Ethical Footprint: Similar to Combot, designed for group administration and operates within the ethical boundaries of the Bot API.
GroupHelp Bot / Rose Bot / Shieldy (Moderation & Basic Analytics):
Purpose: Primarily moderation bots, but often include basic analytics for group activity, new member counts, and message volumes.
What they extract/provide: Focus on active users, message counts, and sometimes basic trends in member growth.
Extraction Method: Usually through commands within the group, or limited web dashboards.
Ethical Footprint: Highly ethical as their primary function is to manage and improve the group experience for its members.
For highly specific data needs, or if you want to integrate Telegram data deeply into your own systems, building custom solutions using Telegram's APIs is the way to go. This requires programming knowledge.
Telegram Bot API (The Official Way):
Purpose: Allows you to create your own Telegram bots that thailand telegram mobile phone number list can interact with users and groups. Crucially, bots can only access messages and user information that is explicitly sent to them or sent in a group where the bot is an administrator and has the can_post_messages, can_edit_messages, can_delete_messages, can_restrict_members, can_pin_messages, can_promote_members, can_manage_topics (for topics) or can_manage_video_chats permissions.
What it extracts/allows:
User Interactions: Every button click, text input, and command issued to your bot. This is first-party behavioral data and highly ethical.
Group Messages (if bot is admin): Access to messages in groups where your bot is an admin. You can set up your bot to listen for specific keywords, analyze sentiment of messages where it's mentioned, or log general message activity (always with transparent disclosure to members).
User IDs/Usernames: For users interacting with your bot or in groups where your bot is an admin.
Tools/Libraries: Python (Telethon, python-telegram-bot), Node.js (Telegraf, node-telegram-bot-api), PHP, etc.
Ethical Footprint: Highly ethical if done transparently and within API limitations. You control what data is collected and how it's stored. You are not "scraping" external groups without consent.