Telethon

  • Telethon is a Python library that can be used to collect data from Telegram. It does so by accessing the Telegram API.
  • Telethon needs to be installed onto a machine that already has Python installed, and can operate on both Windows and macOS.
  • Telethon requires, at minimum, a basic understanding of Python, and will be significantly easier to use the more familiar a user is with Python.
  • Telethon is free and can be used to collect data from Telegram channels, including messages, along with the name of the user, the datetime, the message ID, the message views, whether the message was a reply and any accompanying multimedia.
  • Telethon is currently functional.
  • Link: https://docs.telethon.dev/en/stable/