Telegram Scraper
Get Telegram Channel Details
Retrieves public Telegram channel or group metadata including its name, description, avatar, verification status, subscriber or member count, and public media counters. This endpoint uses Telegram's public web preview and does not use a logged-in Telegram account. Private channels, invite-only groups, numeric IDs, and channels with no public web preview are not supported.
Endpoint
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| handlestring · required | string | required | Public Telegram handle, @handle, or t.me channel URL. |
| cache_max_agestring · optional | string | optional | See the Caching page for details. One of: |
Response schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"url": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"handle": {
"type": "string"
},
"avatar_url": {
"type": "string"
},
"file_count": {},
"link_count": {
"type": "number"
},
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"is_verified": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"photo_count": {
"type": "number"
},
"video_count": {
"type": "number"
},
"member_count": {},
"subscriber_count": {
"type": "number"
},
"member_count_text": {},
"subscriber_count_text": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": true
}