MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v38/methods/messages.editChatAbout.md

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Method: messages.editChatAbout

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Edit the description of a group/supergroup/channel.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
peer	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer	The group/supergroup/channel.	Optional
about	string	The new description	Yes

Return type: Bool

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();

$Bool = $MadelineProto->messages->editChatAbout(['peer' => InputPeer, 'about' => 'string', ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

Bool = messages.editChatAbout({peer=InputPeer, about='string', })

Errors

Code	Type	Description
400	CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
400	CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
400	CHAT_ABOUT_NOT_MODIFIED	About text has not changed
400	CHAT_ABOUT_TOO_LONG	Chat about too long
400	CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this
400	CHAT_NOT_MODIFIED	The pinned message wasn't modified
400	PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid
403	CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN	You can't write in this chat