MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v38/constructors/channel.md

---
title: channel
description: channel attributes, type and example
---
## Constructor: channel  
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### Attributes:

| Name     |    Type       | Required |
|----------|:-------------:|---------:|
|id|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|
|access\_hash|[long](../types/long.md) | Yes|
|title|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|
|username|[string](../types/string.md) | Optional|
|photo|[ChatPhoto](../types/ChatPhoto.md) | Yes|
|date|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|
|version|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|



### Type: [Chat](../types/Chat.md)


### Example:

```
$channel = ['_' => 'channel', 'id' => int, 'access_hash' => long, 'title' => string, 'username' => string, 'photo' => ChatPhoto, 'date' => int, 'version' => int, ];
```  

Or, if you're into Lua:  


```
channel={_='channel', id=int, access_hash=long, title=string, username=string, photo=ChatPhoto, date=int, version=int, }

```