# Telegram Channel Posts and Real Engagement

> Telegram Channel Posts and Real Engagement is a paid API for AI agents from x402-filings.datalayer.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Fetches recent posts and view/subscriber engagement metrics for any public Telegram channel to detect whether its audience is real or bought

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402-filings.datalayer.workers.dev/v1/social/telegram-channel?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/telegram-channel-posts-and-real-engagement-2d9bd620
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ZbOcUSvWfpQnSeTaoy0Xj

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability telegram-channel-posts-and-real-engagement-2d9bd620
```

Example prompt: Pull the last 40 posts from the Telegram channel @durov and show me the view-to-subscriber ratio so I can tell if their audience is real or bought.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to assess a Telegram channel's audience authenticity without owning or administering the channel, since it bypasses the Bot API restriction that only allows bots to read channels they manage. Prefer this over manual inspection when you need programmatic access to post history, view counts, and engagement ratios for due diligence, competitive research, or influencer vetting at scale.

## Known failure modes

- Channel does not exist or is private — returns empty or error response
- Channel handle malformed or misspelled — no results returned
- Channel has very few posts — limit parameter returns fewer items than requested
- Search term matches no posts — returns empty list
- Telegram rate limiting or temporary unavailability — request may fail transiently

## How this service works

Recent posts and engagement for any public Telegram channel, with views measured against subscriber count — the ratio that shows whether an audience is real or bought. Needs no API key, no account and no bot, because Telegram's Bot API cannot read a channel you do not administer. Pass a channel name, @handle or t.me link.

## Output

Returns a list of recent posts from the specified public Telegram channel, each with view counts, post content, timestamps, and links if present. Also provides the channel's subscriber count and the computed view-to-subscriber ratio per post, enabling assessment of audience authenticity.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "examples": [
        40
       ],
       "description": "Max posts, 1-100. Default 40."
      },
      "search": {
       "type": "string",
       "examples": [
        "launch"
       ],
       "description": "Only posts containing this text."
      },
      "channel": {
       "type": "string",
       "examples": [
        "durov"
       ],
       "description": "Channel name, @handle or t.me URL. Required."
      },
      "minViews": {
       "type": "integer",
       "examples": [
        0
       ],
       "description": "Only posts above this view count."
      },
      "withLinksOnly": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "examples": [
        false
       ],
       "description": "Only posts containing links."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/telegram-channel-posts-and-real-engagement-2d9bd620/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-filings.datalayer.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-filings.datalayer.workers.dev/llms.txt)