MadelineProto/docs/API_docs/methods/channels_exportInvite.md

---
title: channels.exportInvite
description: channels.exportInvite parameters, return type and example
---
## Method: channels.exportInvite  
[Back to methods index](index.md)


### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Required |
|----------|---------------|----------|
|channel|[InputChannel](../types/InputChannel.md) | Optional|


### Return type: [ExportedChatInvite](../types/ExportedChatInvite.md)

### Can bots use this method: **YES**


### Errors this method can return:

| Error    | Description   |
|----------|---------------|
|CHANNEL_INVALID|The provided channel is invalid|
|CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED|You must be an admin in this chat to do this|
|INVITE_HASH_EXPIRED|The invite link has expired|


### Example:


```
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
$MadelineProto->session = 'mySession.madeline';
if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot
    $MadelineProto->bot_login($token);
}
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
    $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
    $code = readline('Enter the code you received: '); // Or do this in two separate steps in an HTTP API
    $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}

$ExportedChatInvite = $MadelineProto->channels->exportInvite(['channel' => InputChannel, ]);
```

Or, if you're using the [PWRTelegram HTTP API](https://pwrtelegram.xyz):

### As a bot:

POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline`

Parameters:

* method - channels.exportInvite
* params - `{"channel": InputChannel, }`



### As a user:

POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/channels.exportInvite`

Parameters:

channel - Json encoded InputChannel




Or, if you're into Lua:

```
ExportedChatInvite = channels.exportInvite({channel=InputChannel, })
```