# Telegram Channel Scraper (`weirworks/telegram-channel-scraper`) Actor

Scrape public Telegram channels without login: posts, views, reactions, media, links and channel stats. Keyword search, date filters and an only-new-posts monitor mode.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/weirworks/telegram-channel-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Weirworks](https://apify.com/weirworks) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.70 / 1,000 posts

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

## 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.

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.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Telegram Channel Scraper

Scrape **public Telegram channels** with no login, no phone number, no bot token and no API keys. Get every post's text, date, views, reactions, photos, videos, links, hashtags and forwards, plus channel stats such as subscribers and media counts.

Built for news monitoring, OSINT, crypto and finance signals, brand tracking, and research. Schedule it with **Only new posts** turned on to get a live feed of new posts from the channels you follow.

### Features

- **Any public channel:** enter a username (`durov`), `@handle` or link (`https://t.me/s/durov`). Add as many channels as you like.
- **Full history:** pages back from the newest post until your limit or start date.
- **Keyword search:** uses Telegram's own in-channel search, so only matching posts are fetched and charged.
- **Date range:** collect only posts between two dates.
- **Monitoring mode:** returns only posts you haven't received in earlier runs with the same input.
- **Engagement data:** view counts and every reaction with its count, including paid Star reactions.
- **Channel profile:** title, description, subscribers, photo, video and link counts.
- **Low cost:** reads Telegram's public web preview over plain HTTP, with no browser and usually no proxy needed.

### Input

```json
{
  "channels": ["durov", "https://t.me/s/telegram"],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 200,
  "searchQuery": "",
  "dateFrom": "2026-09-01",
  "onlyNewPosts": false
}
```

### Output

One row per post (`"type": "post"`), and one per channel when **Include channel info** is on (`"type": "channel"`):

```json
{
  "type": "post",
  "channel": "durov",
  "postId": 545,
  "url": "https://t.me/durov/545",
  "date": "2026-08-30T09:10:19+00:00",
  "text": "A high-school student just made $20,000 from a Telegram Gift. ...",
  "views": 2570000,
  "reactions": [{"emoji": "paid_star", "customEmojiId": null, "count": 4410}, {"emoji": null, "customEmojiId": "5399847211989246390", "count": 41800}],
  "reactionsTotal": 68070,
  "photos": [],
  "videos": [],
  "hasVideo": false,
  "links": ["https://..."],
  "hashtags": [],
  "forwardedFrom": null,
  "channelTitle": "Pavel Durov",
  "channelSubscribers": 10500000,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-03T03:45:23Z"
}
```

Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or use the API, webhooks, Make, Zapier, n8n or MCP.

### Pricing

- **$0.70 per 1,000 posts**
- **$1.00 per 1,000 channel profiles**

There is no start fee. You can set a maximum cost per run, and the Actor stops cleanly when it's reached.

### Notes and limits

- **Public channels only.** Private channels and groups, and channels that have turned off web preview, can't be read. They're reported with `"error": "not_public_or_not_found"` and aren't charged.
- **Reactions:** Telegram shows most reactions as custom emoji. You get their emoji ID and count, and the emoji character where Telegram provides one.
- **No personal data:** the Actor doesn't collect members or subscriber lists. Use the data in line with Telegram's terms and the privacy laws that apply to you.

Questions or feature requests: open an issue on the Issues tab or email **hello@weirworks.com**.

*Independent tool by weirworks. Not affiliated with Telegram.*

# Actor input Schema

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

Public channel usernames or links, e.g. <code>durov</code>, <code>@telegram</code> or <code>https://t.me/s/durov</code>.

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

Newest posts first. The Actor pages back through history until it reaches this number or the date limit.

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

Only posts matching this keyword, using Telegram's own in-channel search.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Only posts on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Only posts on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `onlyNewPosts` (type: `boolean`):

Return only posts not returned by earlier runs with the same channels and keyword. Schedule it to get a live feed.

## `includeChannelInfo` (type: `boolean`):

Also output one row per channel: title, description, subscribers, photos, videos, links, verified.

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

Not usually needed: Telegram's web preview is public. Turn on Apify Proxy for very large runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "durov"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 100,
  "onlyNewPosts": false,
  "includeChannelInfo": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

The dataset rows.

# 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": [
        "durov"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("weirworks/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": ["durov"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

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

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,weirworks/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/YBcd3fcDwTynP9f7d/builds/cLyzDrI6nHsNojFjh/openapi.json