# Telegram Channel — Zapi reference > Fetch public Telegram channel preview information. **Base URL:** `https://api.zpi.web.id` **Auth:** Send `x-api-key: YOUR_KEY` header on every request. Get a free key at https://zpi.web.id/dashboard/keys. **Response envelope:** `{ status, message, content }` **Rate limit:** 60 req/min on free tier. **Related:** - Detail page: https://zpi.web.id/api/social-media/telegram-channel - Endpoint catalog: https://zpi.web.id/category/social-media - Concise index: https://zpi.web.id/llms.txt - Full reference: https://zpi.web.id/llms-full.txt --- ## Telegram Channel **Category:** social-media · **Slug:** `telegram-channel` **Detail page:** https://zpi.web.id/api/social-media/telegram-channel Fetch public Telegram channel preview information. **Tags:** telegram, messaging ### Channel Preview Get preview of a public Telegram channel. - **Method:** `GET` - **Endpoint:** `https://api.zpi.web.id/v1/social-media:telegram-channel/preview/:channel` - **Cache TTL:** 300s **Parameters:** | Name | Type | Location | Required | Description | |------|------|----------|----------|-------------| | `channel` | string | path | yes | Telegram public channel username (without @) | **cURL:** ```bash curl "https://api.zpi.web.id/v1/social-media:telegram-channel/preview/:channel" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" ``` **JavaScript / TypeScript:** ```javascript const res = await fetch("https://api.zpi.web.id/v1/social-media:telegram-channel/preview/:channel", { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.ZAPI_KEY } }); const data = await res.json(); ``` **Python:** ```python import requests r = requests.get("https://api.zpi.web.id/v1/social-media:telegram-channel/preview/:channel", headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}) data = r.json() ``` **Example response:** ```json { "ok": true, "name": "Pavel Durov", "channel": "durov", "messages": [ { "id": "501", "date": "2026-05-04T14:54:43+00:00", "text": "⚡️ Fees in TON have dropped 6× — to nearly zero. \n\nNext step — Telegram replaces the TON Foundation as the driving force behind TON and becomes its largest validator. \n\n⚙️ The focus shifts to tech superiority. \n\n🧩 New ton.org, new dev tools, new performance upgrades. \n\n🧭 Timeline — 2-3 weeks.\n\n🪙 This is step 3 of 7 to Make TON Great Again.", "views": "9.98M" }, { "id": "502", "date": "2026-05-05T15:46:44+00:00", "text": "💎 Telegram becoming TON’s largest validator strengthens decentralization. \n\n✅ It lets other major players join the validator pool without centralizing the network — with Telegram as the counterbalance.\n\n📈 More and more TON gets locked in validation as everyone competes for 20%+ APR.", "views": "11.4M" }, { "id": "503", "date": "2026-05-06T15:57:26+00:00", "text": "🏁 TON leads Layer-1 blockchains in finality time. \n\n🔗 Sources: https://telegra.ph/Comparison-of-Layer-1-blockchains-by-finalization-time-05-01", "media": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/85102421eb.mp4?token=SxV2TstW7lKEvPn3Is-4z0jFSgE8SpaQifAmYoElKtSX0ze_hQkCw5IG3Nj9-VSjLZ-FN1-Hb9_vLicQSOujUKIc0XeWgIb6_13AhfMatVISQX8UYskQoD8Jy271Upu5hrUjgIPXdjDoVBuGsqM5OGLsuLFRJrxldJYjnL4Xfn2Aw24Yi-e2IJDogU45nBQeZ4SflH9uLi5R7x6miKGCmSIFFZMX1WCJy6K-a5TMDBAUWA07iTdFP1lDpwd27Aa1VFUHgOL-3gT0EcggT9-unlEkPybDCWUvwDclBckIF8HqH4pznJznF8BhcUwy0iBOdLFfYNpWVfs4k896UyKSHg", "views": "13.9M" }, { "id": "504", "date": "2026-05-07T16:00:22+00:00", "text": "Huge Telegram update — 10 major new features, 200+ improvements. https://telegram.org/blog/ai-bot-revolution-11-new-features", "views": "15.1M" }, { "id": "505", "date": "2026-05-08T17:41:53+00:00", "text": "🫴 TON is #1 in annual staking rewards among the 50 largest cryptocurrencies. \n\nAnd that’s on top of the coin’s price growth — which doubled over the past week.", "views": "3.52M" }, { "id": "506", "date": "2026-05-09T15:32:17+00:00", "text": "🏆 We’ve distributed $75,000 among the best designers who imagined a new way to communicate — Telegram Nodes (see here).