MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v104/methods/channels_editAdmin.md

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Method: channels.editAdmin

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Edit admin permissions of a user in a channel/supergroup

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
channel	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel	The channel	Optional
user_id	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputUser	The user	Optional
admin_rights	ChatAdminRights	Admin rights	Yes
rank	string	Admin rank, an arbitrary string	Yes

Return type: Updates

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();

$Updates = $MadelineProto->channels->editAdmin(['channel' => InputChannel, 'user_id' => InputUser, 'admin_rights' => ChatAdminRights, 'rank' => 'string', ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

Updates = channels.editAdmin({channel=InputChannel, user_id=InputUser, admin_rights=ChatAdminRights, rank='string', })

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
ADMINS_TOO_MUCH	There are too many admins
BOT_CHANNELS_NA	Bots can't edit admin privileges
CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this
USER_CREATOR	You can't leave this channel, because you're its creator
USER_ID_INVALID	The provided user ID is invalid
USER_NOT_MUTUAL_CONTACT	The provided user is not a mutual contact
CHAT_ADMIN_INVITE_REQUIRED	You do not have the rights to do this
RIGHT_FORBIDDEN	Your admin rights do not allow you to do this
USER_PRIVACY_RESTRICTED	The user's privacy settings do not allow you to do this