---
title: "Get a Telegram post"
method: GET
path: "/v1/telegram/post"
tags: ["Telegram"]
---

# Get a Telegram post

`GET /v1/telegram/post`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com`
- URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/telegram/post`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Retrieve a Telegram message by permalink, including text, publication time, views, reactions, media and link previews. Each successful request costs 1 account credit, including partial results. Failed requests cost 0 credits.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Response `200`

Inspect the response status and failure or coverage fields.

- union
  - object
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
      - `coalesced` boolean
    - `success` true, required
    - `status` 'success' | 'partial', required
    - `sourceUrl` string, uri, required
    - `fetchedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `coverage` object, required
      - `source` 'public_preview' | 'public_embed', required
      - `complete` boolean, required
      - `warnings` string[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `channel_handle` string, required
    - `url` string, uri, required
    - `author_name` string, nullable, required
    - `author_url` string, uri, nullable, required
    - `text` string, nullable, required
    - `renderedText` string, nullable, required
    - `published_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `view_count` integer, nullable, required
    - `view_count_text` string, nullable, required
    - `reactions` object[], required
      - `emoji` string, nullable, required
      - `emoji_id` string, nullable, required
      - `count` integer, nullable, required
      - `count_text` string, nullable, required
    - `reaction_count` integer, nullable, required
    - `forwarded_from` object, nullable, required
      - `name` string, nullable, required
      - `url` string, uri, nullable, required
    - `media` object[], required
      - `type` 'photo' | 'video' | 'document' | 'audio', required
      - `url` string, uri, nullable, required
      - `thumbnail_url` string, uri, nullable, required
      - `duration` string, nullable, required
    - `link_preview` object, nullable, required
      - `url` string, uri, nullable, required
      - `site_name` string, nullable, required
      - `title` string, nullable, required
      - `description` string, nullable, required
      - `image_url` string, uri, nullable, required
  - object
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
      - `coalesced` boolean
    - `success` false, required
    - `status` 'failed' | 'challenged', required
    - `failure` object, required
      - `code` 'invalid_request' | 'unauthorized' | 'not_found' | 'upstream_challenged' | 'upstream_rate_limited' | 'upstream_error' | 'unsupported_page' | 'restricted_page' | 'response_too_large' | 'unsafe_redirect' | 'request_limit' | 'timeout' | 'busy' | 'payload_too_complex', required
      - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `401`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `402`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `403`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `404`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `408`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `413`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `429`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `500`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `502`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `503`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `504`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.

---

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