Telegram Channel Posts API. Posts, page by page.

Full history with views and reactions. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

Returns a public Telegram channel's posts a page at a time, newest first, back to its first post, from its username or link. Each post has its text, the links, hashtags and mentions in it, its date, photos, albums, videos, voice messages and stickers with their files, views, each reaction with its count, its poll, link preview and file, what it was forwarded from or replies to, and whether it was edited. Add contains to search the channel's posts.

GET /v1/telegram/channel_posts

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1 credit per page, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages
22 typed fields null when unknown
20 posts per page, newest first
handle is all it needs, e.g. durov

Send one request. Get up to 20 posts back.

Copy the request in your language, or hand it to your agent. Sign up for an API key and your first 100 credits are free.

$ npm install socialtap

handle = durov

Open in playground

GET /v1/telegram/channel_postsTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: "durov",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/telegram/channel_posts?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, page, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/telegram/channel_posts",
    params={"handle": "durov"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/telegram/channel_posts")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('handle' => 'durov')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'handle' => 'durov',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/telegram/channel_posts?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("handle", "durov")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/telegram/channel_posts?"+q.Encode(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var body struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Page  json.RawMessage `json:"page"`
		Meta  map[string]any  `json:"meta"`
		Error *struct {
			Code    string `json:"code"`
			Message string `json:"message"`
		} `json:"error"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if body.Error != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}

curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/telegram/channel_posts?handle=durov' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "metrics.view_count",
        "metrics.like_count",
        "platform_specific.telegram.reactions[].count"
      ],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/AM3EaKY4OWoCIpqIJGL2G4hcjBupbm4OuzSyAnEGF2gBOPJJIYOcnXbjDpqmilOWXXjheFFey4oGODL1BybYTdbTaJHo9qb3KEAIw9y3VvSrrKwoRdfBHWovcRqFmFEu5EeKeGrOZPTVcZEHBP6rbBp5qM4WbNdvEbGQLAnCPle0ArPYn70dJpY8D3zpJWbhZ2V1bnF2k0VXfyWUnokwHk6Q56QkaNg5gs1PhbGSaPshnBDj1xw7QOhLE-o…",
        "display_name": "Pavel Durov",
        "id": "durov",
        "is_verified": true,
        "url": "https://t.me/durov",
        "username": "durov"
      },
      "coauthors": [],
      "duration_ms": 75000,
      "hashtags": [],
      "id": "durov/552",
      "is_nsfw": null,
      "is_pinned": null,
      "is_sponsored": null,
      "language": null,
      "media": [
        {
          "alt_text": null,
          "duration_ms": 75000,
          "expires_at": null,
          "height": 1080,
          "thumbnail_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/Q3tIE6CCufCsd8whuPWLILOUHrqgPVUSee0ASTob_qQHilv5bbvW-9Ne_OsQOIeGtqauW7rC9022y_XhCzxKSbX-2gRlYhtYjrOhKGNw9ir-ZPS2ViPvR4SHRzrvxu5wQEcBeTxwpdmOkm5q6_ydiAs1QQY9vZn0YVwi68dQQp6ZYQyFdda9hvcC0pvv9QX9me6Tkb9zrRVpHGP_zO8US4gXDH3QkgZ3_ho7wFFmLEg5CNdurkthtJPHUA7…",
          "type": "video",
          "url": null,
          "width": 1080
        }
      ],
      "mentions": [
        "designers"
      ],
      "metrics": {
        "comment_count": null,
        "like_count": 42630,
        "quote_count": null,
        "repost_count": null,
        "save_count": null,
        "share_count": null,
        "view_count": 1970000
      },
      "platform": "telegram",
      "platform_specific": {
        "telegram": {
          "buttons": [],
          "channel_id": "1006503122",
          "document": null,
          "forwarded_from": {
            "author": null,
            "name": null,
            "post_id": null,
            "url": null
          },
          "is_edited": false,
          "link_preview": null,
          "links": [
            "https://t.me/designers"
          ],
          "message_id": 552,
          "poll": null,
          "reactions": [
            {
              "count": 10400,
              "custom_emoji_id": null,
              "emoji": null,
              "is_paid": true
            },
            {
              "count": 18300,
              "custom_emoji_id": "5936157098181135162",
              "emoji": null,
              "is_paid": false
            },
            {
              "count": 7830,
              "custom_emoji_id": "5399847211989246390",
              "emoji": null,
              "is_paid": false
            }
          ],
          "reply_to": null,
          "sender_name": null,
          "signature": "Pavel Durov"
        }
      },
      "platform_type": "video",
      "published_at": "2026-10-11T14:52:40Z",
      "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 how we build features in Telegram.\n\nMessag…",
      "thumbnail_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/Q3tIE6CCufCsd8whuPWLILOUHrqgPVUSee0ASTob_qQHilv5bbvW-9Ne_OsQOIeGtqauW7rC9022y_XhCzxKSbX-2gRlYhtYjrOhKGNw9ir-ZPS2ViPvR4SHRzrvxu5wQEcBeTxwpdmOkm5q6_ydiAs1QQY9vZn0YVwi68dQQp6ZYQyFdda9hvcC0pvv9QX9me6Tkb9zrRVpHGP_zO8US4gXDH3QkgZ3_ho7wFFmLEg5CNdurkthtJPHUA7…",
      "title": null,
      "type": "video",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://t.me/durov/552"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "metrics.view_count",
        "metrics.like_count",
        "platform_specific.telegram.reactions[].count"
      ],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/AM3EaKY4OWoCIpqIJGL2G4hcjBupbm4OuzSyAnEGF2gBOPJJIYOcnXbjDpqmilOWXXjheFFey4oGODL1BybYTdbTaJHo9qb3KEAIw9y3VvSrrKwoRdfBHWovcRqFmFEu5EeKeGrOZPTVcZEHBP6rbBp5qM4WbNdvEbGQLAnCPle0ArPYn70dJpY8D3zpJWbhZ2V1bnF2k0VXfyWUnokwHk6Q56QkaNg5gs1PhbGSaPshnBDj1xw7QOhLE-o…",
        "display_name": "Pavel Durov",
        "id": "durov",
        "is_verified": true,
        "url": "https://t.me/durov",
        "username": "durov"
      },
      "coauthors": [],
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hashtags": [],
      "id": "durov/551",
      "is_nsfw": null,
      "is_pinned": null,
      "is_sponsored": null,
      "language": null,
      "media": [
        {
          "alt_text": null,
          "duration_ms": null,
          "expires_at": null,
          "height": 1920,
          "thumbnail_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/ef2H_OWJLC-8LfDhQZQeyxdbbsqG5TdelWDugA19pQHkmAfgw_D3-7J6IVVDA2fKbPalVY8lO-7r1ZNdvtTWuzX-eIsqZGQOsgzJ6lFD4e23w4ItpaCcpzoLbzh-kiCktnhnqxq1rR2Ul7qSEwa1NDz5byYymI8W_b9JsNkBkrlVreXDBWU2l9wLQ3iKOYB2VulCHtP-2o-iDaYCTe7jKnLIBmKQICXKPOvdBwIWIMLGvG0VEnsXeYK_oZv…",
          "type": "gif",
          "url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/f4b10a0c75.mp4?token=SCRUBBED",
          "width": 1920
        }
      ],
      "mentions": [],
      "metrics": {
        "comment_count": null,
        "like_count": 121700,
        "quote_count": null,
        "repost_count": null,
        "save_count": null,
        "share_count": null,
        "view_count": 2070000
      },
      "platform": "telegram",
      "platform_specific": {
        "telegram": {
          "buttons": [],
          "channel_id": "1006503122",
          "document": null,
          "forwarded_from": null,
          "is_edited": false,
          "link_preview": null,
          "links": [],
          "message_id": 551,
          "poll": null,
          "reactions": [
            {
              "count": 60300,
              "custom_emoji_id": null,
