MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v18/methods/channels.getChannels.md

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title: channels.getChannels
description: Get info about [channels/supergroups](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)
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# Method: channels.getChannels
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Get info about [channels/supergroups](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|id|Array of [Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel](../types/InputChannel.md) | IDs of channels/supergroups to get info about | Yes|


### Return type: [messages.Chats](../types/messages.Chats.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();

$messages.Chats = $MadelineProto->channels->getChannels(['id' => [InputChannel, InputChannel], ]);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
messages.Chats = channels.getChannels({id={InputChannel}, })
```

### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|CHANNEL_INVALID|The provided channel is invalid|
|400|CHANNEL_PRIVATE|You haven't joined this channel/supergroup|
|400|MSG_ID_INVALID|Invalid message ID provided|
|406|AUTH_KEY_DUPLICATED|An auth key with the same ID was already generated|
|401|SESSION_PASSWORD_NEEDED|2FA is enabled, use a password to login|
|-503|Timeout|Timeout while fetching data|