📣 Telegram Scraper

Telegram Scraper is a free and open-source scraper that gets you unlimited detailed Telegram data for free.

✨ What Can I Get?

• 📣 Posts from any public channel on a 1B-user network — text, views, reactions, media, forwards & link previews
• 👤 Exact subscriber counts for any channel, group or bot — verified tick, numeric id, photo, description, media counters
• 💬 Every comment under a post — author handles, replies, reactions & photos, 50 a page
• 🔗 Invite links & collectible gifts decoded — chat type, member counts, gift owner, rarity & quantity

🎥 Example: A Full Telegram Channel Feed

{
  "channel": {
    "username": "durov",
    "link": "https://t.me/durov",
    "id": 1006503122,
    "title": "Pavel Durov",
    "is_verified": true,
    "subscribers_count": 10100000,
    "photos_count": 102,
    "videos_count": 47,
    "links_count": 200
  },
  "message_count": 20,
  "next_cursor": 531,
  "has_more": true,
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 531,
      "link": "https://t.me/durov/531",
      "date": "2026-07-16T20:45:25+00:00",
      "text": "🩵 Telegram now has a Rich Text Editor.\n\nIt supports tables, headings, inline media, lists, AI content, formulas, and more.\n\n😈 Messaging apps will never be the same!",
      "author_signature": "Pavel Durov",
      "is_forwarded": false,
      "views_count": 5870000,
      "media": [
        { "type": "video", "link": "https://t.me/durov/531", "source": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/b231b9b161.mp4?token=cENqyO4hdEwm87KDzbfnKBsh3HukOjC7XYaeJVfG1tPBLFICyfqD8F3EBBOWTlt-RfMtZSyRSQZXKPMohJBjNHZZQldCrVlbzlGG3yWY5E2xD3qBOz-EonhZfJfXUwFlytlZXUFo_uI3q3K8-czE1PTur_bZUXtwvoXkpF4_yb5O0wZPH_BAAxoT-YnERmvAMA8C6VO5fIJxFqrk-gA1wEeTqHO5CspS2xpKKUYn3T5cSOtox39kv1W187..." }
      ],
      "reactions": [
        { "emoji": null, "custom_emoji_id": null, "count": 6300, "is_paid": true },
        { "emoji": null, "custom_emoji_id": "5265077361648368841", "count": 54700, "is_paid": false }
      ],
      "reactions_count": 95210
    }
  ]
}

Trimmed for readability.

🚀 Unlimited Free Telegram Data — Get It in 60 Seconds

1️⃣ Clone and install:

git clone https://github.com/omkarcloud/telegram-scraper
cd telegram-scraper
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

2️⃣ Start the API:

python run.py

3️⃣ Get your first data:

curl "http://localhost:8000/channels/messages?channel=durov"

{
  "channel": {
    "username": "durov",
    "link": "https://t.me/durov",
    "id": 1006503122,
    "title": "Pavel Durov",
    "is_verified": true,
    "subscribers_count": 10100000
  },
  "message_count": 20,
  "next_cursor": 531,
  "has_more": true,
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 531,
      "link": "https://t.me/durov/531",
      "date": "2026-07-16T20:45:25+00:00",
      "text": "🩵 Telegram now has a Rich Text Editor.\n\nIt supports tables, headings, inline media, lists, AI content, formulas, and more.\n\n😈 Messaging apps will never be the same!",
      "views_count": 5870000,
      "reactions_count": 95210,
      "media": [{ "type": "video", "link": "https://t.me/durov/531" }]
    }
  ]
}

All 7 endpoints are now live at http://localhost:8000.

📚 Endpoints

7 endpoints cover everything you need.

Endpoint	Path	Returns
Channel Messages	/channels/messages	20 posts a page: text, views, reactions, media, forwards, link previews
Channel Details	/channels/details	Exact subscriber count, verified tick, id, photo, description, counters
Search Messages	/messages/search	Telegram's own full-text search inside a channel, 20 a page
Message Details	/messages/details	One post with views, reactions, media, buttons and comment count
Message Comments	/messages/comments	50 comments a page: author, text, replies, reactions, photos
Invite Details	/invites/details	What a t.me/+ link opens: type, title, member count, description
Gift Details	/gifts/details	Collectible gift owner, model, backdrop, symbol rarity and quantity

🔍 Exploring Parameters

The same API is published on RapidAPI, and its playground is the easiest place to try parameters and see raw responses. Once a request looks right, run it locally for unlimited free data.

1. Subscribe to the free plan — 1,000 calls/month, no credit card.
2. Try the endpoints in the playground — every param is pre-filled, so you see real data in one click.
3. Copy the generated code and replace https://best-telegram-scraper-free-1000-calls.p.rapidapi.com with http://localhost:8000. It will now run against your local API.

import requests

# generated by the playground, host swapped for the local API
response = requests.get(
    "http://localhost:8000/channels/messages",
    params={"channel": "durov"},
)
print(response.json())

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