---
title: channels.createChannel
description: Create a [supergroup/channel](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel).
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/channels_createChannel.html
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# Method: channels.createChannel
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Create a [supergroup/channel](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel).

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|broadcast|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Whether to create a [channel](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel) | Optional|
|megagroup|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Whether to create a [supergroup](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel) | Optional|
|title|[string](../types/string.md) | Channel title | Yes|
|about|[string](../types/string.md) | Channel description | Yes|


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

### Can bots use this method: **NO**


### 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();

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

Or, if you're into Lua:

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

### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|CHANNELS_TOO_MUCH|You have joined too many channels/supergroups|
|400|CHAT_ABOUT_TOO_LONG|Chat about too long|
|400|CHAT_TITLE_EMPTY|No chat title provided|
|406|AUTH_KEY_DUPLICATED|An auth key with the same ID was already generated|
|406|USER_RESTRICTED|You're spamreported, you can't create channels or chats.|
|403|USER_RESTRICTED|You're spamreported, you can't create channels or chats.|