# Telegram Channel Posts API

Telegram

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`

## Example

cURL:

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

TypeScript SDK:

```typescript
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);
```

Node.js (fetch):

```javascript
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);
```

Python (requests):

```python
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"])
```

Go (net/http):

```go
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"])
}
```

200 OK:

```json
{
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    {
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        "metrics.view_count",
        "metrics.like_count",
        "platform_specific.telegram.reactions[].count"
      ],
      "author": {
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        "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",
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      "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": {
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        "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": {
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        "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": {
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        "display_name": "Pavel Durov",
        "id": "durov",
        "is_verified": true,
        "url": "https://t.me/durov",
        "username": "durov"
      },
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      "hashtags": [],
      "id": "durov/548",
      "is_nsfw": null,
      "is_pinned": null,
      "is_sponsored": null,
      "language": null,
      "media": [],
      "mentions": [],
      "metrics": {
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        "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,
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          },
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            "https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/156620"
          ],
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          "poll": null,
          "reactions": [
            {
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              "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…",
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      "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": []
  }
}
```

Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Good to know**
>
> - 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.

## Authorizations

`x-api-key`stringheaderrequired

Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md)

## Query parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` required | `string`<br>max 2,048 chars | 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). | `durov` |
| `contains` optional | `string`<br>max 200 chars | Only the channel's posts matching these words, as the search box of its page reads them (a word, a #hashtag). Telegram's search answers only its newest matches, a little over one page, and can't reach older ones: the walk then ends with page.end_reason platform_limit. Without it, all of its posts. | `telegram` |
| `since` optional | `string`<br>date-time | Only items at or after this time: RFC 3339 (2026-10-01T12:00:00Z) or a date (2026-10-01, midnight UTC). On newest-first lists, paging stops when it is reached, so later pages are not fetched or charged. | `2026-10-01` |
| `until` optional | `string`<br>date-time | Only items before this time (exclusive): RFC 3339 or a date (midnight UTC). The walk starts from the newest post, so a window far in the past takes many pages. | `2026-10-08` |
| `limit` optional | `integer`<br>min 1<br>max 20 | Items per page, 1 to the endpoint's page size (its default and maximum; larger values are reduced to it). Omit it: every page costs the same, so a smaller limit means more pages to pay for. | `20` |
| `cursor` optional | `string` | page.next_cursor from the previous response. Send the same other parameters; omit to start from the first page. | — |

`handle` takes Telegram profile links; another kind of link, or another platform's, fails free with [`invalid_input`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_input). Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored ([Requests](https://socialtap.dev/docs/requests/index.md)). `limit` and `cursor` page through the list: see Pagination.

**Parameters every endpoint accepts**

| Name | Type | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `max_age` optional | `integer`<br>min 0 | Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent. | — |
| `fields` optional | `string` | Return only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments\[\].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole. | — |

