> **For coding agents and LLMs:** This is one page from the Social Fetch docs (markdown export). The sections below mirror the orientation block in [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt); use [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) when you need a structured operation inventory. The catalog covers documented operations with on-site reference pages.
## This page
- **On-site (HTML):** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/telegram/channels/handle/posts/postid/get](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/telegram/channels/handle/posts/postid/get)
- **Markdown (.mdx) URL:** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/telegram/channels/handle/posts/postid/get.mdx](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/telegram/channels/handle/posts/postid/get.mdx)
## API base URL and authentication
- **API origin (from OpenAPI `servers`):** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`
- **Authentication:** send `x-api-key: sfk_...` on `/v1/**` routes unless the operation is explicitly anonymous (check OpenAPI `security`, the [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx), [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt), or [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) for each route).
- **OpenAPI JSON:** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/openapi.json](https://www.socialfetch.dev/openapi.json)
## Recommended docs entrypoints (this site)
- [Documentation overview](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs.mdx) — top-level orientation (markdown).
- [Quickstart](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/quickstart.mdx) — authenticate with `x-api-key`, validate auth with `whoami`, and understand the JSON envelope.
- [SDK](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/sdk.mdx) — official TypeScript SDK guide, including `SocialFetchClient`, `Result`, and `unwrap()`.
- [SDK reference](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/sdk-reference.mdx) — exhaustive SDK method inventory and route mapping for agents, tooling, and power users.
- [Choose the right endpoint](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/choose-endpoint.mdx) — task-oriented route selection for smoke tests, profiles, list endpoints, and single-item lookups.
- [Capability matrix](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/capability-matrix.mdx) — fast comparison of identifiers, pagination, outcomes, media download, and SDK coverage.
- [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) — structured machine-readable operation inventory with parameter names, pagination, outcomes, credits, and SDK mapping.
- [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx) — human-friendly index of operations with links into generated pages.
- [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) — shared error envelope and HTTP status guidance.
- [Credits](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/credits.mdx) — metering, `402`, and planning batch jobs.
- Outcome semantics such as `found`, `not_found`, and `private` are documented in [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) and on operation pages when present in the OpenAPI contract.
## Markdown docs convention
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- Agents that send `Accept: text/markdown` on `/docs/**` HTML URLs may receive markdown directly (same URL, `Vary: Accept`).
---
# Get Telegram channel post (https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/telegram/channels/handle/posts/postid/get)
## Summary
Get a single public post from a Telegram channel by handle and post ID. Groups are not supported.
**Tags:** `Telegram`
## HTTP
- **Method:** GET
- **Path:** `/v1/telegram/channels/{handle}/posts/{postId}`
- **Base URL:** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`
## Capability summary
- **SDK mapping:** `client.telegram.getChannelPost({ handle: "Premiumoji", postId: "93" })`
- **Accepted identifiers:** `handle` (path), `postId` (path)
- **Pagination:** none
- **Business outcome field:** `data.lookupStatus` with values `found`, `not_found`, `restricted`
## Credits
- **Base:** 1 credit per successful lookup.
- **Maximum on success (200):** 1 credit.
- **Normalization failure (502):** 1 credit charged.
- **Authoritative field:** `meta.creditsCharged`.
## Authentication
- **`x-api-key`**: API key (`sfk_...`)
## Parameters
### `handle` (path)
- **Required:** yes
- **Constraints:** type `string`; minLength: 1
### `postId` (path)
- **Required:** yes
- **Constraints:** type `string`; maxLength: 20; pattern: `^\d+$`
- **Description:** Numeric Telegram channel post ID from the public URL.
## Responses (status codes)
- **200**: Lookup result. Check `data.lookupStatus` for `found`, `not_found`, or `restricted` before reading `data.post`.
- **400**: Invalid handle or post ID
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key
- **402**: Insufficient credits
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed from the upstream response.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff.
## Response body (200)
Lookup result. Check `data.lookupStatus` for `found`, `not_found`, or `restricted` before reading `data.post`.