\n\n⚖ I joined the judging process and spent 10+ hours reviewing thousands of designs from nearly 200 participants. Great work! 👏\n\n🔜 We’ve now invited the 19 winners to suggest improvements to existing Telegram features. \n\n⭐️ We’re looking for people who — like us — have a burning desire to make Telegram better every day, with no exceptions.", "views": "2.56M" }, { "id": "507", "date": "2026-05-09T22:24:14+00:00", "text": "🥖 The French government is accusing X and Elon Musk of the very things the French government itself is doing:\n\n- Illegally collecting personal data\n- Processing personal data without proper security\n- Extracting data from automated systems\n- Violating the secrecy of electronic communications\n\nThe French government is panicking. They know a major political shift in 2027 will expose their misdeeds. So they’re trying to silence free speech platforms under whatever pretext they think they can get away with.\n\n✊ The free world should stand with Elon and X against this immoral assault by the French state. Telegram supports our brothers and sisters from X in their fight for our freedoms.", "views": "2.56M" }, { "id": "508", "date": "2026-05-10T18:42:03+00:00", "text": "📊 Channel admins can now run massive polls limited to subscribers or specific countries — making fake-vote inflation much harder.\n\nNow people in places like Russia can see real results. For example, only 5% support internet restrictions — not 52%, as old rigged polls claimed 😏", "views": "2.57M" }, { "id": "509", "date": "2026-05-11T19:32:24+00:00", "text": "🛠 Developing for TON just became 10x faster. The new toolchain makes smart contracts easy to create, test, and deploy.\n\nMost importantly, fully AI-ready.\n\nIt replaces TON’s fragmented tooling stack with one developer flow. Start building!", "views": "2.21M" }, { "id": "510", "date": "2026-05-12T17:28:39+00:00", "text": "🌍 With 400 validators across 6 continents, TON is one of the most decentralized blockchain networks on the planet. \n\n🧑‍💻 Telegram becoming the largest validator opened the door for major exchanges and custodians to stake TON without increasing centralization risk.", "views": "2.43M" }, { "id": "512", "date": "2026-05-14T12:38:57+00:00", "text": "🕵️‍♂️ Now you can search 100M+ Telegram stickers and emoji by keyword — in 36 languages.\n\nTelegram’s AI scans and labels millions of public stickers so you can finally find the exact suspicious frog you need. 🤔", "media": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/c7f159051d.mp4?token=Wa_9kiqq_z7wdFfVBN3AUdCgRaf56xw-zvcq2RDYCXbJ3ov5twPqU_KCZfRXd0NcmMRQscX65YHUWvW5msFgudYpCGtVxh2C1AQzUdpEc8kI-4UassMul9y4Pj_kF1JgkonEfHPvrPoC7XOr1U9EELi5cZoewLJ1kUhqcW7da6YPeOyFmnsvDZWf9Kfi2jSnwsYLlUQOrtI-ZZrGvW4T8EwMzRigbT0NXyX3-JSX48mJXRTRpafFgnnmKAaXMspPL5NJDRwNUUoknPGn16klYxYE2jWq1GGiFmSmB0e05KuBlOWaadDnHbHFAwdu7P0nu9MrAF5i9F48Wd0aoopzjA", "views": "2M" }, { "id": "513", "date": "2026-05-15T18:14:32+00:00", "text": "$100,400 just went to the 15 winners of the TON Consensus Challenge. \n\n🧠 The smartest engineers on the planet — some armed with loyal AI sidekicks — helped us maximize the security of the new consensus mechanism.\n\n🏆 Telegram contests offer generous prize money — and the only path to joining our engineering team.", "views": "2.09M" }, { "id": "514", "date": "2026-05-16T13:57:49+00:00", "text": "🇦🇪 Dubai is full of traffic and crowds again. Already missing the Iranian fireworks — they helped clear the city of the easily impressed.