MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v42/methods/channels.exportInvite.md

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Method: channels.exportInvite

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Export the invite link of a channel

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
channel	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel	The channel	Optional

Return type: ExportedChatInvite

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();

$ExportedChatInvite = $MadelineProto->channels->exportInvite(['channel' => InputChannel, ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

ExportedChatInvite = channels.exportInvite({channel=InputChannel, })

Errors

Code	Type	Description
400	CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
400	CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this
400	INVITE_HASH_EXPIRED	The invite link has expired