Telegram's official APIs are great, but both come with strings attached: the Bot API needs a bot that...
Telegram's official APIs are great, but both come with strings attached: the Bot API needs a bot that channel owners must add, and the MTProto client API wants your phone number and an app registration. If all you need is the public message history of public channels, there is a third door with no strings at all.
The t.me preview pages
Every public channel has a web preview:
GET https://t.me/s/durov
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