Telegram Post API

Q: Do I need a Telegram account or API key?

No. You only need a Scraperize API key, sent in the x-api-key header. Scraperize returns publicly available data. No Telegram login or developer app is needed.

To get one public post from Telegram, call GET /v1/telegram/post?url=… with your API key. You get clean JSON back.

GET/v1/telegram/post

curl "https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/post?url=https://t.me/durov/537" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Cost

1 credit / call

Only successful calls are charged. Errors are free.

Pagination

Single response

Everything comes back in one call.

Caching

0 credits

Set cache_max_age to reuse a recent result for free.

Rate limit

Per team / minute

Over the limit: 429 with a Retry-After header.

Parameters

urlRequired

The post URL t.me/<handle>/<postNumber> — e.g. https://t.me/durov/537 (also accepts t.me/s/… , a bare durov/537, or a tg://resolve deeplink).

cache_max_ageOptional

Optional. Return a cached result if one this age or newer exists — served for 0 credits with meta.cached=true and meta.cachedAt. Otherwise a fresh scrape runs (1 credit) and refreshes the cache. Omit to always scrape fresh.One of 5 values.

Send your key in the x-api-key header. Full API reference

Example response

200 OK · application/json

{
  "data": {
    "post": {
      "id": 537,
      "url": "https://t.me/durov/537",
      "handle": "durov",
      "channelId": -1006503122,
      "date": "2026-08-03T07:19:56.000Z",
      "text": "🧠 The 2026 International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence starts today. \n\nAs a token of support for those who will r…",
      "views": 3630000,
      "author": "Pavel Durov",
      "authorUrl": "https://t.me/durov",
      "authorPhotoUrl": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/XXLAYttYwubjgwyMpWMwpiDZFqOwlvfLxOZFdzcfFidOMKnZaQm_eh-hTs-tze4NkmDokT7prLQqdi7A4xV1NaE5uon…",
      "verified": true,
      "edited": false,
      "forwardedFrom": null,
      "replyToUrl": null,
      "media": [
        {
          "type": "photo",
          "url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/GnvufVCueRLgbZ0bYxTio1CifW4VhStENGQZr7ln737GxTkWzqg7Is8-a-szcC-w3hFb4bQDKFQGKIJB8ITSuHZZF6V…",
          "thumbnailUrl": null,
          "duration": null
        }
      ],
      "linkPreview": null,
      "reactions": [
        {
          "emoji": null,
          "customEmojiId": null,
          "paid": true,
          "count": 15500,
          "countText": "15.5K"
        }
      ]
    },
    "fetchedAt": "2026-10-05T14:44:06.786Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
    "creditsCharged": 1,
    "creditsRemaining": 4999,
    "cached": false
  }
}

A real response, shortened to one item per list.

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FAQ

Telegram Post API questions

How much does the Telegram Post API cost?

1 credit per successful call. Errors and cached results are free, and new accounts start with 100 free credits, no card required. See pricing.

Do I need a Telegram account or API key?

No. You only need a Scraperize API key, sent in the x-api-key header. Scraperize returns publicly available data. No Telegram login or developer app is needed.

How fresh is the data?

Each call fetches the data live. To trade freshness for cost, pass cache_max_age (e.g. 1h, 1d) to get a recent cached result instantly for 0 credits.

Where are the full parameters and response fields?

In the API reference, with every parameter, field and error.

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