TG Info

Zero dependencies nodejs module to fetch info about a Telegram username or URL.

It can get information from invite links, channel/group/user/bots links, usernames and invite codes. Such as:

https://t.me/username
https://t.me/username/123
https://t.me/s/username
https://t.me/username_bot
https://t.me/+invite_code
https://t.me/joinchat/invite_code
tg://resolve?domain=username
tg://join?invite=invite_code
username
@username
+invite_code

It cannot get information from links to messages in private channels or groups, links with a phone number, any links with identifiers in the URL, and phone numbers. Such as:

https://t.me/+79261234567
https://t.me/c/1319741318/7290
tg://resolve?phone=79261234567
tg://privatepost?channel=1319741318&post=7290
+79261234567

How it works

1. Convert input to Telegram Web URL;
2. Fetch it;
3. Parse it.

Important: It doesn't work with Telegram API.

Using as CLI

Install it as a global package:

npm install -g tginfo
tginfo mr_ozio

Or run it without installation using npx:

npx tginfo https://t.me/mr_ozio

Output be like:

$ tginfo durov

                Durov's Channel
                ───────────────
          Type  Public Group
      Verified  true
      Username @durov
          Info “Thoughts from the Product Manager / CEO / Founder of Telegram.”
   Subscribers  669,452
  Telegram URL  tg://resolve?domain=durov
       Web URL  https://t.me/durov
         Image  https://cdn1.telegram-cdn.org/file/uJ8Xy...7kp1w.jpg

Usage

Usage: tginfo <slug/url> [options...]

Options:
  --attrs=ATTR1,ATTR2           display only specific attributes
  --json                        display JSON instead of a human readable view
  --help                        print this message
  --version                     display version

Using as JS Module

Install it using command npm install tginfo.

Syntax

import tginfo from 'tginfo'

await tginfo(input)
await tginfo(input, attributes)
await tginfo(input, attributes, throwOnError)

Parameters

input

A string with Telegram URL or slug.

attributes (optional)

An array of the attributes you need to have in output.

throwOnError (optional)

A boolean flag whose inclusion throws an exception if any error occurs.

Return value

An object with values:

{
  type: 'user' | 'bot' | 'private_channel' | 'public_channel' | 'private_group' | 'public_group';
  title: string;
  webUrl: string;
  tgUrl: string;
  username?: string;
  info?: string;
  verified?: boolean;
  previewUrl?: string;
  subscribers?: number;
  members?: number;
  online?: number;
  image?: string;
}

If some error will happen then returning object will be:

{
  error: string;
  webUrl?: string;
}

You don't need to add error to attributes, it will be there anywhay and existance of error field could be (and should be) used as error flag.

Available attributes values by types

	user	bot	private_channel	public_channel	private_group	public_group
type	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
webUrl	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
tgUrl	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
title	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩	🟩
username	🟩	🟩	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟩
image	🟧	🟧	🟧	🟧	🟧	🟧
info	🟧	🟧	🟧	🟧	🟧	🟧
verified	🟧	🟧	🟥	🟧	🟥	🟥
previewUrl	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟥	🟥
subscribers	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩	🟩	🟥
members	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟩
online	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟥	🟧

• 🟩 Always available
• 🟧 Depends on profile
• 🟥 Not available

License

MIT © Nikolay Solovyov