POST/v1/user_posts"platform": "telegram"

Telegram User Posts API

The recent messages of one account.

The Telegram User Posts API returns the recent messages of a public Telegram account: text, author, views and publish time, in the same response format as every other SocialToAI call. One call costs 2 credits ($0.004 to $0.0067 depending on the pack); failed calls are free. Call it over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP. Last tested 2026-10-17.

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2026-10-17last tested

1.2 KBsample response, 1 item

Last updated: 2026-10-17

Request and response

curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/user_posts \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "platform": "telegram",    "username": "telegram"  }'

import osimport requestsresponse = requests.post(    "https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/user_posts",    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SOCIALTOAI_KEY']}"},    json={        "platform": "telegram",        "username": "telegram",    },)print(response.json())

# Connected over MCP? Ask in plain words.What has this Telegram account posted lately: telegram# Your AI calls the user_posts tool with:{  "platform": "telegram",  "username": "telegram"}

200 OK1.2 KB2 credits

{  "platform": "telegram",  "status": "ok",  "items": [    {      "platform": "telegram",      "id": "…",      "ref": "…",      "approx": [        {          "field": "metrics.views",          "kind": "approximate"        }      ],      "type": "content",      "url": "https://example.com/…",      "format": "text",      "title": null,      "text": "…",      "published_at": "2026-08-26T19:12:34.000Z",      "author": {        "id": null,        "username": "…",        "name": "…",        "verified": null,        "followers": null      },      "metrics": {        "likes": null,        "comments": null,        "shares": null,        "collects": null,        "views": 1830000,        "reposts": null      },      "images": [],      "hashtags": null,      "is_pinned": null    }  ],  "unavailable": ["title", "author.id", "author.verified", "author.followers", "metrics.likes", "metrics.comments", "metrics.shares", "metrics.collects", "metrics.reposts", "hashtags", "is_pinned"],  "page": {    "has_more": true,    "cursor": "cur_…",    "cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-12T19:26:44.000Z"  },  "cost_credits": 2}

@…·2026-08-26

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Names and text were removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.

Sample data1 of the 20 items recorded

3 parameters.
2 required.

Send them as a JSON body with POST. Your key goes in the Authorization header, never in the URL.

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
platform	string	Required	—	Always "telegram" on this page.
username	string	Required	—	The channel's handle, without the @
cursor	string	Optional	—	Pass page.cursor from the last response to get the next page.

Where to get what you send.

username

The channel's handle, without the @ (e.g. telegram)

No other interface of the platform returns it: take it from the web page or link as described above.

The fields of each item.
What Telegram cannot give is marked.

Field	Type	Meaning
items[].url	string	A link that opens the item.
items[].format	string	video, image, text or article.
items[].title	stringalways null	The title.
items[].text	string	The body text or caption.
items[].published_at	string	When it was published, ISO 8601 in UTC.
items[].author.id	stringalways null	The author's account ID.
items[].author.username	string	The author's handle.
items[].author.name	string	The author's display name.
items[].author.verified	booleanalways null	Whether the author is verified.
items[].author.followers	integeralways null	The author's follower count.
items[].metrics.likes	integeralways null	Likes.
items[].metrics.comments	integeralways null	Comments.
items[].metrics.shares	integeralways null	Shares.
items[].metrics.collects	integeralways null	Saves.
items[].metrics.views	integer	Views or plays.
items[].metrics.reposts	integeralways null	Reposts.
items[].images	string[]	Image addresses.
items[].hashtags	string[]always null	Hashtags, without the #.
items[].is_pinned	booleanalways null	Whether the author pinned it.

nullFields Telegram cannot give

Read null as “Telegram did not give this”, not as zero. These are always null on this call:

titleThe title.
author.idThe author's account ID.
author.verifiedWhether the author is verified.
author.followersThe author's follower count.
metrics.likesLikes.
metrics.commentsComments.
metrics.sharesShares.
metrics.collectsSaves.
metrics.repostsReposts.
hashtagsHashtags, without the #.
is_pinnedWhether the author pinned it.

Every item also has platform, id, ref, approx and type; the response around the items is the same on every call. Response format

What to expect.

One call returns a page of up to 20 items. When page.has_more is true, send page.cursor back as cursor for the next page; each page costs 2 credits and a cursor works for 30 minutes.

A call that runs and finds nothing is a successful call: status is "empty", items is empty, and it costs 2 credits.

1 call per second per key, 5 after a purchase; going over is not charged. Rate limits

A failed call costs 0 credits and is never retried on its own. Error codes

Once connected over MCP, these questions use it.

What has this Telegram account posted lately: telegram
user_posts {"platform":"telegram","username":"telegram"}
2 credits

These ready-made tools call it when they run.

account-watch

Account watch

What each one posted lately, and which posts beat its usual numbers

creator-card

Creator profile

Their accounts on other platforms, the numbers on each, and how sure the match is

The same call on other platforms.

All platforms and prices

POST/v1/user_posts{ "platform": "telegram", "username": "telegram" }2 creditsper call

TikTok2 credits Instagram2 credits X2 credits Reddit2 credits YouTubeno posts Facebook2 credits LinkedIn2 credits Threads2 credits Pinterestno posts Xiaohongshu12 credits Douyin2 credits Weibono posts WeChat Articles12 credits Bilibili2 credits Zhihu2 credits Kuaishou12 credits WeChat Channels12 credits Meta Ad Libraryno posts Google Ads Transparencyno posts

Change one word in the request: platform. The response keeps the same shape.

Questions.
Short answers.

Everything on Telegram

Do I need a Telegram account or Telegram's own API access?

No. You only need a SocialToAI key. The call returns content and account information publicly visible on Telegram; you never sign in to Telegram or apply for anything there.

Telegram User Posts API

Request and response

3 parameters.2 required.

Where to get what you send.

The fields of each item.What Telegram cannot give is marked.

What to expect.

Once connected over MCP, these questions use it.

These ready-made tools call it when they run.

The same call on other platforms.

Other calls on Telegram.

Questions.Short answers.

Your AI is one URL awayfrom all of social media.

3 parameters.
2 required.

The fields of each item.
What Telegram cannot give is marked.

Questions.
Short answers.

Your AI is one URL away
from all of social media.