Getting a Telegram group's members and media into files you can actually use

Short summary

A practical guide to exporting Telegram group members and media into usable files. Covers the official desktop export, the faster MTProto API path via GramJS or Telethon for targeted member lists, and bulk media downloads with rate-limit handling. Includes a comparison of web mode vs API mode and recommends JSONL for large datasets. Mentions Mastros as a commercial browser extension option for non-coders.

• •Telegram Desktop export is built for full archives, not targeted group exports
• •MTProto API via GramJS or Telethon gives clean member lists in a dozen lines of code
• •Bulk media downloads need backoff for rate limits and should preserve sender/timestamp metadata

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