Scrape Telegram Public Channels — No Login Required

Extract messages, media, and metadata from any Telegram public channel or group. No Telegram account, API key, or login required. Uses the public web preview. HTTP-only — no Chrome, no Playwright.

What You Can Scrape

• Channel messages — full text content with formatting
• Media — photo URLs, video thumbnails, document links
• View counts — engagement metrics per message
• Channel metadata — name, description, subscriber count, photo
• Forwarded messages — original source channel info
• Multiple channels — scrape several channels in a single run

Primary Use Cases

• OSINT research — monitor public channels for intelligence gathering
• Market monitoring — track crypto, finance, or industry-specific channels
• Brand monitoring — find mentions across public Telegram channels
• Content analysis — analyze messaging patterns and engagement trends
• Archiving — create structured backups of public channel content

API Example

# Start a run via the Apify API
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~telegram-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "channels": ["duaborgin", "techcrunch"],
    "maxMessages": 100
  }'

# Or use with AI agents via MCP:
# https://mcp.apify.com?tools=santamaria-automations/telegram-scraper

Integrations

• n8n / Make / Zapier — trigger runs and process results via webhook
• AI Agents (MCP) — Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, LangChain, LlamaIndex
• Python / Node.js — Apify SDK for programmatic access
• Google Sheets / Airtable — export via Apify integrations

How It Compares

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