# Profile (/docs/api-reference/telegram/profile)

`GET https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/telegram/profile`

Returns a public Telegram channel or group's profile: display name, description, avatar URL, verification status, and subscriber count.

Use it for a channel's subscriber count and basic info; use profile/posts for its recent posts.

**10 credits** per call.

Send your key in the `x-api-key` header.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | string | yes | Public Telegram handle, with or without the leading @, or a t.me channel URL |
| `dry_run` | string | no | Set to 1 to get the price of this call without making it: data.dry_run carries credits_min and credits_max. Nothing is charged. One of: 1. |