Telegram Media Gateway Platform Development

Build a production-grade Telegram Media Gateway Platform that uses Telegram as a media storage backend and provides secure APIs for websites, mobile applications, OTT platforms, Telegram bots, and future applications.

This is NOT:

A streaming website
An anime website
A movie website
A video player platform

This is a standalone infrastructure platform that indexes Telegram media, generates permanent media tokens, automatically refreshes expired Telegram URLs, exposes enterprise APIs, tracks analytics, and manages media access at scale.

The platform must run entirely on self-hosted VPS infrastructure.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

Create a centralized Telegram Storage & Media Gateway layer that allows third-party applications to access Telegram media using only:

{
"channel_id": "-1001234567890",
"message_id": 12345
}

or

{
"media_id": "media_abc123"
}

without needing to know:

Telegram Bot Tokens
Telegram File IDs
Telegram CDN URLs
MTProto Sessions
Telegram URL Expiration Logic

The platform handles all Telegram interactions internally.

DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT

The entire platform must run on VPS.

No Lovable Cloud.

No external media relay services.

No third-party streaming providers.

Everything must be Dockerized and deployable using Docker Compose.

REQUIRED INFRASTRUCTURE
VPS

Host:

NestJS API
Admin Dashboard
Telegram Services
Queue Workers
Monitoring Services
PostgreSQL

Store:

Media Metadata
Tokens
Analytics
Cache Records
Audit Logs
Settings
Redis

Store:

BullMQ Jobs
Session Cache
Rate Limits
Temporary Data
Distributed Locks
BullMQ

Handle:

Channel Scanning
URL Regeneration
Analytics Aggregation
Cache Cleanup
Health Checks
Nginx

Provide:

Reverse Proxy
SSL Termination
HTTP Compression
Security Headers
Rate Limiting
Cloudflare

Provide:

DDoS Protection
WAF
DNS
Edge Caching
Rate Limiting
TELEGRAM LAYER

Support both:

Telegram Bot API

Used For:

File Metadata
File IDs
Bot Management
Public File Resolution
MTProto Layer

Libraries:

Telethon
Pyrogram

Used For:

Private Channels
Large Files
Message Retrieval
Media Indexing
URL Regeneration
Telegram Account Rotation
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
External Website / App
│
▼
Cloudflare
│
▼
Nginx
│
▼
NestJS API
│
┌──────────┼──────────┐
▼ ▼ ▼
Redis BullMQ PostgreSQL
│
▼
Telegram Layer
(Bot API + MTProto)
│
▼
Telegram Channels
CORE FEATURES

The platform must:

Manage Telegram Bots
Manage Telegram Accounts
Manage Telegram Channels
Scan Telegram Media
Index Telegram Files
Generate Stream URLs
Generate Download URLs
Generate Permanent Tokens
Refresh Expired URLs
Expose APIs
Track Analytics
Support Multiple Clients
Provide Admin Dashboard
ADMIN DASHBOARD

Create a complete enterprise dashboard.

Modules:

Dashboard

Show:

Total Media Files
Active Channels
Active Bots
Active Accounts
Active Clients
Daily Requests
Stream Requests
Download Requests
Cache Hit Ratio
Bot Manager

Store:

Bot Token
Bot Username
Status
Assigned Channels
Usage Statistics
Last Activity

Features:

Add Bot
Edit Bot
Delete Bot
Enable Bot
Disable Bot
Validate Bot Token
Telegram Account Manager

Store:

Session String
Phone Number
Status
Assigned Channels
Last Sync

Features:

Add Account
Rotate Account
Disable Account
Session Validation
Health Monitoring
Channel Manager

Store:

Channel ID
Channel Name
Username
Status
Assigned Bot
Assigned Account
Media Count
Last Scan

Features:

Add Channel
Edit Channel
Delete Channel
Manual Scan
Automatic Scan
Media Library

Features:

Search Media
Filter Media
Copy Tokens
Preview Metadata
View Analytics
Reindex Media
API Client Manager

Manage:

API Keys
API Secrets
Allowed Domains
Permissions
Rate Limits
Analytics

Track:

Streams
Downloads
Popular Content
API Usage
Cache Statistics
Telegram Requests
Logs

View:

API Logs
Queue Logs
Security Logs
Telegram Logs
Error Logs
Security Center

Manage:

JWT
API Keys
Secrets
IP Whitelist
Domain Validation
Signature Validation
Health Monitoring

Track:

VPS Health
Database Health
Redis Health
Queue Health
Telegram Health
API Health
MEDIA INDEXER

Scan Telegram channels automatically.

Store metadata only.

Never permanently store Telegram CDN URLs.

Store:

Media ID
Channel ID
Message ID
File ID
File Unique ID
File Name
File Size
Duration
Resolution
Thumbnail
Caption
MIME Type
Upload Date
PERMANENT TOKEN SYSTEM

Every media file receives:

Stream Token

Example:

/st/abc123xyz
Download Token

Example:

/dl/xyz123abc

Tokens never change.

External applications store:

{
"media_id": "media_123",
"stream_token": "st_abc123",
"download_token": "dl_xyz123"
}

Never store Telegram URLs.

DIRECT MEDIA RESOLUTION API

This is one of the most important APIs.

