MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v40/methods/messages_getChats.md

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Method: messages.getChats

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Get info about chats

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
id	Array of InputChat	The MTProto IDs of chats to fetch info about	Yes

Return type: messages_Chats

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();

$messages_Chats = $MadelineProto->messages->getChats(['id' => [InputChat, InputChat], ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

messages_Chats = messages.getChats({id={InputChat}, })

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
CHAT_ID_INVALID	The provided chat id is invalid
PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid