Post

When to use this

Use it to check one post's reach, or to read a post someone shared. Pass the post's t.me link.

Deleted posts, unknown channels and posts from channels that don't allow embedding return 404 not_found.

Parameters

All parameters go in the query string.

Example request

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your key, or set LURKAPI_KEY for the code. Get a free key.

curl "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/telegram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.me%2Ftelegram%2F441" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://t.me/telegram/441",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/telegram/post?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.LURKAPI_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();
if (!data.success) throw new Error(`${data.code}: ${data.error}`);
console.log(data.media);

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/telegram/post",
    params={
        "url": "https://t.me/telegram/441",
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["LURKAPI_KEY"]},
    timeout=60,
)
data = res.json()
if not data["success"]:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{data['code']}: {data['error']}")
print(data["media"])

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured from the live API and trimmed to a couple of items. Strings over 96 characters (mostly signed media URLs) are cut short and end in ….

{
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 999966,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "id": 441,
  "url": "https://t.me/telegram/441",
  "channel": "telegram",
  "date": "2026-05-14T16:08:31.000Z",
  "text": "Bot-to-Bot Communication. Bots are now able to respond to other bots, no…",
  "html": "<b>Bot-to-Bot Communication.</b> Bots are now able to respond to <b>othe…",
  "views": 1500000,
  "viewsText": "1.5M",
  "author": null,
  "edited": false,
  "service": false,
  "forwardedFrom": null,
  "replyTo": null,
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://cdn1.telesco.pe/file/B0NPOJRstsIT_652t2bWmv8nno7P2mpJi-rWgn5Czfy…",
  "media": [
    {
      "type": "video",
      "url": "https://cdn1.telesco.pe/file/c01503a63e.mp4?token=bBkhJeEOHNXAycjKLlAlxG…",
      "thumbnailUrl": "https://cdn1.telesco.pe/file/B0NPOJRstsIT_652t2bWmv8nno7P2mpJi-rWgn5Czfy…",
      "durationS": 6,
      "title": null
    }
  ],
  "linkPreview": null,
  "reactions": []
}

Response fields

Every field of a successful response. [] marks a list: a[].b is the b of each item in a. nullable fields can be null; optional fields can be missing.

Caching and freshness

Responses are cached for up to 10 minutes, so a repeat call within that window can return the same data. It still costs 1 credit.

Errors

Errors return { success: false, error, code, docs } with the HTTP status below. Validation errors, 401/402/429 rejections and 5xx failures are free; not_found is charged (how charging works). All error codes.

Use it in Claude

Once LurkAPI is connected to Claude, this endpoint is the telegram_post tool. Ask in plain English, for example:

Use LurkAPI's telegram_post with url "https://t.me/telegram/441" and summarize what you find.

Claude calls telegram_post with arguments like these, and each call costs 1 credit:

{
  "url": "https://t.me/telegram/441"
}

Tool results skip nulls and empty lists to save tokens.