MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v71/methods/channels_editAbout.md

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

Method: channels.editAbout

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Parameters:

Name	Type	Required
channel	InputChannel	Yes
about	string	Yes

Return type: Bool

Can bots use this method: YES

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
CHAT_ABOUT_NOT_MODIFIED	About text has not changed
CHAT_ABOUT_TOO_LONG	Chat about too long
CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this

Example:

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
$MadelineProto->session = 'mySession.madeline';
if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot
    $MadelineProto->bot_login($token);
}
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);
}

$Bool = $MadelineProto->channels->editAbout(['channel' => InputChannel, 'about' => 'string', ]);

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

As a bot:

POST/GET to https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline

Parameters:

• method - channels.editAbout
• params - {"channel": InputChannel, "about": "string", }

As a user:

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

Parameters:

channel - Json encoded InputChannel

about - Json encoded string

Or, if you're into Lua:

Bool = channels.editAbout({channel=InputChannel, about='string', })