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//Telegram Group Finder example\\

English news channels for two topics

Crypto news and football news channels in English.

Updated November 7, 2026

What this example returns

The dataset’s “Groups and channels” view shows 15 columns: Title, Type, Join link, Members, Online, Description, Language, Username, Link type, Verified, Keyword, Found via, Found on, Photo, and Rank. See every output field.

What each setting does

The input this example runs Telegram Group Finder with. “Try this input” opens it in the console, where you can run it as-is or change any field first.

Keywords keywords

crypto news, football news

Topics to look up public Telegram groups and channels for, one per line, in any language (for example hiking, language exchange, krakow, python jobs). Each keyword is its own search. Use the words your community would use, in its language, and add several related keywords for more results.

Maximum results per keyword maxResultsPerKeyword

6

How many groups and channels to save for each keyword. 0 = every one the searches turn up.

Default: 20 → this example uses 6

Types types

channel

Which kinds of Telegram chats to keep. Groups are chats everyone can write in; channels are one-way broadcasts.

Default: group, channel → this example uses channel

Languages languages

en

Keep only groups and channels whose title and description are in these languages (two-letter codes such as en, pl, de, es). The language is detected from the text; rows with too little text to tell are left out while this is set. Leave empty for all languages.

Read web pages that list groups includeWebPages

No

Also open web pages and Telegram directories that list group links for the keyword, and check every link on them.

Default: Yes → this example uses No

.json
{
  "keywords": [
    "crypto news",
    "football news"
  ],
  "types": [
    "channel"
  ],
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "includeWebPages": false,
  "maxResultsPerKeyword": 6
}

What it costs

You pay for the events the actor reports, such as each result or page it produces. Platform usage is included in the event prices: compute, proxies, browser and storage cost nothing extra.

  • Group or channelfrom $0.00204One public Telegram group, channel or bot saved to the dataset, after its link was checked on t.me.

Full pricing

When to use this example

From the Telegram Group Finder readme:

Known limit

Language detection needs some text; rows with very short titles and no description have no language.

Known limit

Bots are left out unless you add bot to Types; personal user accounts are never returned.

Other ways to run Telegram Group Finder

All examples of Telegram Group Finder

About Telegram Group Finder

Search public Telegram groups and channels by keyword: join link (public or invite), title, description, member and online counts, type, language and where each was found. No login needed.

Price:
from $2.04 / 1,000 results
Developer:
Echofield

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