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Telegram public channel posts

Beta GET /v1/telegram/channel/posts

GET /v1/telegram/channel/posts

One web-preview page of posts: text, date, views, reactions, forwards and media previews. The cursor (a post number) fetches the previous page.

  • Cost: 1 credit
  • Status: Beta. Built and tested against recorded responses; the shape may still gain fields.
  • Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
  • Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

NameTypeRequiredDescription
handlestringone ofChannel username, without @. Also accepted as username.
urlURLone ofChannel URL (t.me/<name>). Accepted hosts: t.me, telegram.me.

Send at least one of handle, url. If you send several, the first listed is used and the rest are ignored.

Every request also accepts:

  • cursor: the cursor from the previous page (Pagination).
  • trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
  • raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
  • max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

curl
curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/telegram/channel/posts" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "handle=durov"
Python
import os
import requests

params = {
    "handle": "durov",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/telegram/channel/posts",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
)
body = res.json()

if body["ok"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])
TypeScript
const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/telegram/channel/posts");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  "handle": "durov"
}).toString();
const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.ok) {
  console.log(body.data);
} else {
  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}
n8n
{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "SocialScrape Telegram public channel posts",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/telegram/channel/posts",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "handle",
              "value": "durov"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened. Status 200.

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_4bfd4c61bbc632c2ff55f435",
  "data": {
    "object": "list",
    "items": [
      {
        "object": "post",
        "platform": "telegram",
        "id": "552",
        "url": "https://t.me/durov/552",
        "type": "video",
        "author": {
          "id": null,
          "handle": "durov",
          "name": "Pavel Durov",
          "url": "https://t.me/durov",
          "avatar_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/E1fT1nGQ1lDmNdTpfhudwrMtUB-bHaQjPg9dJWmN5KP932jw4thhnQURK4_DTwLtKMB7u9r6HqRQSNTZSDpohG0KFjyvUfvqBOMBoBgotUycPBIRIdO6jbVgVFfa2R8DlhaMN_qmA-2ItIIYREsJPt_YGGFq4FAWNchY0p7d09c15aL4NiQh5viq8ID4ddleu6IXRPJ8iSw8tRzkWMN...",
          "verified": true
        },
        "title": null,
        "text": "✨ Designers × AI\n\n🆕 The mockup era is over. Today’s AI tools give every designer a superpower: you can now craft your ideas, not just draw them. \n\nThe gap between “what if…?” and “look, it works!” has never been smaller, and that changed ho...",
        "published_at": "2026-10-11T14:52:40Z",
        "duration_seconds": 75.0,
        "language": null,
        "hashtags": null,
        "mentions": [
          "designers"
        ],
        "stats": {
          "views": 1680000,
          "likes": null,
          "comments": null,
          "shares": null,
          "saves": null,
          "dislikes": null
        },
        "media": {
          "thumbnail_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/mGZ4d6UrRGZ0VvkWgcOqP96rxXmjtsXB3ftIiRHuO8f7zPvgrd8XeSUF-_w4JMf9lR2Rm4D--QudMKUTGQ91ZID-CvPFBnnpxyzhk3fhlnPzmm4AtyPX23wHPHjBwOldqFwF8M8Z44K3uMAc71JlvB-qzMR-QUY73PkoYRfFAKcxDh_Z1tA3V0hYv-qowcwfTi76BFAV1tLGp_XKOeN...",
          "video_url": null,
          "audio_url": null,
          "image_urls": null,
          "width": null,
          "height": null
        },
        "song": null,
        "location": null,
        "is_pinned": null,
        "is_sponsored": null,
        "extra": {
          "channel_handle": "durov",
          "forwarded": true,
          "media_note": "Media is too big",
          "reaction_count": 36200,
          "reactions": [
            {
              "count": 7510,
              "count_text": "7.51K",
              "emoji": null,
              "emoji_id": null,
              "paid": true
            },
            {
              "count": 16300,