## Response

### 200

`{data, page, meta}`. `data` is an array of up to 20 [post](https://socialtap.dev/resources/post/index.md) objects, newest first; `page` says how to get the next page; `meta` describes the request ([meta](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/index.md#meta)). Fields only Telegram has are under `platform_specific.telegram`.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `data[].platform` | `string` | Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …). |
| `data[].id` | `string` | Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix). |
| `data[].url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical post URL. |
| `data[].type` | `string` | Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.<br>One of `video`, `image`, `carousel`, `text`, `link`, `audio` |
| `data[].platform_type` | `string` or `null` | The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …). |
| `data[].title` | `string` or `null` | Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms. |
| `data[].text` | `string` or `null` | Caption, description or body as plain text. |
| `data[].language` | `string` or `null` | BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it. |
| `data[].published_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When the post went public, RFC 3339 UTC. |
| `data[].author` | `object` | The posting account. An account the platform no longer names (a deleted account) has a null id and username and the platform's label as display_name (Reddit: \[deleted\]). A post credited to what is no account of the platform's (an Apple Music radio episode's show) has a null id and username, and every other field null too when the platform doesn't name it. |
| `data[].author.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. |
| `data[].author.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data[].author.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. |
| `data[].author.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data[].author.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data[].author.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data[].coauthors` | `object[]` | Other accounts credited as co-authors of the post (Instagram and Facebook collabs, YouTube collaborations), in the platform's order, author excluded; \[\] if none. |
| `data[].coauthors[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. |
| `data[].coauthors[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data[].coauthors[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. |
| `data[].coauthors[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data[].coauthors[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data[].coauthors[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Length of the primary video or audio in milliseconds; null for other posts. |
| `data[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Cover or poster image URL. |
| `data[].media` | `object[]` | Attachments in display order (carousel items); \[\] for text posts. |
| `data[].media[].type` | `string` | Kind of file. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.<br>One of `image`, `video`, `audio`, `gif` |
| `data[].media[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Direct file URL; null when the platform withholds it, or when the link would only work from SocialTap's network or with a login. Often signed and expiring: see expires_at. |
| `data[].media[].expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When url stops working, RFC 3339 UTC, read from the platform's signed URL; null when unknown or when it does not expire. |
| `data[].media[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Poster or preview image URL. |
| `data[].media[].width` | `integer` or `null` | Width in pixels. |
| `data[].media[].height` | `integer` or `null` | Height in pixels. |
| `data[].media[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Duration in milliseconds (video and audio only). |
| `data[].media[].alt_text` | `string` or `null` | Accessibility text provided by the author or platform. |
| `data[].hashtags` | `string[]` | Hashtags without #, case kept; \[\] if none. |
| `data[].mentions` | `string[]` | Mentioned or tagged usernames without @; \[\] if none. |
| `data[].is_pinned` | `boolean` or `null` | Pinned to the author's profile. |
| `data[].is_sponsored` | `boolean` or `null` | Labeled as a paid partnership or branded content. |
| `data[].is_nsfw` | `boolean` or `null` | Marked adult or sensitive by the platform. |
| `data[].metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. |
| `data[].metrics.view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Views or plays. |
| `data[].metrics.like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Telegram: reactions. Likes, hearts, total reactions or upvotes; never negative. Null when hidden by the owner. |
| `data[].metrics.comment_count` | `integer` or `null` | Comments and replies. |
| `data[].metrics.share_count` | `integer` or `null` | Shares or sends (not reposts). |
| `data[].metrics.repost_count` | `integer` or `null` | Reposts, retweets or reshares. |
| `data[].metrics.quote_count` | `integer` or `null` | Quote posts. |
| `data[].metrics.save_count` | `integer` or `null` | Saves, bookmarks or favorites. |
| `data[].platform_specific` | `object` | Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.\<platform>); each null when unknown. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram` | `object` or `null` | A Telegram post's own fields. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.message_id` | `integer` or `null` | The message's number within its channel or group: the last part of its link. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.channel_id` | `string` or `null` | Telegram's numeric ID of the channel or group the message is in, which stays when its username changes. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.signature` | `string` or `null` | The name of the admin who signed the post, on a channel that signs its posts; null when unsigned. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.sender_name` | `string` or `null` | The name of the group member who sent the message, when they have no username: author is then the group. Null otherwise. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.is_edited` | `boolean` or `null` | Whether the post shows as edited. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.forwarded_from` | `object` or `null` | Where the post was forwarded from; null when it was not forwarded. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.forwarded_from.name` | `string` or `null` | The name of the channel or person it was forwarded from; null when Telegram leaves it blank. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.forwarded_from.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The original's link (or the account's, for a person); null when the source hides itself. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.forwarded_from.post_id` | `string` or `null` | The original post's id, when the link names one. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.forwarded_from.author` | `string` or `null` | The admin who signed the original; null when unsigned. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.reply_to` | `object` or `null` | The message this post replies to, as its preview bar shows it; null when it is not a reply. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.reply_to.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The replied-to message's link; null when the bar has none. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.reply_to.post_id` | `string` or `null` | The replied-to post's id, when the link names one. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.reply_to.author` | `string` or `null` | The name the bar shows; null when it shows none. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.reply_to.text` | `string` or `null` | The snippet the bar shows, often cut short. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.reactions` | `object[]` | The reactions the post shows, each emoji with its count; \[\] when it shows none. Their sum is metrics.like_count. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.reactions[].emoji` | `string` or `null` | The unicode emoji; null for a custom emoji or Telegram Stars. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.reactions[].custom_emoji_id` | `string` or `null` | The custom emoji's ID; null for a unicode one. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.reactions[].is_paid` | `boolean` or `null` | Whether it is a paid reaction (Telegram Stars). |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.reactions[].count` | `integer` or `null` | How many; rounded by Telegram from the thousands up (see approximate_fields). |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.link_preview` | `object` or `null` | The link preview card the post shows; null when none. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.link_preview.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The previewed link. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.link_preview.site_name` | `string` or `null` | The site's name. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.link_preview.title` | `string` or `null` | The page's title. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.link_preview.description` | `string` or `null` | The page's description, as the card shows it. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.link_preview.image_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The card's image. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.poll` | `object` or `null` | The poll the post carries; null when none. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.poll.question` | `string` or `null` | The question. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.poll.type` | `string` or `null` | Telegram's label, lower case: anonymous poll, public poll, anonymous quiz, … |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.poll.voter_count` | `integer` or `null` | People who voted; rounded by Telegram from the thousands up (see approximate_fields). |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.poll.options` | `object[]` | The options, in the poll's order. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.poll.options[].text` | `string` or `null` | The option's text. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.poll.options[].percent` | `number` or `null` | Its share of the votes, in percent, as Telegram rounds it. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.document` | `object` or `null` | The file or audio file the post carries, which Telegram names but does not link logged out; null when none. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.document.title` | `string` or `null` | The file's name, or an audio file's title. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.document.performer` | `string` or `null` | An audio file's performer as Telegram shows it; null for other files and an audio file without one. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.document.size` | `string` or `null` | Its size as Telegram shows it (1.3 MB); null when it shows none, as on an audio file. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.links` | `string[]` | The link targets in the post's text, in order, those behind a word included; \[\] when none. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.buttons` | `object[]` | The buttons under the post that open a link; \[\] when none. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.buttons[].text` | `string` or `null` | The button's label. |
| `data[].platform_specific.telegram.buttons[].url` | `string` or `null` | What it opens: a web link or a tg:// link. |
| `data[].approximate_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of values rounded by the platform or parsed from display text. A list path (external_links) means the list may be incomplete. \[\] when all exact. |
| `data[].unknown_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of lists whose \[\] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them); null already means unknown for every other field. \[\] when every list is known. |

not_found and private_or_unavailable are item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned.

### 400

400 Bad Request: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `invalid_input` | 400 | No | A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes. | Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one. |
| `invalid_cursor` | 400 | No | The cursor is malformed or expired, belongs to another endpoint, or came with other parameters than the request that returned it. | Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again. |

### 401

401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `unauthorized` | 401 | No | The x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired. | Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url. |

### 402

402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `insufficient_credits` | 402 | No | The account does not have enough credits for this request. | Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically. |
| `spend_limit_reached` | 402 | No | The API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits. | Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically. |

### 403

403 Forbidden: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `forbidden` | 403 | No | The API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code. | Act on details.reason. suspended: contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev). scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP. |
| `private_or_unavailable` | 403 | No | The item exists but is not public: it is private, age- or region-restricted, or needs a login to view. It shares 403 with forbidden (which is about the key), so branch on the code. | Only public items can be fetched. Do not retry. |

### 404

404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `not_found` | 404 | No | The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why). | Check the link or ID. Do not retry. |

### 429

429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `rate_limited` | 429 | Yes, later | The account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it. | Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one. |

### 500

500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `internal` | 500 | Yes, later | An unexpected error on SocialTap's side. | Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) with the request_id. |

### 502

502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `upstream_error` | 502 | Yes, later | The platform failed, or answered with something we could not read. | Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free. |

### 503

503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `upstream_blocked` | 503 | Yes, later | The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included. | Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free. |
| `overloaded` | 503 | Yes, later | SocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged. | Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free. |

## Pagination

Items come in pages, **newest first**. To get the next page, send **the same request plus `cursor`** set to `page.next_cursor` from the previous response. Keep every other parameter the same (limit, max_age and fields may change); anything else that differs is rejected. When `page.has_more` is `false` the walk is over, and `page.end_reason` says why: only `end` means you have every item (the others say the platform or a page cap stopped the walk early).

- **Order**: Newest first
- **Page size**: Up to 20 posts (the default; `limit` lowers it)
- **Cursor lifetime**: 24 hours; don't store cursors
- **Price**: Per page, 1 credit

### The `page` object

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `page.has_more` | `boolean` | True when another page exists; then next_cursor is set. An empty page with has_more true is not the end. |
| `page.next_cursor` | `string` or `null` | Pass as cursor, with the same other parameters, to get the next page; null at the end. |
| `page.next_cursor_expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When next_cursor stops working, RFC 3339 UTC; null at the end. Don't store cursors. |
| `page.end_reason` | `string` or `null` | Why there are no more pages; null while has_more is true. end: the list ended, or reached since/until. platform_limit: the platform stops serving further pages although the list goes on. max_pages: SocialTap's cap on pages in one walk. New values may be added. A short or empty page is not the end: only has_more false is.<br>One of `end`, `platform_limit`, `max_pages` |

### Next page

cURL: next page:

```shell
curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/telegram/channel_posts?handle=durov&cursor=c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"
```

- The price is per page: each successful page costs the same, whatever `limit` is and however many items it has. Empty pages are charged too (an empty page with `has_more: true` is not the end).
- A `limit` below 20 doesn't save credits: the next request serves the rest of the same platform page, which is fetched again and charged as a page each time, and items can shift between those requests if the platform changes the list. Omitting `limit` is the cheapest way to walk the list.
- Errors are free, including a rejected cursor.
- Pages served from the cache are free.
- An expired or altered cursor, or one sent with different parameters, fails with [`invalid_cursor`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_cursor) (HTTP 400): Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again.

[Pagination guide](https://socialtap.dev/docs/pagination/index.md)

## Pricing

From **1 credit** per page. Charged per successful page, whatever its number of items. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as `meta.source`.

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

**Balance, sources and what you were charged**

Your balance must be at least **1 credit** to start a request; with less, it is refused with [`insufficient_credits`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#insufficient_credits) (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts.

| meta.source | Source | What it means |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `page` | Public page | Data embedded in the platform's public web page. |

`meta.credits_charged` and the `x-credits-charged` header show what you paid. [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) · [Packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md)

Endpoint ID `telegram.channel_posts` · operationId `telegram.channel_posts.list` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/telegram/channel_posts/index.md)

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