--- title: InputChannel description: constructors and methods of type InputChannel --- ## Type: InputChannel [Back to types index](index.md) The following syntaxes can also be used: ``` $InputChannel = '@username'; // Username $InputChannel = 44700; // bot API id (users) $InputChannel = -492772765; // bot API id (chats) $InputChannel = -10038575794; // bot API id (channels) $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):