telegram-scraper

A simple Telegram channel scraper

Features

• ✅ 0 Dependencies
• ✅ No Authentication
• ✅ JSON Output

Demo

https://codesandbox.io/p/devbox/telegram-channel-scraper-q9g93l

Installation

npm install telegram-scraper

Example Usage

import {telegram_scraper} from 'telegram-scraper'

void async function main() {

	let telegram_channel_username = 'telegram'

	let result = await telegram_scraper(telegram_channel_username)

	console.log(result)
	
}()

const {telegram_scraper} = require('telegram-scraper')

void async function main() {

	let telegram_channel_username = 'telegram'

	let result = await telegram_scraper(telegram_channel_username)

	console.log(result)
	
}()

Example App

const {telegram_scraper} = require('telegram-scraper')

const http = require('http')

const serverport =  process.env.PORT || 8080

let telegram_channel = 'telegram'

const server = http.createServer(async(req,res)=>{

	let result = await telegram_scraper(telegram_channel)

	res.statusCode = 200
	
	res.setHeader('Content-Type','text/plain')
	
	res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin','*')
	
	res.end(result)
	
})

server.listen(serverport,()=>{

	console.log(`Server running at ${serverport}`) 
	
})

Example Output

[
          {
                    "data_post": "telegram/273",
                    "data_view": "eyJjIjotMTAwNTY0MDg5MiwicCI6MjczLCJ0IjoxNzA2MDIxNDM4LCJoIjoiZDhmYjYxZTY2YjNkN2U5MDhjIn0",
                    "user_url": "https://t.me/telegram",
                    "user_photo": "https://cdn1.cdn-telegram.org/file/nNL6OPWszs6ukBWYYE29IVkpXLnODwiktlGA2cGdDmgEjIzF69xTlYmr6yudxxf47h8HRovBHDJa5zOIluMkVOLQTg-NePGvpUnSD56QzI49__W_PUXMNR11M4VItBvBiwcC3rJsPAh1yKHCwKnoe-GDswGVCZa9pBH-GzTqQbyp6Lku5ZwS5ASI7S-D6eBqvZeH4baj5PShtSXRaQWsFIHhCX-Driia0jtV8mmtZRcSb7sgtusVXrOl1EOk7mTQrzToiq4Y9YEuMUE2_587fq3G3uFCAh-7jIMpdrU7ZxvDuwdZlS9VZRT-LGvrz3P7YLtTzLt_nOXWARpCS8pJNg.jpg",
                    "user_name": "Telegram News",
                    "message_url": "https://t.me/telegram/273",
                    "message_text": "⭐️ One-Way Last Seen and Read Times. Users who hide their read time aren't able to see read times from other users.  With Telegram Premium, you can hide your read time and still see the read times of users who share theirs with you.  If a user hides their read time, it is always hidden from all users, including Premium users.  January Features 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5",
                    "message_photo": [],
                    "message_video": [
                              "https://cdn1.cdn-telegram.org/file/21caaf78bd.mp4?token=SqjZNcBiqv8ttYltO9lx7cO-t_n7-dhY9zPyCU6TGBo_kO1nfxiw_RP1HctzTvG_BYzwXa7TwZuzafYP95FSA2QCqHoDmg_Jva7FTytW6DhA6upAaRUcCMb5BUbA93TYRIGeziz7a46bCHhefDMqdS9hW45oQBdc_hmC3X3M1Wni6ItxLavI8NvaSPwgB7IMUQCKI1YmmRfpKSgmvLLbF_a2jQpwPvYUiM68quXI85Je-N89AWgLI1oCY2qemeJ1Z8tQfVAj6At4KO8FWq5UbWlnuejiHlicNROi9ajKSFDHowr_RgqZwXP2iciSmvSbycwfbU_46sxV_NTMNaPp9A"
                    ],
                    "views": "818.8K",
                    "datetime": "2024-01-22T14:09:46+00:00"
          },
          {
                    "data_post": "telegram/274",
                    "data_view": "eyJjIjotMTAwNTY0MDg5MiwicCI6Mjc0LCJ0IjoxNzA2MDIxNDM4LCJoIjoiNzFkMGYyYzk2ZDg0NGJlNzBjIn0",
                    "user_url": "https://t.me/telegram",
                    "user_photo": "https://cdn1.cdn-telegram.org/file/nNL6OPWszs6ukBWYYE29IVkpXLnODwiktlGA2cGdDmgEjIzF69xTlYmr6yudxxf47h8HRovBHDJa5zOIluMkVOLQTg-NePGvpUnSD56QzI49__W_PUXMNR11M4VItBvBiwcC3rJsPAh1yKHCwKnoe-GDswGVCZa9pBH-GzTqQbyp6Lku5ZwS5ASI7S-D6eBqvZeH4baj5PShtSXRaQWsFIHhCX-Driia0jtV8mmtZRcSb7sgtusVXrOl1EOk7mTQrzToiq4Y9YEuMUE2_587fq3G3uFCAh-7jIMpdrU7ZxvDuwdZlS9VZRT-LGvrz3P7YLtTzLt_nOXWARpCS8pJNg.jpg",
                    "user_name": "Telegram News",
                    "message_url": "https://t.me/telegram/274",
                    "message_text": "⭐️ Private Message Permissions. Premium users can select who is able to send them messages – either Everyone or My Contacts and Premium Users.  When enabled, users who aren't contacts or don't have Premium can't start chats with you – but can reply if you message them first.  More new features are coming throughout the month, so stay tuned. 😉  January Features 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5",
                    "message_photo": [],
                    "message_video": [
                              "https://cdn1.cdn-telegram.org/file/996f9913df.mp4?token=t19EAOhdLFUijLDFebsVFdqWtuRkm4MDPLVbWhAUaOQnsrd5NbkXSiTFcT2DWsqU1WjATM_7xsMCiNDX1Tk28Q6FNp8QgbWHOxZVGoNvmzI3WzpRUWz5z3en0RdvaL3407GPcXUAB98OWdEe8cgVbR167UMisvaMmAPrsmc3Pvam6WEeTuxZRVrykTfbWHq6FRoiVKKOVsWytGDWSlaG6uhy4ch3Z8F2dE6sAbX7UJeqAcsOkZr3EnC1kNAkly13bEUZ9JNYHh7896VkmaEMkuF8KPQs4TBZ9-t0xzkld5vie1XwFfn7CeTL7bIsAswpLznOaL8SiTq3e4UVQjJvkg"
                    ],
                    "views": "861.0K",
                    "datetime": ""
          }
]

License

MIT