如何查询Telegram转发消息的编辑状态及时间（API/工具方案）

Hey there, let's tackle your two questions about Telegram forwarded messages and edit tracking:

1. Can you check if a message forwarded to a group was edited, along with its edit time? #

Short answer: No. When you forward a message to a group, the copy that appears in the group is a snapshot of the original at the moment of forwarding. It doesn't update if the original message gets edited later, and there's no native way to see if the original was changed or when that edit happened—even if you're part of the original chat/channel where the message was posted. The group's forwarded message will always show the original publish time, with zero hints about edits to the source content.

2. Is there an API or tool to check if a message forwarded to a Telegram channel was edited, along with its edit time? #

Absolutely, and the Telegram Bot API is your best bet here—assuming you have the right permissions. Here's the breakdown:

• When you pull data for a forwarded message via the API, the message object will include two key fields: forward_from_chat (the ID of the original channel/chat where the message was posted) and forward_from_message_id (the unique ID of the original message).
• Use these two values to call the getMessage method (or filter getChatHistory to target that specific message) to fetch the original message's full details. If the original was edited, the returned data will have an edit_date field containing the Unix timestamp of when the edit occurred. If this field is missing, the message was never modified.
• Important caveat: Your bot needs access to the original channel/chat (either as an admin or a member, depending on the chat's privacy settings) to retrieve this information. Third-party tools built on the Bot API or Telegram's lower-level MTProto protocol can also do this, but they'll require the same access permissions.

As you mentioned, the Telegram web client (web.telegram.org) doesn't offer this functionality—it only displays the original publish time of forwarded messages, with no visibility into subsequent edits to the source content.

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Tom K