--- title: channel description: channel attributes, type and example --- ## Constructor: channel [Back to constructors index](index.md) ### Attributes: | Name | Type | Required | |----------|:-------------:|---------:| |creator|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |left|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |broadcast|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |verified|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |megagroup|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |restricted|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |democracy|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |signatures|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |min|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |id|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes| |access\_hash|[long](../types/long.md) | Optional| |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| |restriction\_reason|[string](../types/string.md) | Optional| |admin\_rights|[ChannelAdminRights](../types/ChannelAdminRights.md) | Optional| |banned\_rights|[ChannelBannedRights](../types/ChannelBannedRights.md) | Optional| ### Type: [Chat](../types/Chat.md) ### Example: ``` $channel = ['_' => 'channel', 'creator' => Bool, 'left' => Bool, 'broadcast' => Bool, 'verified' => Bool, 'megagroup' => Bool, 'restricted' => Bool, 'democracy' => Bool, 'signatures' => Bool, 'min' => Bool, 'id' => int, 'access_hash' => long, 'title' => string, 'username' => string, 'photo' => ChatPhoto, 'date' => int, 'version' => int, 'restriction_reason' => string, 'admin_rights' => ChannelAdminRights, 'banned_rights' => ChannelBannedRights, ]; ``` Or, if you're into Lua: ``` channel={_='channel', creator=Bool, left=Bool, broadcast=Bool, verified=Bool, megagroup=Bool, restricted=Bool, democracy=Bool, signatures=Bool, min=Bool, id=int, access_hash=long, title=string, username=string, photo=ChatPhoto, date=int, version=int, restriction_reason=string, admin_rights=ChannelAdminRights, banned_rights=ChannelBannedRights, } ```