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Constructor: channel

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Channel/supergroup info

Attributes:

Name	Type	Required	Description
id	int	Yes	ID of the channel
access_hash	long	Yes	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)

Type: Chat

Example:

$channel = ['_' => 'channel', 'id' => int, 'access_hash' => long, 'title' => 'string', 'username' => 'string', 'photo' => ChatPhoto, 'date' => int, 'version' => int];

Or, if you're into Lua:

channel={_='channel', id=int, access_hash=long, title='string', username='string', photo=ChatPhoto, date=int, version=int}