Telegram Similar Channels Crawler

A Python-based tool that fetches similar channel recommendations from Telegram and exports them to Google Sheets.

Features

• Fetch similar Telegram channels via Telegram's official API
• Process and organize channel data with proper metadata
• Export results to Google Sheets
• Support multiple input methods (CLI, file, Google Sheets)
• Proper error handling and logging
• Rate limiting protection to avoid Telegram API limits

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• Telegram API credentials (API ID and API Hash)
• Google Sheets API credentials (service account JSON file)

Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Install the required packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

3. Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your credentials
4. Prepare your Google Sheets service account JSON file

Getting API Credentials

Telegram API Credentials

1. Visit my.telegram.org/apps
2. Log in with your Telegram account
3. Fill in the form with any name and description
4. Get your API ID and API Hash
5. Add these values to your .env file

Google Sheets API Credentials

1. Go to Google Cloud Console
2. Create a new project or select an existing one
3. Enable the Google Sheets API and Google Drive API
4. Create a service account
5. Download the service account JSON key file
6. Place this file in your project directory and update the path in your .env file

Usage

The script supports three methods of inputting channel usernames:

From Command Line

python telegram_crawler.py --channels channelname1 channelname2 channelname3