Telegram Channel Scraper

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A scraper for extracting every post from public Telegram channels: it fetches message text and canonical post URLs, publish timestamps in ISO 8601, numeric view counts, media presence and direct media URLs (images and video thumbnails), forwarded-origin channel names, link preview URLs, and reply indicators. The connector supports scraping multiple channels in one run, produces per-post rows tagged by channel, and provides a paginated resume cursor to iterate channel history. It operates without login, account, or API credentials and is optimized for archival, monitoring, and analytical workflows involving Telegram channel posts, engagement metrics, media extraction, and link-preview capture.

Verified Sep 28, 12:10 AM

$0.001

per post

Up to 100 per call. Only pay for results returned; failed calls are refunded.

What people use it for

OSINT and investigations — archive and monitor public channels, track narratives, and preserve posts with timestamps and view counts
Crypto and trading analysis — monitor announcement and signal channels for trading alerts and backtesting
Brand monitoring — track mentions, leaks, and sentiment in public communities around a product or industry
Research and journalism — build results of channel activity over time for trend, propaganda, or misinformation analysis
Competitor watching — follow competitors' announcement channels and measure engagement via view counts

Trust & reliability

7d uptime trend

Window	Uptime	Success rate	p50	p95
24h	—	—	—	—
7d	—	—	—	—
30d	—	—	—	—

Calling contract

Call it through Sourcelane's gateway or MCP server. We run the connector, apply your agent's spend guardrails, and bill only the results returned.

Call it via Sourcelane

curl -X POST https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"telegram-channel-scraper","params":{"channels":["telegram"],"maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'

Request params

Field	Type	Required	Description
`channels`	array	required	Public Telegram channel usernames (with or without @) or t.me channel URLs.
`maxItems`	integer	optional	Maximum number of posts to return across all channels combined. Set 0 to fetch the full channel history. Capped at 100 per call.
`pageId`	string	optional	Paste NEXT_PAGE_ID from the previous run's Key-value store to fetch the next page (posts older than this message ID).

Each result contains

Field	Type	Description
`channel`	string	Channel
`messageId`	integer	Message Id
`url`	string	Url
`text`	string	Text
`date`	string	Date
`views`	integer	Views
`hasPhoto`	boolean	Has Photo
`hasVideo`	boolean	Has Video
`mediaUrls`	array	Media Urls
`forwardedFrom`	string	Forwarded From
`linkPreviewUrl`	string	Link Preview Url
`isReply`	boolean	Is Reply

Use Telegram Channel Scraper from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Pick your tool and connect in under a minute. Then just ask — for example: “Find this creator's profiles on every social network and summarise their reach.”

Connect Claude

Web, desktop and mobile. Paste one URL.

1Copy your personal connector URL
2In Claude open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
3Paste the URL and click Add — done

Manual setup (config files, REST, Python) +

Claude Code

Adds the Sourcelane MCP server with your key as a header.

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http sourcelane https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"

Claude Desktop (config file)

Alternative to the connector URL: add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude.

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor & Windsurf

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or Windsurf's mcp_config.json).

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "url": "https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Save as .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code prompts for your key once.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:sourcelane-key}"
      }
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sourcelane-key",
      "description": "Sourcelane agent key",
      "password": true
    }
  ]
}

ChatGPT Custom GPT (Actions)

Create a GPT → Actions → Import from URL, then Authentication: API Key, Bearer.

OpenAPI schema URL

https://sourcelane-amber.vercel.app/openapi.json

REST

One POST. Pass maxResults to cap cost.

curl

curl -X POST https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"telegram-channel-scraper","params":{"channels":["telegram"],"maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'

Python, LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK…

Wrap the REST call as a tool, or point an MCP client at the endpoint.

python

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/v1/call",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"},
    json={
        "listing": "telegram-channel-scraper",
        "params": {"channels":["telegram"],"maxItems":5},
        "maxResults": 10,
    },
    timeout=300,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["receipt"]["chargedMicros"], "micro-USD for", body["receipt"]["results"], "results")
print(body["data"])

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