Get Telegram channel details
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/qiLgJ9jp-i6JY5vDXmW2nFjWG3ZnnFoyifbztHx-hQP-_o6a6cUMY_naYKIUhTlKFDTpyzjTjocQeNWR5TFAwx47YQ36sC8siY0cRxqvGXDluS74sJgdSvVOazyvlfG_73Y6lQlGYDaRBDZCUplMVHQlOF5O19r3JrBrWDToxrsqGdzCy-v7JYosUKlzFRcJcxY0Xs3nWzwaQ3waOX6nVA4jWttQy3-ZrGu3y4mo17TDEAQjXg5EUnMImq6dewmTHiVLWlpWQAXTOLtqe_f1Ijwwpm5wwL1PmGBZKZaUSuVXWte9L_gQIy0pk1jVx3TT7arfAE3uBMVacGhIp--ZIA.jpg",
"verified": true,
"scam": false,
"fake": false,
"url": "https://t.me/telegram",
"previewUrl": "https://t.me/s/telegram",
"subscribers": 9554663,
"counters": [
{
"type": "subscribers",
"label": "9.55M",
"value": 9554663
},
{
"type": "photos",
"label": "16",
"value": 16
},
{
"type": "videos",
"label": "228",
"value": 228
}
],
"lastPostAt": "2026-08-26T19:12:34.000Z"
},
"fetchedAt": "2026-09-14T12:14:56.434Z"
},
"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 was temporarily unavailable. Please try again shortly.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}Telegram
Get Telegram channel details
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
Get Telegram channel details
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/qiLgJ9jp-i6JY5vDXmW2nFjWG3ZnnFoyifbztHx-hQP-_o6a6cUMY_naYKIUhTlKFDTpyzjTjocQeNWR5TFAwx47YQ36sC8siY0cRxqvGXDluS74sJgdSvVOazyvlfG_73Y6lQlGYDaRBDZCUplMVHQlOF5O19r3JrBrWDToxrsqGdzCy-v7JYosUKlzFRcJcxY0Xs3nWzwaQ3waOX6nVA4jWttQy3-ZrGu3y4mo17TDEAQjXg5EUnMImq6dewmTHiVLWlpWQAXTOLtqe_f1Ijwwpm5wwL1PmGBZKZaUSuVXWte9L_gQIy0pk1jVx3TT7arfAE3uBMVacGhIp--ZIA.jpg",
"verified": true,
"scam": false,
"fake": false,
"url": "https://t.me/telegram",
"previewUrl": "https://t.me/s/telegram",
"subscribers": 9554663,
"counters": [
{
"type": "subscribers",
"label": "9.55M",
"value": 9554663
},
{
"type": "photos",
"label": "16",
"value": 16
},
{
"type": "videos",
"label": "228",
"value": 228
}
],
"lastPostAt": "2026-08-26T19:12:34.000Z"
},
"fetchedAt": "2026-09-14T12:14:56.434Z"
},
"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 was temporarily unavailable. Please try again shortly.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}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