              "emoji": null,
              "is_paid": true
            },
            {
              "count": 38400,
              "custom_emoji_id": "5936157098181135162",
              "emoji": null,
              "is_paid": false
            },
            {
              "count": 13000,
              "custom_emoji_id": "5373223594484587136",
              "emoji": null,
              "is_paid": false
            }
          ],
          "reply_to": null,
          "sender_name": null,
          "signature": "Pavel Durov"
        }
      },
      "platform_type": "gif",
      "published_at": "2026-10-10T14:22:43Z",
      "text": "💸 If your wallet doesn’t look like this, don’t even bother sending me money for my  birthday! 🎂",
      "thumbnail_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/ef2H_OWJLC-8LfDhQZQeyxdbbsqG5TdelWDugA19pQHkmAfgw_D3-7J6IVVDA2fKbPalVY8lO-7r1ZNdvtTWuzX-eIsqZGQOsgzJ6lFD4e23w4ItpaCcpzoLbzh-kiCktnhnqxq1rR2Ul7qSEwa1NDz5byYymI8W_b9JsNkBkrlVreXDBWU2l9wLQ3iKOYB2VulCHtP-2o-iDaYCTe7jKnLIBmKQICXKPOvdBwIWIMLGvG0VEnsXeYK_oZv…",
      "title": null,
      "type": "video",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://t.me/durov/551"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "metrics.view_count",
        "metrics.like_count",
        "platform_specific.telegram.reactions[].count"
      ],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/AM3EaKY4OWoCIpqIJGL2G4hcjBupbm4OuzSyAnEGF2gBOPJJIYOcnXbjDpqmilOWXXjheFFey4oGODL1BybYTdbTaJHo9qb3KEAIw9y3VvSrrKwoRdfBHWovcRqFmFEu5EeKeGrOZPTVcZEHBP6rbBp5qM4WbNdvEbGQLAnCPle0ArPYn70dJpY8D3zpJWbhZ2V1bnF2k0VXfyWUnokwHk6Q56QkaNg5gs1PhbGSaPshnBDj1xw7QOhLE-o…",
        "display_name": "Pavel Durov",
        "id": "durov",
        "is_verified": true,
        "url": "https://t.me/durov",
        "username": "durov"
      },
      "coauthors": [],
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hashtags": [],
      "id": "durov/548",
      "is_nsfw": null,
      "is_pinned": null,
      "is_sponsored": null,
      "language": null,
      "media": [],
      "mentions": [],
      "metrics": {
        "comment_count": null,
        "like_count": 79800,
        "quote_count": null,
        "repost_count": null,
        "save_count": null,
        "share_count": null,
        "view_count": 4050000
      },
      "platform": "telegram",
      "platform_specific": {
        "telegram": {
          "buttons": [],
          "channel_id": "1006503122",
          "document": null,
          "forwarded_from": null,
          "is_edited": false,
          "link_preview": {
            "description": "Hi, Codeforces!",
            "image_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/J3y4bSZ0MHHlOkGwzSlBok60Tw37kivBKJ7T8Anxhp0FMCBDS0J9Oi1qLkbKZ5ZQftp0vkQk6oWOPOwAHj7Uhz-_8DHPVW3bLnnystop-iVEZw3OnAJhWmGtJYMYM5CQkhyVLsZmLDWYqar1LsmfgjmH4z8d6YdBtvskULNJPNqOgqwHcH_wWsFsiwoy1WfU4PJUBtuW-zTTdws2jYUkW8LfhAmdjlDQTNloy9jqg6vEaDzaI09vXQpm9rO…",
            "site_name": "Codeforces",
            "title": "Telegram Returns as Title Sponsor of Codeforces!",
            "url": "https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/156620"
          },
          "links": [
            "https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/156620"
          ],
          "message_id": 548,
          "poll": null,
          "reactions": [
            {
              "count": 21900,
              "custom_emoji_id": null,
              "emoji": null,
              "is_paid": true
            },
            {
              "count": 36900,
              "custom_emoji_id": "5399847211989246390",
              "emoji": null,
              "is_paid": false
            },
            {
              "count": 10800,
              "custom_emoji_id": "5936157098181135162",
              "emoji": null,
              "is_paid": false
            }
          ],
          "reply_to": null,
          "sender_name": null,
          "signature": "Pavel Durov"
        }
      },
      "platform_type": "message",
      "published_at": "2026-09-11T16:04:02Z",
      "text": "🤝 Telegram has become the sponsor of Codeforces — the largest competitive programming platform in the world. \n\n ⚡CodeForces organizes over 100 coding contests every year and has 4 million contestants signed up.\n\n🌱 Since 2010, I've supported Codeforces through the companies I star…",
      "thumbnail_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/J3y4bSZ0MHHlOkGwzSlBok60Tw37kivBKJ7T8Anxhp0FMCBDS0J9Oi1qLkbKZ5ZQftp0vkQk6oWOPOwAHj7Uhz-_8DHPVW3bLnnystop-iVEZw3OnAJhWmGtJYMYM5CQkhyVLsZmLDWYqar1LsmfgjmH4z8d6YdBtvskULNJPNqOgqwHcH_wWsFsiwoy1WfU4PJUBtuW-zTTdws2jYUkW8LfhAmdjlDQTNloy9jqg6vEaDzaI09vXQpm9rO…",
      "title": null,
      "type": "link",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://t.me/durov/548"
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "has_more": true,
    "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR",
    "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
    "end_reason": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "telegram",
    "source": "page",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 417,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "profile",
      "id": "durov",
      "url": "https://t.me/durov"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.telegram.channelPosts.list({ handle: "durov" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "handle=" + encode("durov");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/telegram/channel_posts?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "handle=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("durov"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/telegram/channel_posts?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));

// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/telegram/channel_posts")
        .query(&[("handle", "durov")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}

200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/telegram/channel_postsLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 21 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

Null means unknown
A field Telegram doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
The Telegram channel: its username with or without the @, or any link to it (t.me/durov, t.me/s/durov, telegram.me/durov, durov.t.me).
Write one parser
Telegram, TikTok, Instagram and 18 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring: Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix).
urlstring: Canonical post URL.
typestring: Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
platform_typestring: The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …).
titlestring: Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms.
textstring: Caption, description or body as plain text.
languagestring: BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it.

What teams build with the Telegram Channel Posts API.

Monitor a channel for new posts
Archive a channel's full history
Search a channel's posts by keyword or hashtag
Track views and reactions per post
Feed news and crypto channels into sentiment models

Good to know before you build.

Views, reactions and voters are as Telegram shows them, rounded from the thousands up (10.4K), and the rounded ones are listed in each post's approximate_fields.
An album is one post of type carousel, with the number of its first message; the numbers of the others are skipped in the list.
Service messages (a channel's creation, a changed name or photo) are listed too, with platform_type service.
An animated sticker's url is its Lottie file (.tgs), not an image.
Media links can stop working after a while, so download what you need promptly. A video too big for Telegram's web page has its poster and duration but no url.
A search (contains) reaches only Telegram's newest matches, a little over one page, on Telegram's own page too, and the walk ends with page.end_reason platform_limit. To go further back, walk the channel without contains.
Some posts Telegram's web page won't show ("Please open Telegram to view this post"; on some channels, every recent post). They are listed with platform_type unsupported, their date, views and reactions, null text, and media among their unknown_fields: their [] means unknown, not none.
An audio file is a post of type audio with its title and performer in platform_specific.telegram.document. Telegram's web page doesn't link the file, so its media url is null.
A public group returns private_or_unavailable, because Telegram lists a group's messages only in its app. So does a channel whose preview Telegram doesn't serve, turned off or withheld, which can depend on the country a request leaves from. A user, a bot or a name nobody holds returns not_found.

1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.

Plans and packs How this endpoint is priced How credits work

Source	Price per successful page	Per 1,000 pages
Public page `page`	1 credit	$0.75–$1.97

Cache hits are free.
Credits from packs and top-ups never expire.
A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal.
Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
Outside the US, plans and packs are sold to businesses: checkout asks for your VAT, GST or other business tax ID.

Questions about the Telegram Channel Posts API.

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Telegram Channel Posts API. Posts, page by page.

Telegram Channel Posts API at a glance

Send one request. Get up to 20 posts back.

One schema on 21 platforms.

Null means unknown

What it accepts

Write one parser

What teams build with the Telegram Channel Posts API.

Monitor a channel for new posts

Archive a channel's full history

Search a channel's posts by keyword or hashtag

Track views and reactions per post

Feed news and crypto channels into sentiment models

Good to know before you build.

1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

Questions about the Telegram Channel Posts API.

Posts on 20 more platforms.

Telegram API. 4 endpoints, one key.

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