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Get channel posts (paginated)

POST/v1/api/telegram/web/channel-posts

Fetch a public channel's recent posts (text, photos, videos, forwards, replies, link previews, reactions, views, time).

Request body

Call this sync operation at its vendor-qualified URL. The model identity is encoded in the path; only operation-specific input fields belong in the request body.

Optional<integer>after

Pagination cursor — fetch newer posts, pass `data.pagination.after_cursor` from the previous page.

Default: 0

Optional<integer>before

Pagination cursor — fetch older posts, pass `data.pagination.before_cursor` from the previous page.

Default: 0

stringchannelrequired

Channel username (required).

Optional<integer>limit

Number of posts (1-100, default 20; when >20 the server automatically pages toward older posts).

Range: 1 to 100

Default: 20

Response Schema

A synchronous completed response contains exactly one outputs item with only data. Failed and timeout responses contain error and never outputs.

stringidrequired

Opaque SandBase run identifier. Use it exactly as returned; no prefix is guaranteed.

stringstatusrequired

Current public run status.

Allowed values: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout

stringmodelrequired

Public SandBase model name used for this run.

Optional<array<object>>outputs

Present only for completed runs. Contains exactly one item whose only field is data.

Optional<object | array>outputs[0].data

Operation-specific business payload. This reference uses an empty object when no safe example can be confirmed.

Optional<object>error

Present only for failed or timeout runs. Contains a public error type and sanitized message.

Optional<string>error.type

Stable public error category.

Optional<string>error.message

Sanitized error message safe to show to clients.

Optional<object>usage

Usage details when available.

API capabilities

array<string>capability_tagsrequired

Capabilities declared by the API registry.

Default: api, telegram

stringexecution_moderequired

Execution mode declared by the API registry.

Default: sync

pending response

{"id":"f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc","status":"pending","model":"telegram/web/channel-posts"}

running response

{"id":"f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc","status":"running","model":"telegram/web/channel-posts"}

completed response

{"id":"f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc","status":"completed","model":"telegram/web/channel-posts","outputs":[{"data":{}}]}

failed response

{"id":"f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc","status":"failed","model":"telegram/web/channel-posts","error":{"type":"upstream_error","message":"upstream request failed"}}

timeout response

{"id":"f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc","status":"timeout","model":"telegram/web/channel-posts","error":{"type":"upstream_error","message":"upstream request failed"}}