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title: searchPublicChat
description: Searches public chat by its username. Currently only private and channel chats can be public. Returns chat if found, otherwise some error is returned
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## Method: searchPublicChat
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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO
Searches public chat by its username. Currently only private and channel chats can be public. Returns chat if found, otherwise some error is returned
### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|---------------|----------|-------------|
|username|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|Username to be resolved|
### Return type: [Chat](../types/Chat.md)