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Constructor: channel

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Channel/supergroup info

Attributes:

Name	Type	Required	Description
creator	Bool	Optional	Whether the current user is the creator of this channel
left	Bool	Optional	Whether the current user has left this channel
editor	Bool	Optional
broadcast	Bool	Optional	Is this a channel?
verified	Bool	Optional	Is this channel verified by telegram?
megagroup	Bool	Optional	Is this a supergroup?
restricted	Bool	Optional	Whether viewing/writing in this channel for a reason (see restriction_reason
democracy	Bool	Optional
signatures	Bool	Optional	Whether signatures are enabled (channels)
min	Bool	Optional	See min
id	int	Yes	ID of the channel
access_hash	long	Optional	Access hash
title	string	Yes	Title
username	string	Optional	Username
photo	ChatPhoto	Optional	Profile photo
date	int	Yes	Date when the user joined the supergroup/channel, or if the user isn't a member, its creation date
version	int	Yes	Version of the channel (always 0)
restriction_reason	string	Optional
admin_rights	ChannelAdminRights	Optional
banned_rights	ChannelBannedRights	Optional
participants_count	int	Optional	Participant count

Type: Chat

Example:

$channel = ['_' => 'channel', 'creator' => Bool, 'left' => Bool, 'editor' => Bool, 'broadcast' => Bool, 'verified' => Bool, 'megagroup' => Bool, 'restricted' => Bool, 'democracy' => Bool, 'signatures' => Bool, 'min' => Bool, 'id' => int, 'access_hash' => long, 'title' => 'string', 'username' => 'string', 'photo' => ChatPhoto, 'date' => int, 'version' => int, 'restriction_reason' => 'string', 'admin_rights' => ChannelAdminRights, 'banned_rights' => ChannelBannedRights, 'participants_count' => int];

Or, if you're into Lua:

channel={_='channel', creator=Bool, left=Bool, editor=Bool, broadcast=Bool, verified=Bool, megagroup=Bool, restricted=Bool, democracy=Bool, signatures=Bool, min=Bool, id=int, access_hash=long, title='string', username='string', photo=ChatPhoto, date=int, version=int, restriction_reason='string', admin_rights=ChannelAdminRights, banned_rights=ChannelBannedRights, participants_count=int}