### Field outline
- **data** (required) — type `object`. Endpoint-specific response payload.
- **lookupStatus** (required) — type `string`; enum: found, not_found, restricted. Domain outcome of the channel/post lookup. Always check this before reading `post`.
- **post** (required) — type `object`; nullable. The post when lookupStatus is `found`; null when `not_found` or `restricted`.
- **postId** (required) — type `string`. Unique post ID within the channel.
- **text** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Post text as simplified HTML (
line breaks, links, custom tg-emoji expanded to unicode, common HTML entities decoded so arrows and quotes read naturally in JSON). Null if the post contains only media.
- **date** (required) — type `string`; nullable. ISO 8601 publication timestamp.
- **views** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. View count from the public feed. Telegram may abbreviate large values (e.g. 1.13M → 1130000). Null for very recent posts.
- **forwardedFrom** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Original channel name if this post was forwarded.
- **replyTo** (optional) — type `object`; default: `null`; nullable. Reply/quote preview when this post replies to another channel message; null otherwise.
- **postId** (required) — type `string`. Numeric post ID of the message being replied to, from the public t.me link in the reply preview.
- **authorName** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Channel or author name shown in the reply preview bar.
- **text** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Preview snippet of the replied-to message as shown in the embed (often truncated). May be a short media label such as Photo when Telegram does not show body text.
- **photoUrls** (required) — type `array`. Photo URLs from Telegram CDN. May expire over time; download promptly if needed.
- _items:_
- type `string`
- **videoUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Video URL if the post contains a video. May expire over time; download promptly if needed.
- **reactions** (optional) — type `array`; default: ``. Reaction counts shown on the public preview page. Empty when Telegram omits them for a post.
- _items:_
- **emoji** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Unicode reaction emoji when Telegram exposes it in the public HTML (including Stars as ⭐). Null for premium/custom animated reactions — use customEmojiId and emojiImageUrl.
- **customEmojiId** (optional) — type `string`; default: `null`; nullable. Telegram custom emoji document id when the reaction uses a premium/custom emoji.
- **emojiImageUrl** (optional) — type `string`; default: `null`; nullable. Preview image URL for custom emoji reactions (from Telegram's public emoji metadata). Null for standard unicode reactions.
- **isPaid** (optional) — type `boolean`; default: `false`. True when the reaction is a Telegram Stars paid reaction.
- **count** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Number of users who added this reaction.
- **meta** (required) — type `object`. Metadata describing the request and billing outcome.
- **requestId** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Unique request identifier for tracing this API call.
- **creditsCharged** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Credits charged for this request.
- **version** (required) — type `string`; enum: v1. Public API version that served the response.
### Example JSON (found)
```json
{
"data": {
"lookupStatus": "found",
"post": {
"postId": "93",
"text": "In Telegram 10.12
⭐️ Premium Users can use Custom emojis in Polls by pressing on 🙂 icon",
"date": "2024-05-04T14:11:43+00:00",
"views": 193000,
"forwardedFrom": null,
"replyTo": null,
"photoUrls": [
"https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/kmnXZjsr08SIjsurmBb8HZiJSr5Cs1XmCt4HAu9As-f3KYbWCCpGj6koOApEEgruutsEukhb2SV5EWmAudRoXozwbPTjKZ-hat00nEBWDbcfo7Uu4Dp-N2zQVyLGOklQVGeaHrnaAVQOrm6pCgSCWS7jzWsANZaIBD6inN4mna9_Q1125cWDI_bfvzmwQBeHGfMttbtvI499ffpT3OU2vU2pccJPMLbvh7YIdCQaC_N_jj0Ai0mx9nh46Tz-On1GDIApvrlY4JPqn2CpF3EXT2Lxk6hp83NlRCx2LN6ixZohSyS9ZmcroYBiuCNEpAL2Iy8_UYep_wkNXbczWWhmFg.jpg"