External applications send:

{
"channel_id": "-1001234567890",
"message_id": 12345
}

The system automatically:

Finds the Telegram message
Extracts metadata
Creates media record
Creates tokens
Generates URLs
Returns response
Endpoint
POST /api/v1/media/resolve

Request:

{
"channel_id": "-1001234567890",
"message_id": 12345
}

Response:

{
"success": true,
"media_id": "media_abc123",
"stream_token": "st_xyz123",
"download_token": "dl_xyz123",
"stream_url": "https://api.domain.com/st/st_xyz123",
"download_url": "https://api.domain.com/dl/dl_xyz123",
"file_name": "movie.mkv",
"file_size": 2147483648
}
STREAM API
Endpoint
GET /st/{token}

Flow:

Validate Token
↓
Check Cache
↓
URL Valid?
↓
YES → Return URL
↓
NO
↓
Generate Fresh URL
↓
Update Cache
↓
Return URL

Telegram download URLs are temporary and guaranteed to be valid for at least one hour, requiring regeneration when expired.

DOWNLOAD API
Endpoint
GET /dl/{token}

Flow:

Validate Token
↓
Check Cache
↓
URL Valid?
↓
YES → Return URL
↓
NO
↓
Generate Fresh URL
↓
Update Cache
↓
Return URL
DIRECT STREAM LINK API
POST /api/v1/media/stream-link

Request:

{
"channel_id": "-1001234567890",
"message_id": 12345
}

Response:

{
"stream_url": "https://api.domain.com/st/st_xyz123"
}
DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINK API
POST /api/v1/media/download-link

Request:

{
"channel_id": "-1001234567890",
"message_id": 12345
}

Response:

{
"download_url": "https://api.domain.com/dl/dl_xyz123"
}
BULK RESOLUTION API
POST /api/v1/media/bulk-resolve

Request:

{
"items": [
{
"channel_id": "-1001234567890",
"message_id": 1001
},
{
"channel_id": "-1001234567890",
"message_id": 1002
}
]
}

Response:

{
"success": true,
"results": []
}
ON-DEMAND INDEXING

If media is not indexed:

API Request
↓
Media Exists?
↓
No
↓
Fetch Telegram Message
↓
Extract Metadata
↓
Create Media Record
↓
Generate Tokens
↓
Return Response
SMART URL REGENERATION ENGINE

Store:

telegram_url
generated_at
expires_at
last_verified
status

Workers must:

Detect Expiration
Refresh URLs
Update Cache
Prevent Failures

Telegram file URLs expire and must be regenerated through Telegram APIs when needed.

RESUMABLE DOWNLOAD SUPPORT

Support:

HTTP Range Requests
Partial Content
Download Managers
Large Files
Resume Support

Users should never restart downloads from 0%.

STREAM RECOVERY

Support:

Video.js
Plyr
HTML5 Video
ExoPlayer
AVPlayer

Features:

Seeking
Resume Playback
Range Requests
URL Refresh
MULTI-CLIENT SYSTEM

Support:

AnimeSite
MovieSite
AndroidApp
TelegramBot
Future Clients

Each Client Receives:

Client ID
Client Secret
API Key
API Secret
Rate Limit
Analytics
SECURITY

Implement:

JWT Authentication
API Keys
API Secrets
HMAC Signatures
Signed URLs
Replay Protection
Nonce Validation
Domain Validation
Cloudflare Protection
Rate Limiting
Secret Encryption
Audit Logging
ANALYTICS

Track:

Daily Requests
Active Clients
Stream Requests
Download Requests
Top Content
Cache Hit Ratio
Telegram Requests
URL Regenerations
API Errors
Bot Usage
HEALTH MONITORING

Monitor:

VPS
PostgreSQL
Redis
BullMQ
Bots
Telegram Accounts
Queue Workers
APIs

Generate:

Alerts
Incident Reports
Health Logs
OPENAPI & SDK

Generate:

OpenAPI 3.1
Swagger Documentation
TypeScript SDK
Request Validation
Response Validation
DATABASE TABLES
bots
telegram_accounts
channels
media_files
stream_tokens
download_tokens
stream_cache
download_cache
api_clients
client_domains
analytics
audit_logs
system_settings
jobs
queue_failures
health_checks
BACKGROUND WORKERS

BullMQ Workers:

Channel Scan Worker
Metadata Sync Worker
URL Regeneration Worker
Cache Cleanup Worker
Analytics Worker
Health Check Worker
OBSERVABILITY

Implement:

Prometheus
Grafana
Loki
Structured Logs
Metrics Dashboard
Error Tracking
BACKUP SYSTEM

Automated:

PostgreSQL Backup
Redis Backup
Configuration Backup
Session Backup

Retention:

Daily
Weekly
Monthly
RECOMMENDED TECH STACK
Backend
NestJS
TypeScript
Prisma ORM
Database
PostgreSQL
Queue
Redis
BullMQ
Telegram
Telethon
Pyrogram
Telegram Bot API
Monitoring
Prometheus
Grafana
Loki
Deployment
Docker
Docker Compose
Nginx
Cloudflare

FINAL DELIVERABLE

A production-grade Telegram Media Gateway Platform capable of indexing millions of Telegram media files, generating permanent media tokens, resolving media using Channel ID and Message ID, automatically refreshing expired Telegram URLs, providing stream and download APIs, supporting multiple clients, and running entirely on VPS infrastructure with enterprise-grade security, analytics, monitoring, scalability, and fault tolerance. and this will be hosted on vps 2vcpu and 2gb ram 500mbps bandwidth in this vps streaming and downloading can easily handle and it can handle 1000 cocurrent users and 100k to 400k daily users