Channel post link parser

Paste any Telegram post link and we'll break it down — channel, message ID, post type, and an embed preview. Works on public channels, private channels (via t.me/c/ URLs), comment threads, and topic replies.

Paste a t.me post URL

Telegram post URL formats

`t.me/channel/123`	Public channel, message 123 — anyone can open it.
`t.me/c/1234567/123`	Private channel (the long number is the internal channel ID stripped of the `-100` prefix). Only members can open.
`t.me/channel/123?single`	Forces single-message view, hides the gallery if the post is an album.
`t.me/channel/123?thread=42`	Jumps to a specific reply thread inside the comments (supergroup-linked channels).
`t.me/channel/42/123`	Forum topic: `42` is the topic ID, `123` is the message inside it.
`t.me/+invitehash`	Not a post link — that's an invite. Use the deep link builder to construct invites.

Reconstructing the numeric chat_id

The Bot API uses negative chat IDs prefixed with -100 for supergroups and channels. From a t.me/c/1234567/123 URL:

The 1234567 is the internal channel ID (positive).
Prefix it with -100 for the Bot API: -1001234567.
That's the value to pass as chat_id to sendMessage / forwardMessage.

For public channels (t.me/channel/123), the username is channel — resolve it via Get Telegram ID to get the numeric chat_id.

Embedding posts on a website

Telegram exposes a public widget. Drop this into your HTML:

<script async src="https://telegram.org/js/telegram-widget.js?22"
        data-telegram-post="durov/123" data-width="100%"></script>

The widget renders an embed-card with the post text, media, and a "Show this message" link back to Telegram. Works on any HTTPS site.

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