🚀 Telegram Channel Scraper Scrape public Telegram channels with enterprise-friendly flexibility. The actor now supports post ID ranges, date ranges, configurable post limits, and optional comment harvesting, all while capturing richer post metadata such as reactions and attachments. --- ## 🔧 Input Example json { "channels": [ "mediumcom" ], "maxCommentsPerPost": 10, "maxPostsPerChannel": 10, "postsFrom": 10, "postsTo": 20, "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] }, "includeComments": false } ### 📝 Input Parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | |-----------|------|-------------| | channels | array | List of public channel usernames (e.g. ["mediumcom"]). | | postsFrom | integer | (Optional) Minimum post ID to consider (channels start at 1). | | postsTo | integer | (Optional) Maximum post ID (set to 0/omit to ignore). | | maxPostsPerChannel | integer | Caps the number of posts processed per channel (default 200). | | fromDate | string | (Optional) ISO timestamp – collect posts on/after this moment. | | toDate | string | (Optional) ISO timestamp – collect posts on/before this moment. | | includeComments | boolean | When enabled, fetches the public comment thread for each post (if available). | | maxCommentsPerPost | integer | Maximum number of comments captured per post (default 100). | | proxy | object | Proxy settings – RESIDENTIAL proxies strongly recommended/required. | | navigationTimeoutSecs | integer | Timeout per HTTP fetch in seconds (default 120). | You can mix-and-match ID ranges, date filters, and maximum post counts to control the crawl scope precisely. --- ## 📤 Output Example json [ { "id": 18, "channelName": "mediumcom", "channelTitle": "Medium", "authorName": "Medium / Medium.com", "authorTelegram": "https://t.me/mediumcom", "date": "2024-01-05T12:24:33+00:00", "viewsCount": "15", "text": "https://journal.thriveglobal.com/look-for-people...", "linkPreview": "Thrive Global\n\n“Look For People Who Need You...”", "reactions": [ { "emoji": "👍", "count": 42, "countDisplay": "42" } ], "attachments": [ { "type": "tgme_widget_message_photo", "caption": "Image caption", "url": "https://t.me/..." } ], "commentsCount": "3", "commentsCollected": 3, "comments": [ { "authorName": "Jane Doe", "authorTelegram": "https://t.me/janedoe", "date": "2024-01-05T13:00:00+00:00", "text": "Great update!" } ] } ] ### 📋 Output Fields | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | id | integer | Message ID. | | channelName | string | Channel username. | | channelTitle | string | Channel title (when available). | | channelDescription | string | Channel description text (first listing hit). | | subscribersText | string | Subscriber counter text from Telegram (if visible). | | authorName | string | Author display name. | | authorTelegram | string | Link to the author/channel. | | date | string | ISO 8601 timestamp. | | viewsCount | string | View counter displayed by Telegram. | | text | string | Message body text. | | linkPreview | string | Link preview text. | | reactions | array | Emoji reactions with numeric counts. | | attachments | array | Metadata for attached media (type, caption, url). | | commentsCount | string | Comment counter Telegram shows on the post. | | comments | array | Collected comments (author, link, date, text) when enabled. | | commentsCollected | integer | How many comments were captured for this post. | --- ## 💡 How to Use 1. Specify channels – supply the public usernames you want to scrape. 2. Choose your range strategy – mix ID limits, date filters, and maxPostsPerChannel to bound the crawl. 3. Toggle comments – enable includeComments (and tune maxCommentsPerPost) to add discussion threads. 4. Configure proxies – use Apify RESIDENTIAL or your own high-quality proxies for consistent access. 5. Run the actor – monitor the logs for skipped/blocked content and adjust parameters as needed. --- ## 🛠️ Tips & Tricks - Combine date filters with maxPostsPerChannel to collect recent activity without guessing IDs. - When you do rely on IDs, start with humane limits (e.g. first 50 posts) and expand gradually. - A handful of messages require the official Telegram app and will be skipped – the actor logs them. - Respect Telegram policies: throttling retries and using residential IPs dramatically improves success rates. --- ## 🔗 Connect With Us - 🌐 Blog: Quick Life Solutions - 📺 YouTube: CodeMaster-421 - 📸 Instagram: @quicklifesolutionsofficial - 🗓️ Free Consultation: Book a call - 🛠️ More Tools: Explore our Apify actors ## 🆘 Support - 💬 Discord: Raise a support ticket - 📧 Email: codemasterdevops@gmail.com Happy scraping! 😎🧹✨