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title: messages.getMessagesViews
description: Get and increase the view counter of a message sent or forwarded from a [channel](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)
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# Method: messages.getMessagesViews  
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Get and increase the view counter of a message sent or forwarded from a [channel](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|peer|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | Peer where the message was found | Optional|
|id|Array of [int](../types/int.md) | The IDs messages to get | Yes|
|increment|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Whether to mark the message as viewed and increment the view counter | Yes|


### Return type: [Vector\_of\_int](../types/int.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();

$Vector_of_int = $MadelineProto->messages->getMessagesViews(['peer' => InputPeer, 'id' => [int, int], 'increment' => Bool, ]);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
Vector_of_int = messages.getMessagesViews({peer=InputPeer, id={int}, increment=Bool, })
```

### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|CHANNEL_INVALID|The provided channel is invalid|
|400|CHANNEL_PRIVATE|You haven't joined this channel/supergroup|
|400|CHAT_ID_INVALID|The provided chat id is invalid|
|400|MSG_ID_INVALID|Invalid message ID provided|
|400|PEER_ID_INVALID|The provided peer id is invalid|
|406|AUTH_KEY_DUPLICATED|An auth key with the same ID was already generated|
|-503|Timeout|Timeout while fetching data|