MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v66/methods/channels.getFullChannel.md

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Method: channels.getFullChannel

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You cannot use this method directly, use the getPwrChat, getInfo, getFullInfo methods instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
channel	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel	You cannot use this method directly, use the getPwrChat, getInfo, getFullInfo methods instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info)	Optional

Return type: messages.ChatFull

Can bots use this method: YES

MadelineProto Example (now async for huge speed and parallelism!):

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.ChatFull = $MadelineProto->channels->getFullChannel(['channel' => InputChannel, ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

messages.ChatFull = channels.getFullChannel({channel=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
403	CHANNEL_PUBLIC_GROUP_NA	channel/supergroup not available
-503	Timeout	Timeout while fetching data