Telegram Comments Scraper

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📊 Powerful Apify Actor for extracting comments from Telegram channel posts.

Telegram Comments Scraper automatically downloads comments from channel posts you specify, either by direct post links or by scanning a channel within a date range.

1. Why you will love it

• 🏎 Fast — fetches thousands of comments per minute thanks to full async processing.
• 🛡 Reliable — retries API calls, respects rate limits and survives network hiccups.
• 🔎 Flexible — supports two modes: direct post links OR channel + date range scanning.
• ☁️ Scalable — run dozens of parallel actors on Apify without dealing with servers.

2. Input configuration

Mode 1: Direct Post Links

{
"postLinks":[
"https://t.me/channel/123",
"https://t.me/channel/456"
],
"limit":10000,
"telegramSession":"${{ TELEGRAM_SESSION }}",
"telegram2faPassword":"${{ TELEGRAM_2FA_PASSWORD }}"
}

Mode 2: Channel + Date Range

{
"channel":"@mychannel",
"postsFrom":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"postsTo":"2025-01-31T23:59:59Z",
"commentsFrom":"2025-01-15T00:00:00Z",
"limit":10000,
"telegramSession":"${{ TELEGRAM_SESSION }}",
"telegram2faPassword":"${{ TELEGRAM_2FA_PASSWORD }}"
}

Parameters explained:

Mode 1 Parameters:

• postLinks (array, required for Mode 1) — direct links to channel posts in format https://t.me/channel/123

Mode 2 Parameters:

• channel (string, required for Mode 2) — channel identifier accepted in any of the following forms:
  • @channel
  • https://t.me/channel (public)
• postsFrom (string, required for Mode 2) — ISO-8601 timestamp. Posts older than this value are skipped.
• postsTo (string, optional) — ISO-8601 timestamp. Posts newer than this value are skipped.
• commentsFrom (string, optional) — ISO-8601 timestamp. Comments older than this value are skipped.

Common Parameters:

• limit (integer, optional, default 10000) — maximum total number of comments to retrieve across all posts.
• telegramSession (string, optional) — pass a session string directly instead of using the secret.
• telegram2faPassword (string, optional) — account password if two-factor authentication is enabled.

3. Running the Actor

1. Open Telegram Comments Scraper on Apify.
2. Choose your input mode (direct links or channel + date range).
3. Click Run and open the Logs tab.
4. If you didn't provide a session string, a QR code will appear. In the Telegram app open Settings → Devices → Link Desktop Device and scan the QR code.
5. If Telegram prompts for a password after scanning the QR (two-factor authentication), stop the run, open the input section and fill Telegram 2FA password (or set the secret TELEGRAM_2FA_PASSWORD) and start the Actor again.
6. (Optional) Copy the session string shown in the logs and store it as TELEGRAM_SESSION for future runs.

4. Output dataset

The actor produces two types of records in the default dataset:

Post Record

{
"type":"post",
"channel":"mychannel",
"post_id":123,
"post_link":"https://t.me/mychannel/123",
"date":"2024-05-21T15:32:10+00:00",
"text":"Check out this post!",
"comments_count":42
}

Comment Record

{
"type":"comment",
"channel":"mychannel",
"post_id":123,
"post_link":"https://t.me/mychannel/123",
"comment_id":5,
"date":"2024-05-21T16:20:30+00:00",
"sender_id":67890,
"sender_username":"username",
"text":"Great post!",
"media_type":null
}

Download results in JSON, CSV, Parquet and more via Apify API or UI.

5. FAQ

Q: What's the difference between Mode 1 and Mode 2?
A: Mode 1 (Direct Links) lets you specify exact posts to scrape. Mode 2 (Channel + Date Range) automatically finds all posts in a channel within a date range and scrapes their comments.

Q: I see FloodWaitError in logs — did the run fail?
A: No. The actor automatically waits the required time and resumes. You will only see a warning.

Q: Can I scrape comments from private channels?
A: Yes, but your Telegram account must have access to the channel. Provide a valid session string for an account that is a member of the channel.

Q: Does the limit apply per post or globally?
A: The limit is global — it applies to the total number of comments across all posts.

Q: What if a post has no comments?
A: The post record will still be saved with comments_count: 0.

Q: Is it safe to provide telegramSession and telegram2faPassword?
A: Both values are stored in Apify Secrets; they never appear in logs and cannot be read by other actors. A session string only grants access to act as your account, and the 2FA password is used once during the sign-in flow. Recommended practices:
• keep both values exclusively in Secrets;
• regenerate / update the session string whenever you change your Telegram password;
• you can revoke access at any moment in Telegram settings by logging out the linked device.

Q: Can I filter comments by date in Mode 1?
A: No, commentsFrom only works in Mode 2 (channel + date range). In Mode 1, all comments for the specified posts are fetched (up to the global limit).

6. Related Telegram Scrapers

Looking for more Telegram data extraction tools? Check out our complete suite:

• 🔗 Telegram Channels Scraper — extract complete message history from public Telegram channels.
• 👍 Telegram Like Scraper — collect like statistics, emoji reactions, and view counts from channel posts.
• 👥 Telegram Groups Scraper — scrape message history from Telegram groups (including private invite links).

7. Support & contributions

Found a bug or have a feature request? Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request. We're happy to discuss ideas like additional fields, filters or export formats.

⭐️ Launch Telegram Comments Scraper today and turn Telegram comments into valuable data for analytics, sentiment analysis and research!