Mehmet Bulat

Posted on Jan 7

I Built a Telegram Content Copier (So I Can Stop Copy-Pasting Like It’s 2012)

#opensource #programming #python #telegram

Ever found yourself doing the legendary workflow?

1) Open Telegram

2) Copy a post

3) Paste it somewhere else

4) Repeat until your soul times out

Yeah… same.

So I made a tiny Python script that does the boring part for me: it watches a list of Telegram channels and reposts new content to your target channel/group — automatically.

What it does (the “why am I like this?” checklist)

Pulls text, photos, and videos from the channels you specify
Sends them to a target Telegram group/channel
Keeps track of what was already sent to avoid duplicates
Can refresh the channel list from a remote JSON file (so you can update sources without redeploying)

Repo: https://github.com/mebularts/Copy-Telegram-Content

Good use cases

Mirroring your own channels to another channel/group
Building a small “newsroom feed” for your community (with permission)
Migrating content you own to a new place
Keeping your team/group updated without manual reposting

Quick start

1) Install

git clone https://github.com/mebularts/Copy-Telegram-Content.git
cd Copy-Telegram-Content
pip install -r requirements.txt

2) Configure

Set your TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN
Set your target TELEGRAM_GROUP/CHANNEL_ID (e.g. @your_channel_or_group)
Create a JSON file with the channels you want to watch (kanallar.json) Example:

{
  "TechNews": "https://t.me/s/TechNewsUsername",
  "Updates": "https://t.me/s/UpdatesUsername"
}

Then point json_url in the script to where that JSON lives (remote URL or local path).

3) Run

python main.py

Notes (aka “please don’t make me regret automation”)

Use this responsibly: copy only content you own or have permission to republish.
Respect creators, copyrights, and Telegram’s rules.
If you plan to run it long-term, consider adding rate limits and basic monitoring.

Feedback welcome

If you try it and it saves you from copy-paste purgatory:

Star the repo
Open an issue with suggestions/bugs
PRs are welcome

Happy automating!
— Mehmet (mebularts)

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