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title: channels.getParticipants
description: Get the participants of a channel
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
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# Method: channels.getParticipants
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Get the participants of a channel

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|channel|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel](../types/InputChannel.md) | Channel | Optional|
|filter|[ChannelParticipantsFilter](../types/ChannelParticipantsFilter.md) | Which participant types to fetch | Yes|
|offset|[int](../types/int.md) | [Offset](https://core.telegram.org/api/offsets) | Yes|
|limit|[int](../types/int.md) | [Limit](https://core.telegram.org/api/offsets) | Yes|


### Return type: [channels.ChannelParticipants](../types/channels.ChannelParticipants.md)

### Can bots use this method: **YES**


### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):


```php
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();

$channels.ChannelParticipants = $MadelineProto->channels->getParticipants(['channel' => InputChannel, 'filter' => ChannelParticipantsFilter, 'offset' => int, 'limit' => int, ]);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
channels.ChannelParticipants = channels.getParticipants({channel=InputChannel, filter=ChannelParticipantsFilter, offset=int, limit=int, })
```

### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|CHANNEL_INVALID|The provided channel is invalid|
|400|CHANNEL_PRIVATE|You haven't joined this channel/supergroup|
|400|CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED|You must be an admin in this chat to do this|
|400|INPUT_CONSTRUCTOR_INVALID|The provided constructor is invalid|
|406|AUTH_KEY_DUPLICATED|An auth key with the same ID was already generated|
|-503|Timeout|Timeout while fetching data|


