MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v70/types/InputChannel.md

---
title: InputChannel
description: constructors and methods of type InputChannel
---
## Type: InputChannel  
[Back to types index](index.md)


You can directly provide the [Update](Update.md) or [Message](Message.md) object here, MadelineProto will automatically extract the destination chat id.

The following syntaxes can also be used:

```
$InputChannel = '@username'; // Username

$InputChannel = 'me'; // The currently logged-in user

$InputChannel = 44700; // bot API id (users)
$InputChannel = -492772765; // bot API id (chats)
$InputChannel = -10038575794; // bot API id (channels)

$InputChannel = 'https://t.me/danogentili'; // t.me URLs
$InputChannel = 'https://t.me/joinchat/asfln1-21fa_'; // t.me invite links

$InputChannel = 'user#44700'; // tg-cli style id (users)
$InputChannel = 'chat#492772765'; // tg-cli style id (chats)
$InputChannel = 'channel#38575794'; // tg-cli style id (channels)
```

A [Chat](Chat.md), a [User](User.md), an [InputPeer](InputPeer.md), an [InputUser](InputUser.md), an [InputChannel](InputChannel.md), a [Peer](Peer.md), or a [Chat](Chat.md) object can also be used.


### Possible values (constructors):

[inputChannelEmpty](../constructors/inputChannelEmpty.md)  

[inputChannel](../constructors/inputChannel.md)  


### Methods that return an object of this type (methods):
Updated to layer 71, added getSignalBarsCount to php-libtgvoip docs 2017-08-21 18:22:02 +02:00			`---`
			`title: InputChannel`
			`description: constructors and methods of type InputChannel`
			`---`
			`## Type: InputChannel`
			`[Back to types index](index.md)`



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Updated to layer 71, added getSignalBarsCount to php-libtgvoip docs 2017-08-21 18:22:02 +02:00			`The following syntaxes can also be used:`

			```
			`$InputChannel = '@username'; // Username`

Documentation rework (#349) * Documentation rework * Apply fixes from StyleCI * Documentation fixes * Login as bot through web/cli API, allow using invite links in joinChannel, full invite links in importChatInvite and checkChatInvite, non-invite links in importChatInvite * Apply fixes from StyleCI * Logging fixes * Build docs * Add methods to modify start template, bugfix to logging and keyboard conversion * Add TL documentator * Document MTProto methods * Documenting methods... * 7% documented * Bugfixes * Update docs * Update docs * Simplify file management * Implement automatic object conversion for media, and more awesome stuff * Implement automatic object conversion for media, and more awesome stuff * Implement event update handler and file upload/download callback * Auto-detect mime type, duration, width and height of media * Update docs * Document new file functions * Fix links * Fix links * Update bot.php to use event loop * Implement webhook update handler and forking in main loop * Build docs * Better docs * Fixes to secret chats * Almost finished updating docs * Bugfixes, implemented infinite loop for loop() method, almost finished docs * Finish writing docs * Add automatic documentation builder script * Finished writing docs 2018-03-20 12:48:05 +01:00			`$InputChannel = 'me'; // The currently logged-in user`

Updated to layer 71, added getSignalBarsCount to php-libtgvoip docs 2017-08-21 18:22:02 +02:00			`$InputChannel = 44700; // bot API id (users)`
			`$InputChannel = -492772765; // bot API id (chats)`
			`$InputChannel = -10038575794; // bot API id (channels)`
Documentation rework (#349) * Documentation rework * Apply fixes from StyleCI * Documentation fixes * Login as bot through web/cli API, allow using invite links in joinChannel, full invite links in importChatInvite and checkChatInvite, non-invite links in importChatInvite * Apply fixes from StyleCI * Logging fixes * Build docs * Add methods to modify start template, bugfix to logging and keyboard conversion * Add TL documentator * Document MTProto methods * Documenting methods... * 7% documented * Bugfixes * Update docs * Update docs * Simplify file management * Implement automatic object conversion for media, and more awesome stuff * Implement automatic object conversion for media, and more awesome stuff * Implement event update handler and file upload/download callback * Auto-detect mime type, duration, width and height of media * Update docs * Document new file functions * Fix links * Fix links * Update bot.php to use event loop * Implement webhook update handler and forking in main loop * Build docs * Better docs * Fixes to secret chats * Almost finished updating docs * Bugfixes, implemented infinite loop for loop() method, almost finished docs * Finish writing docs * Add automatic documentation builder script * Finished writing docs 2018-03-20 12:48:05 +01:00
Documentation fixes 2018-03-08 12:34:43 +01:00			`$InputChannel = 'https://t.me/danogentili'; // t.me URLs`
			`$InputChannel = 'https://t.me/joinchat/asfln1-21fa_'; // t.me invite links`
Updated to layer 71, added getSignalBarsCount to php-libtgvoip docs 2017-08-21 18:22:02 +02:00
			`$InputChannel = 'user#44700'; // tg-cli style id (users)`
			`$InputChannel = 'chat#492772765'; // tg-cli style id (chats)`
			`$InputChannel = 'channel#38575794'; // tg-cli style id (channels)`
			```

			`A [Chat](Chat.md), a [User](User.md), an [InputPeer](InputPeer.md), an [InputUser](InputUser.md), an [InputChannel](InputChannel.md), a [Peer](Peer.md), or a [Chat](Chat.md) object can also be used.`


			`### Possible values (constructors):`

			`[inputChannelEmpty](../constructors/inputChannelEmpty.md)`

			`[inputChannel](../constructors/inputChannel.md)`



			`### Methods that return an object of this type (methods):`