              "count_text": "16.3K",
              "emoji": null,
              "emoji_id": "5936157098181135162",
              "paid": null
            },
            {
              "count": 6960,
              "count_text": "6.96K",
              "emoji": null,
              "emoji_id": "5399847211989246390",
              "paid": null
            }
          ],
          "signature": "Pavel Durov",
          "view_count_text": "1.68M"
        }
      },
      {
        "object": "post",
        "platform": "telegram",
        "id": "551",
        "url": "https://t.me/durov/551",
        "type": "video",
        "author": {
          "id": null,
          "handle": "durov",
          "name": "Pavel Durov",
          "url": "https://t.me/durov",
          "avatar_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/E1fT1nGQ1lDmNdTpfhudwrMtUB-bHaQjPg9dJWmN5KP932jw4thhnQURK4_DTwLtKMB7u9r6HqRQSNTZSDpohG0KFjyvUfvqBOMBoBgotUycPBIRIdO6jbVgVFfa2R8DlhaMN_qmA-2ItIIYREsJPt_YGGFq4FAWNchY0p7d09c15aL4NiQh5viq8ID4ddleu6IXRPJ8iSw8tRzkWMN...",
          "verified": true
        },
        "title": null,
        "text": "💸 If your wallet doesn’t look like this, don’t even bother sending me money for my  birthday! 🎂",
        "published_at": "2026-10-10T14:22:43Z",
        "duration_seconds": null,
        "language": null,
        "hashtags": null,
        "mentions": null,
        "stats": {
          "views": 1830000,
          "likes": null,
          "comments": null,
          "shares": null,
          "saves": null,
          "dislikes": null
        },
        "media": {
          "thumbnail_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/drycsCEHu0AFQ4jOTXMks14b7PS8Q13l2JhjSd85axmBGatuJZOKUHsA--bs4qLP4gU3gfMtesA43pJpYOdaLC3LGhJiVAWC0QLknD1KDHuZjXL9yLXp_kaKbuSZeo6RW0dW9tz_FJYWMzJ4AfcXAn1NMmSVaQ-W-PoiUea2zrcUn-8gC4I3UArGlsBQk-A6pnT7Vrnp3bKE0L2rvJB...",
          "video_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/f4b10a0c75.mp4?token=fotBcfxRM-axkewLJY9qMvPK4uGvwufmetZduA9ZTH7iUM09kiYiiiUT9dzdFntAfwK_2AR2USpzen3OiqcHH2hn9MpyVL_DOrxANPBTMDeuE22VwS3QtuRkjSaHHiPIoxXYZenD1Mz91DqZXj4JMHXfi_E8EwrAO7AK_3q6z2DaaAEFw16-3RN8WJChmb...",
          "audio_url": null,
          "image_urls": null,
          "width": null,
          "height": null
        },
        "song": null,
        "location": null,
        "is_pinned": null,
        "is_sponsored": null,
        "extra": {
          "channel_handle": "durov",
          "reaction_count": 119920,
          "reactions": [
            {
              "count": 60200,
              "count_text": "60.2K",
              "emoji": null,
              "emoji_id": null,
              "paid": true
            },
            {
              "count": 37300,
              "count_text": "37.3K",
              "emoji": null,
              "emoji_id": "5936157098181135162",
              "paid": null
            },
            {
              "count": 12700,
              "count_text": "12.7K",
              "emoji": null,
              "emoji_id": "5373223594484587136",
              "paid": null
            }
          ],
          "signature": "Pavel Durov",
          "view_count_text": "1.83M"
        }
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "531",
    "has_more": true,
    "parent": {
      "object": "community",
      "platform": "telegram",
      "id": null,
      "url": "https://t.me/durov",
      "kind": "channel",
      "name": "durov",
      "title": "Pavel Durov",
      "description": "Founder of Telegram.",
      "avatar_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/E1fT1nGQ1lDmNdTpfhudwrMtUB-bHaQjPg9dJWmN5KP932jw4thhnQURK4_DTwLtKMB7u9r6HqRQSNTZSDpohG0KFjyvUfvqBOMBoBgotUycPBIRIdO6jbVgVFfa2R8DlhaMN_qmA-2ItIIYREsJPt_YGGFq4FAWNchY0p7d09c15aL4NiQh5viq8ID4ddleu6IXRPJ8iSw8tRzkWMN...",
      "banner_url": null,
      "member_count": 10200000,
      "online_count": null,
      "is_nsfw": null,
      "is_private": null,
      "verified": true,
      "created_at": null,
      "extra": {
        "link_count": 200,
        "member_count_text": "10.2M",
        "photo_count": 102,
        "video_count": 47
      }
    }
  },
  "cursor": "531",
  "has_more": true
}

Response#

A list of Post objects in data.items, with data.cursor and data.has_more.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

CodeHTTPRetryMeaning
invalid_params400noA parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
unsupported_url400noThe URL is not one this endpoint accepts (wrong platform or form).
not_found404noThe platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.