

{"channels": \["telegram", "durov"], "maxPostsPerChannel": 50, "keywords": \[]}

### Example output

{"channel": "telegram", "postId": 123, "url": "https://t.me/telegram/123", "date": "2026-10-10T12:00:00+00:00", "text": "...", "views": 1200000, "reactionsTotal": 5300, "channelSubscribers": 10000000}

### Limits

Only channels with a public web preview can be read. Private channels, groups and channels that disable the preview are skipped with a warning. The actor reads only publicly visible pages and respects rate limiting.

### Use cases

- Monitor public channels for brand mentions, competitors and market news
- Collect posts, views and links for research and trend analysis
- Feed channel content into dashboards, alerts or AI pipelines

### FAQ

**Do I need a Telegram login or API key?** No. The Actor reads public channels only, so no account is required.

**Can it read private channels or groups?** No. Only public channels with a web preview are supported.

**How is it priced?** Pay per result: $2 per 1,000 posts.

### More tools by the same author

- [Google News Scraper](https://apify.com/tiger19935/google-news-scraper): Google News headlines and full article text
- [Website Contact Extractor](https://apify.com/tiger19935/website-contact-extractor): Emails, phones and social links from any list of websites
- [Keyword Autocomplete Explorer](https://apify.com/tiger19935/keyword-autocomplete-explorer): Long-tail keyword ideas from Google, YouTube and Amazon autocomplete

# Actor input Schema

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

Channel usernames or links, for example telegram, @durov or https://t.me/telegram.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Optional. Return only posts matching this query (Telegram server-side search).

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

Keep only posts containing at least one of these words.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Drop posts containing any of these words.

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

Maximum number of posts to save for each channel (newest first).

## `sinceDate` (type: `string`):

ISO date such as 2026-09-01. Older posts are ignored.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Return only posts newer than the previous run with the same monitor key. Use with a schedule.

## `monitorKey` (type: `string`):

Name of the watchlist used to remember the last seen post per channel.

## `includeHtml` (type: `boolean`):

Add the original HTML of each post text.

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

Channels scraped in parallel.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "telegram",
    "durov"
  ],
  "keywords": [],
  "excludeKeywords": [],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 100,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "monitorKey": "default",
  "includeHtml": false,
  "maxConcurrency": 3
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `summary` (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": [
        "telegram",
        "durov"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tiger19935/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": [
        "telegram",
        "durov",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tiger19935/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": [
    "telegram",
    "durov"
  ]
}' |
apify call tiger19935/telegram-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tiger19935/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/1Zydne9vA09gMfcVQ/builds/EstcVedDbPwS3Q7t1/openapi.json