\n\nThe UAE’s air defenses proved excellent under fire. For 0% tax, we get better protection than Europeans paying 50%.", "views": "1.82M" }, { "id": "515", "date": "2026-05-17T14:44:56+00:00", "text": "🏆 We just awarded $52,420 to the winners of the Telegram Art Contest.\n\n🎨 The participants did an amazing job with the MiniDurov collectibles.\n\n💎 Their skills and ideas will enrich Telegram’s TON-based NFT ecosystem.", "media": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/c4225d3b52.mp4?token=VVhufGBd8SmE0YXTBxh2H4bk1f7CwOQWPGQSC4UAU9_QTX4TtmcsxN7xdBcKXbp2BLOSW3d77rqMEWskQen34lUKG8cqSiISXC95jpMVrHEIcT9dfyDfcVFZm8qI1Z_4-rdKMeJCYp6fug0_ANK8y5EK7PLrqRUl8GDGlTMQ_FunUQF1Z_HFQArPHQPu0mZ3cNVUK1LQx1RuCLtLf1NcdhZT9LHFlO4aGKYR3rR-6MzlWFCAjl7XmPeQtzDZimCU1O0NKj1n353DPbipF9R-sOheYajhq30XvXPo-r0rG76ovxrYIPSy4_JE1_Lu17xWwBXoiJ-UuT5OyKvakVhx9A", "views": "1.78M" }, { "id": "516", "date": "2026-05-17T14:55:50+00:00", "text": "🎁", "views": "2.08M" }, { "id": "517", "date": "2026-05-18T14:56:21+00:00", "text": "🧠 AI devs asked for this — and we delivered.\n\n🤖 Bots can now talk to other bots on Telegram.\n\n💬 Autonomous agents now have a communication layer humans can follow.\n\n🛠 Start building!", "media": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/7e945b36d4.mp4?token=PIIe5-v1rdRM60cIybKEFjUvAxPbh4pNTNm-oL31wzdOEccEcf5jcXqw-kCTCMmdJXz9K-GdktZYPUvOiM9T9IMosrPPsmonfZ1rp9V3AhoIEZtWnpiB4TnK1Gzn0maWZEh-1lcNk-i4DSP4_vuH8avlKwO_4ORxQ0dirgOlH8b0LT4azah5KBgHqZfn1RDK0hX-c6EsIuhD4QOyd3CrCzT0FVg9VeFaF7B2YL5Xfr6o0-RePCRl0vcM7X2iuK7bx7bJuZMY__FrfA0_68GcpFSkncORyUbK5VEwI3infx_NGwPSkcsq5x9OQQpu1EnuuuwPyX318foR1eOMtCvwIw", "views": "1.66M" }, { "id": "518", "date": "2026-05-19T18:02:53+00:00", "text": "💪 Anyone can now prompt their own text transformation style — for example, “Gym Bro” — and turn any message into motivational protein poetry.\n\n💪 Then share the style with friends so they can reply like gym bros too.\n\n🤐 All fully confidential. No AI-related privacy leaks.", "media": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/105be22719.mp4?token=qRR2k233NHAHKGVwU3o9e5kdiVf2f8DWmbomPaYT6ink6v_pqh1sX9WtQFNmcIwUUCxgXkZuDqvvw8sHKMO5jY6GfC4R0C8WkVcrZvXjbyAicng8-29Vq0kpE74kFWct5kGO0aZfigqjp4zOUhkSCG2lPzqosgDeTvReITJOwfE5O4ScesPiyKGkfsiDTzE3LSjykM99C-mSUiYpmET-Hw7dnJO8rtOeyKqfDNtFXpqQYa5_9xEhGd6WCqNlquH1p0vRZC4YCIF8Fj4XMLzxRgRJ2VK-Ha_Ta2LxzqgFmlarrfs86oaTG_20UTjyPzl9aVwqdPsOFgiiLWYbYS69FA", "views": "1.58M" }, { "id": "519", "date": "2026-05-20T15:38:10+00:00", "text": "🤖 Your Telegram inbox can now run itself.\n\nAssign a bot to read and reply for you — with granular control over its rights and chat access. 🧠\n\n⚙️ Start building!", "media": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/e174be993b.mp4?token=HKj8exXd-gDJ5GLaaWmpMNxR3KQi7qzBEV2lgICgf6vo-zLQqBZnliTpWEPaZl62uWrnABA-6G1i5jJHVknWEC75hXt2520q7QuuMNzc-vYC1UDfiXxVmgW9xYgEOlrGPjKKiOx57qVnNRgCcCEIegnEAAN_3zXHwCTXiwZ2tpjWP-Di5H4UTwrPHxIUBerFsw2zuo3k81zwlb5H_ltHBFfS4ULnzaMebkUSFnrFIbVBRYBMzOAvuOXnQ5syOF1N4i5FIm0S3CBmS-BBoddW86GCPL-yiA8vrMucQ7Mqi8uI8BOzuqh2sZpO5ignw2rqJZOIuR1bBTFvzsMPlh38MQ", "views": "1.44M" }, { "id": "520", "date": "2026-05-23T13:26:07+00:00", "text": "🎭 WhatsApp encryption is a giant fraud.\n\n🇺🇸 The state of Texas just sued WhatsApp for lying to users about privacy — because WhatsApp employees have access to “virtually all” private messages.\n\nNow we know what WhatsApp’s founder meant when he said he “sold his users’ privacy.”\n\nStay safe — stay Telegram! 📱", "views": "1.1M" } ], "description": "Founder of Telegram.", "subscribers": "11.3M" } ``` --- _Generated: 2026-08-02T14:32:25.476Z_