Channels Page
The Channels page is where you select which Telegram channels and groups to scrape. After logging in, your Telegram dialogs are automatically loaded. Scraping begins as soon as you enable scraping on a channel — there is no need to navigate to the Activity page first.
The Channels page is where you select which Telegram channels and groups to scrape. After logging in, your Telegram dialogs are automatically loaded. Scraping begins as soon as you enable scraping on a channel — there is no need to navigate to the Activity page first.
Viewing Your Channels
The page displays a table of all your Telegram chats with the following columns:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The display name of the channel, group, or user |
| Username | The @username if available |
| Type | One of: channel, group, user, bot, self |
| ID | The unique Telegram ID for this chat |
| Admins | Toggle to scrape messages from channel/group admins |
| Users | Toggle to scrape messages from regular users |
| Pinned | Toggle to scrape pinned messages |
| Bots | Toggle to scrape messages from bots |
Selecting What to Scrape
For each channel or group, you can independently enable or disable scraping for different message sources by checking the corresponding checkboxes:
- Admins - Scrape messages posted by admins (including posts made by the channel itself). Not available for direct user chats.
- Users - Scrape messages from regular (non-admin) users
- Pinned - Scrape pinned messages. Not available for direct user chats.
- Bots - Scrape messages sent by bots
A channel is considered "scraped" when at least one checkbox is enabled.
Tip
For most crypto alpha channels, you'll want to enable Admins only, since the important calls typically come from channel admins.
Toolbar Actions
- Search - Filter channels by name, username, or ID
- Scraped Only - Toggle to show only channels that have at least one scraping option enabled
- Clear All - Disable all scraping on all channels at once
- Refresh - Re-fetch your channel list from Telegram (useful if you joined new channels)
Sorting & Pagination
- Click any column header (Name, Username, Type, ID) to sort by that column
- Click the same header again to reverse the sort order
- Scraped channels always appear at the top of the list
- Use the pagination controls at the bottom to navigate through your channels
- Change the number of rows displayed per page (10, 20, 50, or 100)
Logging In
When you first open Maestro Scraper, you'll be taken to the login screen. The login process has up to 4 steps:
Activity Page
The Activity page shows a real-time log of scraping activity and address detection. Scraping runs independently in the background regardless of which page you're on — this page simply gives you visibility into what's happening.