],
"videoUrl": null,
"reactions": [
{
"emoji": "⭐",
"customEmojiId": null,
"emojiImageUrl": null,
"isPaid": true,
"count": 3
},
{
"emoji": null,
"customEmojiId": "5400182803553853382",
"emojiImageUrl": null,
"isPaid": false,
"count": 266
},
{
"emoji": null,
"customEmojiId": "5427233156124131061",
"emojiImageUrl": null,
"isPaid": false,
"count": 195
},
{
"emoji": null,
"customEmojiId": "5296769225245861798",
"emojiImageUrl": null,
"isPaid": false,
"count": 97
},
{
"emoji": null,
"customEmojiId": "5424972470023104089",
"emojiImageUrl": null,
"isPaid": false,
"count": 84
},
{
"emoji": "⭐️",
"customEmojiId": "5427086749278943412",
"emojiImageUrl": null,
"isPaid": false,
"count": 46
},
{
"emoji": "❤",
"customEmojiId": null,
"emojiImageUrl": null,
"isPaid": false,
"count": 26
},
{
"emoji": "👍",
"customEmojiId": null,
"emojiImageUrl": null,
"isPaid": false,
"count": 23
},
{
"emoji": "🆒",
"customEmojiId": null,
"emojiImageUrl": null,
"isPaid": false,
"count": 21
},
{
"emoji": null,
"customEmojiId": "5296615048804837674",
"emojiImageUrl": null,
"isPaid": false,
"count": 18
},
{
"emoji": "🤣",
"customEmojiId": null,
"emojiImageUrl": null,
"isPaid": false,
"count": 12
},
{
"emoji": "🔥",
"customEmojiId": null,
"emojiImageUrl": null,
"isPaid": false,
"count": 10
}
]
}
},
"meta": {
"requestId": "req_01example_post",
"creditsCharged": 1,
"version": "v1"
}
}
```
### Example JSON (not_found)
```json
{
"data": {
"lookupStatus": "not_found",
"post": null
},
"meta": {
"requestId": "req_01example_nf",
"creditsCharged": 1,
"version": "v1"
}
}
```
### Example JSON (restricted)
```json
{
"data": {
"lookupStatus": "restricted",
"post": null
},
"meta": {
"requestId": "req_01example_post_restricted",
"creditsCharged": 1,
"version": "v1"
}
}
```
### Machine-readable error codes
When an error JSON body is returned, it may include one of these `error.code` values (derived from the OpenAPI schemas for this operation; additional codes may exist at runtime):
- `bad_request`
## Error handling & retries
Interpret HTTP status codes using the descriptions below. Do not assume a JSON body unless the OpenAPI schema defines one for that status.
- **400**: Invalid handle or post ID **Retry:** Fix the request; retrying the same invalid payload will not help.
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key **Retry:** Fix the API key first; retrying without changes will not help.
- **402**: Insufficient credits **Retry:** Do not retry without resolving billing/credits (retrying the same request will not help).
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed from the upstream response. **Retry:** May be transient; a few retries with backoff are reasonable.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff. **Retry:** Usually safe to retry with exponential backoff and jitter.
### Suggested client defaults
- Send the API key using the `x-api-key` header on every request.
- On `503` (and sometimes `502`), retry with backoff; cap retries and surface a clear error to the user.
- On `402`, surface an actionable billing message rather than blind retries.
## Examples
### TypeScript SDK
```typescript
import { SocialFetchClient } from "@socialfetch/sdk";
const client = new SocialFetchClient({
apiKey: process.env.SOCIALFETCH_API_KEY!,
});
const result = await client.telegram.getChannelPost({
handle: "durov",
postId: "515",
});
if (!result.ok) {
console.error(result.error);
} else {
console.log(result.value.data);
}
```
### Node.js
```javascript
const response = await fetch(
"https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/telegram/channels/durov/posts/515",
{
headers: {
"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
}
}
);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```
### cURL
```bash
curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/telegram/channels/durov/posts/515" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```
### Python
```python
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/telegram/channels/durov/posts/515",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()
print(data)
```