MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v46/constructors/channel.md

title	description
channel	channel attributes, type and example

Constructor: channel

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Attributes:

Name	Type	Required
creator	Bool	Optional
kicked	Bool	Optional
left	Bool	Optional
editor	Bool	Optional
moderator	Bool	Optional
broadcast	Bool	Optional
verified	Bool	Optional
megagroup	Bool	Optional
restricted	Bool	Optional
id	int	Required
access_hash	long	Required
title	string	Required
username	string	Optional
photo	ChatPhoto	Required
date	int	Required
version	int	Required
restriction_reason	string	Optional

Type: Chat

Example:

$channel = ['_' => 'channel', 'creator' => true, 'kicked' => true, 'left' => true, 'editor' => true, 'moderator' => true, 'broadcast' => true, 'verified' => true, 'megagroup' => true, 'restricted' => true, 'id' => int, 'access_hash' => long, 'title' => string, 'username' => string, 'photo' => ChatPhoto, 'date' => int, 'version' => int, 'restriction_reason' => string, ];

The following syntaxes can also be used:

$channel = '@username'; // Username

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

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