Telegram API
3 Telegram endpoints covering channels and messages, from $0.002 a call. No Telegram account or cookie needed, and a failed call costs nothing.
Connect your AI
Paste this into your agent
Read https://okdata.online/agents.md and set up okdata for me; my key is in the OKDATA_API_KEY environment variable.
Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and other agents that can open a link set themselves up from it.
MCP serverhttps://api.okdata.online/mcp
Ask about Telegram from Claude, Cursor and other agents: the Telegram MCP page
- Endpoints
- 3 endpoints
- In 2 groups, one response format
- Lowest price
- From $0.002
- A call, paid from a prepaid balance
- Freshness
- Live
- Read from the platform when you call
- Failed calls
- $0
- Errors and timeouts are never charged
Every Telegram endpoint
One row per endpoint: the request, what comes back and what one call costs.
Channels
2Messages
1Prices are per call unless marked /item. A failed call is not charged.
What people do with Telegram data
Each job has its own page with the endpoints it takes, a worked run and its cost.
Competitor monitoring
“What did our competitors post this week, and what took off?”
- Channel profile$0.002
- Channel messages$0.002
2 endpoints here, from $0.002How it works
Content research
“What do the top posts on this topic have in common?”
- Channel messages$0.002
- Message detail$0.002
2 endpoints here, from $0.002How it works
Creator discovery
“Who are the mid-size creators in camping gear?”
- Channel profile$0.002
1 endpoint here, from $0.002How it works
Start in three steps
The example is Telegram channel profile; every Telegram endpoint is called the same way and answers in the same shape.
Get a key
Create an account and a key in the console. A new key comes with $0.10 to try, no card.
Connect your AI, or call it yourself
Paste this sentence into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or another agent that can open a link, and it sets itself up. Or send the request below with your key in the Authorization header.
Set up okdata for me by following https://okdata.online/agents.md. Here is my okdata API key: okd_…. Keep it safe and use it for all okdata calls.
Swap the placeholder for your own key, or sign in and copy it with the key filled in.
Make the first call
Items arrive in data.items (one object in data.item), the next page in page.next_cursor and what you were charged in meta.billing.amount.
cURL
curl -G "https://api.okdata.online/v1/telegram/channels/get" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $OKDATA_API_KEY" \ --data-urlencode 'username=telegram'Python
import os import requests resp = requests.get( "https://api.okdata.online/v1/telegram/channels/get", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OKDATA_API_KEY']}"}, params={"username": "telegram"}, timeout=60, ) body = resp.json() if body["code"] != "ok": raise RuntimeError(f"{body['code']}: {body['message']} (charged: {body['charged']})") row = body["data"]["item"] print(row["name"], row["followers"]) print("cost: $" + body["meta"]["billing"]["amount"])TypeScript
const url = new URL('https://api.okdata.online/v1/telegram/channels/get'); url.searchParams.set('username', "telegram"); const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.OKDATA_API_KEY}`, }, }); const body = await res.json(); if (body.code !== 'ok') throw new Error(`${body.code}: ${body.message}`); const row = body.data.item; console.log(row.name, row.followers); console.log('cost: $' + body.meta.billing.amount);MCPtools/call
{ "name": "call", "arguments": { "capability": "telegram.channels.get", "username": "telegram" } }
Questions about the Telegram API
What does the Telegram API cost?
Each of the 3 endpoints has its own price, $0.002 a call; the cheapest is Telegram channel profile at $0.002. You pay per call from a prepaid balance, with no subscription, and a failed call is not charged.
Do I need a Telegram account or cookie?
No. You call https://api.okdata.online with one okdata key and get public Telegram data back; no Telegram account, cookie or QR login is involved.
How fresh is the data?
Every endpoint reads Telegram at the moment you call; nothing is served from an old copy.
Can my AI agent use the Telegram API?
Yes. Connect the MCP server at https://api.okdata.online/mcp: its find tool lists these 3 endpoints with their prices, and its call tool runs them on your key.
Can I try it for free?
New accounts get $0.10 of trial credit with no card: enough for 50 calls to Telegram channel profile.