MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v102/methods/channels.getChannels.md
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title: channels.getChannels
description: Get info about [channels/supergroups](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
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# Method: channels.getChannels
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Get info about [channels/supergroups](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)
### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|id|Array of [Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel](../types/InputChannel.md) | The channel/supergroup MTProto IDs | Yes|
### Return type: [messages\_Chats](../types/messages_Chats.md)
### Can bots use this method: **YES**
### 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();
$messages_Chats = $MadelineProto->channels->getChannels(['id' => [InputChannel, InputChannel], ]);
```
Or, if you're into Lua:
```lua
messages_Chats = channels.getChannels({id={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|