# Telegram Channel Info API

Look up a Telegram channel's public profile, including title, description, verification status and subscriber and media counts.

**Pricing:** $0.002 per channel

**Endpoint:** `POST /v1/data/telegram/channels/run`

**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer mk_live_...`

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `channels` | array | Yes | The Telegram channel usernames or t.me links to look up. |

## Example

`?wait=true` holds the request open until the run finishes (up to 60s) and returns the rows inline: one request, no polling.

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.mindcase.co/v1/data/telegram/channels/run?wait=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mk_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"params":{"channels":["..."]}}'
```

```python
import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.mindcase.co/v1/data/telegram/channels/run",
    params={"wait": "true"},
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer mk_live_YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={"params": {
    "channels": [
        "..."
    ]
}},
)
rows = resp.json()["data"]
```

## Longer runs

If the run is still going at the 60s ceiling you get back `{ job_id, status: "running" }` instead of rows (same if the result is over 100 rows; those come back `truncated`). Poll with that `job_id`:

```bash
# 1) check status
curl https://api.mindcase.co/v1/jobs/JOB_ID \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mk_live_YOUR_API_KEY"

# 2) when status == completed, fetch the rows
curl https://api.mindcase.co/v1/jobs/JOB_ID/results \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mk_live_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

Full API reference (auth, jobs, balance, SDKs, MCP): https://mindcase.co/skills.md

## Response columns

| Field | Display name | Type |
|-------|--------------|------|
| `channelUrl` | Channel URL | url |
| `username` | Username | text |
| `title` | Title | text |
| `description` | Description | text |
| `verified` | Verified | boolean |
| `subscribers` | Subscribers | text |
| `photos` | Photos | text |
| `videos` | Videos | text |
| `links` | Links | text |
| `files` | Files | text |