MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/methods/searchPublicChat.md

title	description
searchPublicChat	Searches public chat by its username. Currently only private and channel chats can be public. Returns chat if found, otherwise some error is returned

Method: searchPublicChat

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Searches public chat by its username. Currently only private and channel chats can be public. Returns chat if found, otherwise some error is returned

Params:

Name	Type	Required	Description
username	string	Yes	Username to be resolved

Return type: Chat

Example:

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot
    $this->bot_login($token);
}
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
    $sentCode = $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
    echo 'Enter the code you received: ';
    $code = '';
    for ($x = 0; $x < $sentCode['type']['length']; $x++) {
        $code .= fgetc(STDIN);
    }
    $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}

$Chat = $MadelineProto->searchPublicChat(['username' => string, ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

Chat = searchPublicChat({username=string, })