"Scrape Public Telegram Channels Without an API Key, Bot Token or Phone Number"
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Telegram's official APIs are great, but both come with strings attached: the Bot API needs a bot that channel owners must add, and the MTProto client API wants your phone number and an app registration. If all you need is the public message history of public channels, there is a third door with no strings at all. The t.me preview pages Every public channel has a web preview: GET https://t.me/s/durov That returns the latest ~20 messages as server-rendered HTML. No key, no cookie, no login. And…
1Key Takeaways
- Telegram's official APIs are great, but both come with strings attached: the Bot API needs a bot that channel owners must add, and the MTProto client API wants your phone number and an app registration.
- If all you need is the public message history of public channels, there is a third door with no strings at all.
- The t.me preview pages Every public channel has a web preview: GET https://t.me/s/durov That returns the latest ~20 messages as server-rendered HTML.
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — AI reports that telegram's official APIs are great, but both come with strings attached: the Bot API needs a bot that channel owners must add, and the MTProto client API wants your phone number and an app registration.
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