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Method: channels.updateUsername

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Change the username of a supergroup/channel

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
channel	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel	Channel	Optional
username	string	New username	Yes

Return type: Bool

Can bots use this method: NO

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->channels->updateUsername(['channel' => InputChannel, 'username' => 'string', ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

Bool = channels.updateUsername({channel=InputChannel, username='string', })

Errors

Code	Type	Description
400	CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
400	CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
400	CHANNELS_ADMIN_PUBLIC_TOO_MUCH	You're admin of too many public channels, make some channels private to change the username of this channel
400	CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this
400	USERNAME_INVALID	The provided username is not valid
400	USERNAME_NOT_MODIFIED	The username was not modified
400	USERNAME_OCCUPIED	The provided username is already occupied
406	AUTH_KEY_DUPLICATED	An auth key with the same ID was already generated
403	CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN	You can't write in this chat