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6.1 KiB
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219 lines
6.1 KiB
Markdown
# Telegram Channel Scraper 📱
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A powerful Python script that allows you to scrape messages and media from Telegram channels using the Telethon library. Features include real-time continuous scraping, media downloading, and data export capabilities.
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## Features 🚀
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- Scrape messages from multiple Telegram channels
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- Download media files (photos, documents)
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- Real-time continuous scraping
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- Export data to JSON and CSV formats
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- SQLite database storage
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- Resume capability (saves progress)
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- Media reprocessing for failed downloads
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- Progress tracking
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- Interactive menu interface
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## Prerequisites 📋
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Before running the script, you'll need:
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- Python 3.7 or higher
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- Telegram account
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- API credentials from Telegram
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### Required Python packages
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```
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pip install -r requirements.txt
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```
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Contents of `requirements.txt`:
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```
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telethon
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aiohttp
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asyncio
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```
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## Getting Telegram API Credentials 🔑
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1. Visit https://my.telegram.org/auth
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2. Log in with your phone number
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3. Click on "API development tools"
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4. Fill in the form:
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- App title: Your app name
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- Short name: Your app short name
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- Platform: Can be left as "Desktop"
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- Description: Brief description of your app
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5. Click "Create application"
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6. You'll receive:
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- `api_id`: A number
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- `api_hash`: A string of letters and numbers
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Keep these credentials safe, you'll need them to run the script!
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## Setup and Running 🔧
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1. Clone the repository:
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/unnohwn/telegram-scraper.git
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cd telegram-scraper
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```
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2. Install requirements:
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```bash
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pip install -r requirements.txt
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```
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3. Run the script:
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```bash
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python telegram-scraper.py
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```
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4. On first run, you'll be prompted to enter:
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- Your API ID
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- Your API Hash
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- Your phone number (with country code)
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- Your phone number (with country code) or bot, but use the phone number option when prompted second time.
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- Verification code (sent to your Telegram)
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## Initial Scraping Behavior 🕒
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When scraping a channel for the first time, please note:
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- The script will attempt to retrieve the entire channel history, starting from the oldest messages
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- Initial scraping can take several minutes or even hours, depending on:
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- The total number of messages in the channel
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- Whether media downloading is enabled
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- The size and number of media files
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- Your internet connection speed
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- Telegram's rate limiting
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- The script uses pagination and maintains state, so if interrupted, it can resume from where it left off
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- Progress percentage is displayed in real-time to track the scraping status
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- Messages are stored in the database as they are scraped, so you can start analyzing available data even before the scraping is complete
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## Usage 📝
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The script provides an interactive menu with the following options:
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- **[A]** Add new channel
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- Enter the channel ID or channelname
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- **[R]** Remove channel
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- Remove a channel from scraping list
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- **[S]** Scrape all channels
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- One-time scraping of all configured channels
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- **[M]** Toggle media scraping
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- Enable/disable downloading of media files
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- **[C]** Continuous scraping
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- Real-time monitoring of channels for new messages
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- **[E]** Export data
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- Export to JSON and CSV formats
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- **[V]** View saved channels
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- List all saved channels
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- **[L]** List account channels
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- List all channels with ID:s for account
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- **[Q]** Quit
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### Channel IDs 📢
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You can use either:
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- Channel username (e.g., `channelname`)
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- Channel ID (e.g., `-1001234567890`)
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## Data Storage 💾
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### Database Structure
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Data is stored in SQLite databases, one per channel:
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- Location: `./channelname/channelname.db`
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- Table: `messages`
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- `id`: Primary key
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- `message_id`: Telegram message ID
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- `date`: Message timestamp
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- `sender_id`: Sender's Telegram ID
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- `first_name`: Sender's first name
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- `last_name`: Sender's last name
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- `username`: Sender's username
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- `message`: Message text
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- `media_type`: Type of media (if any)
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- `media_path`: Local path to downloaded media
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- `reply_to`: ID of replied message (if any)
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### Media Storage 📁
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Media files are stored in:
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- Location: `./channelname/media/`
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- Files are named using message ID or original filename
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### Exported Data 📊
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Data can be exported in two formats:
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1. **CSV**: `./channelname/channelname.csv`
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- Human-readable spreadsheet format
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- Easy to import into Excel/Google Sheets
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2. **JSON**: `./channelname/channelname.json`
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- Structured data format
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- Ideal for programmatic processing
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## Features in Detail 🔍
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### Continuous Scraping
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The continuous scraping feature (`[C]` option) allows you to:
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- Monitor channels in real-time
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- Automatically download new messages
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- Download media as it's posted
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- Run indefinitely until interrupted (Ctrl+C)
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- Maintains state between runs
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### Media Handling
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The script can download:
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- Photos
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- Documents
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- Other media types supported by Telegram
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- Automatically retries failed downloads
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- Skips existing files to avoid duplicates
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## Error Handling 🛠️
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The script includes:
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- Automatic retry mechanism for failed media downloads
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- State preservation in case of interruption
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- Flood control compliance
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- Error logging for failed operations
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## Limitations ⚠️
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- Respects Telegram's rate limits
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- Can only access public channels or channels you're a member of
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- Media download size limits apply as per Telegram's restrictions
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## Contributing 🤝
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Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
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## License 📄
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This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
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## Disclaimer ⚖️
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This tool is for educational purposes only. Make sure to:
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- Respect Telegram's Terms of Service
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- Obtain necessary permissions before scraping
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- Use responsibly and ethically
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- Comply with data protection regulations
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