MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v44/methods/channels_createChannel.md

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channels.createChannel	channels.createChannel parameters, return type and example

Method: channels.createChannel

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Parameters:

Name	Type	Required
broadcast	Bool	Optional
megagroup	Bool	Optional
title	string	Yes
about	string	Yes

Return type: Updates

Can bots use this method: NO

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
CHAT_TITLE_EMPTY	No chat title provided
USER_RESTRICTED	You're spamreported, you can't create channels or chats.

Example:

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
$MadelineProto->session = 'mySession.madeline';
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
    $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
    $code = readline('Enter the code you received: '); // Or do this in two separate steps in an HTTP API
    $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}

$Updates = $MadelineProto->channels->createChannel(['broadcast' => Bool, 'megagroup' => Bool, 'title' => 'string', 'about' => 'string', ]);

Or, if you're using the PWRTelegram HTTP API:

As a user:

POST/GET to https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/channels.createChannel

Parameters:

broadcast - Json encoded Bool

megagroup - Json encoded Bool

title - Json encoded string

about - Json encoded string

Or, if you're into Lua:

Updates = channels.createChannel({broadcast=Bool, megagroup=Bool, title='string', about='string', })