Telegram Channel Scraper
Pricing
from $3.10 / 1,000 scraped items
Go to Apify Store
Telegram Channel Scraper
Scrapes posts from public Telegram channels via their t.me/s web preview. No account or API keys needed.
Telegram Channel Scraper
Pricing
from $3.10 / 1,000 scraped items
Scrapes posts from public Telegram channels via their t.me/s web preview. No account or API keys needed.
You can access the Telegram Channel Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
{ "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "rAZqMa09iaXcwSCRj" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/twizzler~telegram-channel-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-twizzler-telegram-channel-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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/twizzler~telegram-channel-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-twizzler-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/twizzler~telegram-channel-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-twizzler-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", "uniqueItems": true, "type": "array", "description": "Public Telegram channels to scrape. Accepts channel URLs (`https://t.me/durov`, `https://t.me/s/durov`), `@usernames` or bare usernames. Private channels, groups and invite links are skipped.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "lookbackValue": { "title": "Lookback value", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "How far back from `untilTimestamp` (or now) to collect posts, in the unit selected below. Ignored when `sinceTimestamp` is set.", "default": 24 }, "lookbackUnit": { "title": "Lookback unit", "enum": [ "minutes", "hours", "days" ], "type": "string", "description": "Unit for the lookback value.", "default": "hours" }, "sinceTimestamp": { "title": "Since (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Start of the time window as an ISO 8601 date (`2026-10-20T00:00:00Z`) or a Unix timestamp. Overrides the lookback settings." }, "untilTimestamp": { "title": "Until (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "End of the time window (exclusive) as an ISO 8601 date or a Unix timestamp. Defaults to the time the run starts." }, "maxPostsPerChannel": { "title": "Max posts per channel", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Stop collecting once this many posts were found for a channel. `0` means unlimited.", "default": 0 }, "maxPagesPerChannel": { "title": "Max pages per channel", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Safety cap on the number of web preview pages (about 20 posts each) walked back per channel.", "default": 50 }, "concurrency": { "title": "Concurrency", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 32, "type": "integer", "description": "How many channels are scraped in parallel.", "default": 8 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. Apify Proxy is recommended; residential proxies help with geo-restricted channels.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "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 }, "PROXY_UNBLOCKER_UNITS": { "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 }, "PROXY_UNBLOCKER_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } }}OpenAPI is a standard for designing and describing RESTful APIs, allowing developers to define API structure, endpoints, and data formats in a machine-readable way. It simplifies API development, integration, and documentation.
OpenAPI is effective when used with AI agents and GPTs by standardizing how these systems interact with various APIs, for reliable integrations and efficient communication.
By defining machine-readable API specifications, OpenAPI allows AI models like GPTs to understand and use varied data sources, improving accuracy. This accelerates development, reduces errors, and provides context-aware responses, making OpenAPI a core component for AI applications.
You can download the OpenAPI definitions for Telegram Channel Scraper from the options below:
If you’d like to learn more about how OpenAPI powers GPTs, read our blog post.
You can also check out our other API clients: