# Telegram API guide



## Choose a Telegram operation



Start with the object your task needs. The groups below use the current catalogue; open an endpoint to check accepted identifiers, filters, price and availability before retrieving.



### Accounts and audiences



- [Telegram channel](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/telegram/channel) — A public channel: name, description, avatar, verification, subscriber and member counts, and photo, video and link counts.



### Posts and media



- [Telegram channel posts](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/telegram/channel-posts) — A channel's posts, one page at a time, with text, time, views, reactions and forwards, plus the channel summary.

- [Telegram post](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/telegram/post) — One channel post: text, time, views, reactions, forward origin and media count.



## Check fields and collection limits



Use the endpoint’s declared parameters and returned continuation. Filters from another platform do not automatically apply here. Preserve source identifiers, URLs and warnings; a successful page does not establish complete history. Published response schemas identify whether they come from a reviewed shaper or observed response shapes.



Agents can use `get_endpoint` for the current contract and `get_docs` with topic `platforms/telegram` to read this page. The [coverage guide](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/data-availability) explains nulls and partial results, and the [production guide](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/production-checklist) covers budgets and recovery.



## Endpoint reference

## telegram/channel

`GET /v1/telegram/channel`

A public channel: name, description, avatar, verification, subscriber and member counts, and photo, video and link counts.

*Telegram channel*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | yes | Public channel handle without the @ — e.g. `telegram` |
| `dry_run` | no | Read a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution. Accepted values: 1, 0, true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable. — e.g. `1` |

### Useful optional inputs

- `dry_run`: Read a free estimate before fetching sources or scheduling paid work. Zero credits; cache status and availability are snapshots rather than guarantees.

**Cost:** 2 credits at list price per successful uncached response; variable-cost operations may quote or settle a different charge. Confirmed uncharged or refunded failures report zero. Pending reconciliation can report credits_used:null; retain request_id and the original idempotency key.

```bash
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/telegram/channel?handle=telegram" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
```

### Response data

Illustrative abbreviated data; documented core fields are optional and may be null. Additional source fields are allowed.

```json
{
  "avatar_url": "https://example.com/example",
  "description": "example",
  "handle": "example",
  "link_count": 0,
  "name": "example",
  "photo_count": 0,
  "platform": "example",
  "subscribers": 0,
  "url": "https://example.com/example",
  "verified": false,
  "video_count": 0
}
```

[Field reference](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/telegram/channel#response) · [JSON Schema for response.data](https://www.monocrawl.com/schemas/telegram/channel.json)


## telegram/channel-posts

`GET /v1/telegram/channel-posts`

A channel's posts, one page at a time, with text, time, views, reactions and forwards, plus the channel summary.

*Telegram channel posts*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | yes | Public channel handle without the @ — e.g. `telegram` |
| `cursor` | no | Opaque cursor from the previous page |
| `dry_run` | no | Read a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution. Accepted values: 1, 0, true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable. — e.g. `1` |

### Useful optional inputs

- `cursor`: Continue the same source traversal with the complete returned cursor. Saved-result retrieval and a new source page can have different prices; quote the next call.
- `dry_run`: Read a free estimate before fetching sources or scheduling paid work. Zero credits; cache status and availability are snapshots rather than guarantees.

**Cost:** 2 credits at list price per successful uncached response; variable-cost operations may quote or settle a different charge. Confirmed uncharged or refunded failures report zero. Pending reconciliation can report credits_used:null; retain request_id and the original idempotency key.

```bash
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/telegram/channel-posts?handle=telegram" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
```

### Response data

Illustrative abbreviated data; documented core fields are optional and may be null. Additional source fields are allowed.

```json
{
  "channel": {
    "avatar_url": "https://example.com/example",
    "description": "example",
    "handle": "example",
    "link_count": 0,
    "name": "example",
    "photo_count": 0,
    "platform": "example",
    "subscribers": 0,
    "url": "https://example.com/example",
    "verified": false,
    "video_count": 0
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "dropped": 0,
  "has_more": false,
  "items": [
    {
      "author_name": "example",
      "author_url": "https://example.com/example",
      "channel": "example",
      "id": "example",
      "media_count": 0,
      "platform": "example",
      "published_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00Z",
      "reaction_count": 0,
      "reactions": [],
      "text": "example",
      "url": "https://example.com/example",
      "views": 0
    }
  ]
}
```

[Field reference](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/telegram/channel-posts#response) · [JSON Schema for response.data](https://www.monocrawl.com/schemas/telegram/channel-posts.json)


## telegram/post

`GET /v1/telegram/post`

One channel post: text, time, views, reactions, forward origin and media count.

*Telegram post*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `url` | yes | Post URL — e.g. `https://t.me/telegram/100` |
| `dry_run` | no | Read a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution. Accepted values: 1, 0, true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable. — e.g. `1` |

### Useful optional inputs

- `dry_run`: Read a free estimate before fetching sources or scheduling paid work. Zero credits; cache status and availability are snapshots rather than guarantees.

**Cost:** 2 credits at list price per successful uncached response; variable-cost operations may quote or settle a different charge. Confirmed uncharged or refunded failures report zero. Pending reconciliation can report credits_used:null; retain request_id and the original idempotency key.

```bash
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/telegram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.me%2Ftelegram%2F100" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
```

### Response data

Illustrative abbreviated data; documented core fields are optional and may be null. Additional source fields are allowed.

```json
{
  "author_name": "example",
  "author_url": "https://example.com/example",
  "channel": "example",
  "id": "example",
  "media_count": 0,
  "platform": "example",
  "published_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00Z",
  "reaction_count": 0,
  "reactions": [
    {
      "count": 0,
      "count_text": "example",
      "emoji": "example",
      "emoji_id": "example"
    }
  ],
  "text": "example",
  "url": "https://example.com/example",
  "views": 0
}
```

[Field reference](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/telegram/post#response) · [JSON Schema for response.data](https://www.monocrawl.com/schemas/telegram/post.json)