Channel
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel"
headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"channel": {
"handle": "telegram",
"title": "Telegram News",
"description": "The official Telegram on Telegram. Much recursion. Very Telegram. Wow.",
"avatarUrl": "https://cdn1.telesco.pe/file/uFYNMdturrfQWQKIUN-OOFpGgW51ifC6zoFl5fDK03QXavKQLPsC7MpCEGSN9A7AuEBYSfUUPMZxtGMUXp7Ma4OLu2pPsltHPRzVF2zmVUBiHjV0g7ri29W94kYF5Mrqd8YPzJ4ZE52eEV74TQ6dm9ATYW-LURHPfKCRQuSRxPmJydGQTo-dlzj_kfYqseyxonNUPJiL3MSEwn5CXlGZcgrZLzE8Q3CKXuxPTHg4SkDj_fUB4QKZs-k1tQRGmXPLHljwgH1-u5lkiOTo6Dlitd2memRuSKyhbiaP21gKyNvoPviDJDmThhnGk_oYxSembEWmcxLkTtEeAihAJ9EjOg.jpg",
"verified": true,
"scam": false,
"fake": false,
"url": "https://t.me/telegram",
"previewUrl": "https://t.me/s/telegram",
"subscribers": 9393387,
"counters": [
{
"type": "subscribers",
"label": "9.39M",
"value": 9393387
},
{
"type": "photos",
"label": "16",
"value": 16
},
{
"type": "videos",
"label": "228",
"value": 228
}
],
"lastPostAt": "2026-08-26T19:12:34.000Z"
},
"fetchedAt": "2026-10-05T14:44:05.628Z"
},
"meta": {
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
"creditsCharged": 1,
"creditsRemaining": 4999,
"cached": false
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "API key required — pass it in the `x-api-key` header.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS",
"message": "This request costs 1 credit, but your balance is 0. Top up to continue.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "The requested content was not found (it may not exist, be deleted, or be private).",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
"details": [
{
"path": "url",
"message": "Required"
}
]
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "RATE_LIMITED",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded — max 100 requests per 60s. Retry in ~30s.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_BLOCKED",
"message": "The source is temporarily unavailable. Please try again shortly.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}Telegram
Channel
Fetches a public Telegram channel by handle or t.me URL: title, @username, verified/scam/fake status, description, avatar, the counters (subscribers, photos, videos, links), and the most recent post time.
GET
/
v1
/
telegram
/
channel
Channel
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel"
headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"channel": {
"handle": "telegram",
"title": "Telegram News",
"description": "The official Telegram on Telegram. Much recursion. Very Telegram. Wow.",
"avatarUrl": "https://cdn1.telesco.pe/file/uFYNMdturrfQWQKIUN-OOFpGgW51ifC6zoFl5fDK03QXavKQLPsC7MpCEGSN9A7AuEBYSfUUPMZxtGMUXp7Ma4OLu2pPsltHPRzVF2zmVUBiHjV0g7ri29W94kYF5Mrqd8YPzJ4ZE52eEV74TQ6dm9ATYW-LURHPfKCRQuSRxPmJydGQTo-dlzj_kfYqseyxonNUPJiL3MSEwn5CXlGZcgrZLzE8Q3CKXuxPTHg4SkDj_fUB4QKZs-k1tQRGmXPLHljwgH1-u5lkiOTo6Dlitd2memRuSKyhbiaP21gKyNvoPviDJDmThhnGk_oYxSembEWmcxLkTtEeAihAJ9EjOg.jpg",
"verified": true,
"scam": false,
"fake": false,
"url": "https://t.me/telegram",
"previewUrl": "https://t.me/s/telegram",
"subscribers": 9393387,
"counters": [
{
"type": "subscribers",
"label": "9.39M",
"value": 9393387
},
{
"type": "photos",
"label": "16",
"value": 16
},
{
"type": "videos",
"label": "228",
"value": 228
}
],
"lastPostAt": "2026-08-26T19:12:34.000Z"
},
"fetchedAt": "2026-10-05T14:44:05.628Z"
},
"meta": {
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
"creditsCharged": 1,
"creditsRemaining": 4999,
"cached": false
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "API key required — pass it in the `x-api-key` header.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS",
"message": "This request costs 1 credit, but your balance is 0. Top up to continue.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "The requested content was not found (it may not exist, be deleted, or be private).",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
"details": [
{
"path": "url",
"message": "Required"
}
]
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "RATE_LIMITED",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded — max 100 requests per 60s. Retry in ~30s.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_BLOCKED",
"message": "The source is temporarily unavailable. Please try again shortly.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}Cost: 1 credit per successful request. Errors and cache hits (
cache_max_age) are free.Copy for AI assistant
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Prompt
I want to make an API call to /v1/telegram/channel. Here are the details:
Endpoint: GET https://api.scraperize.com/v1/telegram/channel
Description: Fetches a public Telegram channel by handle or t.me URL: title, @username, verified/scam/fake status, description, avatar, the counters (subscribers, photos, videos, links), and the most recent post time.
Required Headers:
- x-api-key: Your API key
Parameters:
- handle (string) [required]: A public Telegram handle or t.me channel URL, e.g. telegram, @telegram, https://t.me/telegram, or https://t.me/s/telegram.
- cache_max_age (select): Optional. Return a cached result if one this age or newer exists — served for **0 credits** with `meta.cached=true` and `meta.cachedAt`. Otherwise a fresh scrape runs (**1 credit**) and refreshes the cache. Omit to always scrape fresh.
Example Response:
{
"data": {
"channel": {
"handle": "telegram",
"title": "Telegram News",
"description": "The official Telegram on Telegram. Much recursion. Very Telegram. Wow.",
"avatarUrl": "https://cdn1.telesco.pe/file/uFYNMdturrfQWQKIUN-OOFpGgW51ifC6zoFl5fDK03QXavKQLPsC7MpCEGSN9A7AuEBYSfUUPMZxtGMUXp7Ma4OLu2pPsltHPRzVF2zmVUBiHjV0g7ri29W94kYF5Mrqd8Y…",
"verified": true,
"scam": false,
"fake": false,
"url": "https://t.me/telegram",
"previewUrl": "https://t.me/s/telegram",
"subscribers": 9393387,
"counters": [
{
"type": "subscribers",
"label": "9.39M",
"value": 9393387
}
],
"lastPostAt": "2026-08-26T19:12:34.000Z"
},
"fetchedAt": "2026-10-05T14:44:05.628Z"
},
"meta": {
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
"creditsCharged": 1,
"creditsRemaining": 4999,
"cached": false
}
}
Please help me write code in my preferred programming language to make this API call and handle the response appropriately. Include error handling and best practices.
Authorizations
Your API key. Send it in the x-api-key header (or Authorization: Bearer <key>). Create and manage keys from your dashboard.
Query Parameters
A public Telegram handle or t.me channel URL, e.g. telegram, @telegram, https://t.me/telegram, or https://t.me/s/telegram.
Optional. Return a cached result if one this age or newer exists — served for 0 credits with meta.cached=true and meta.cachedAt. Otherwise a fresh scrape runs (1 credit) and refreshes the cache. Omit to always scrape fresh.
Available options:
1d, 3d, 7d, 14d, 30d