MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v53/methods/channels.editPhoto.md

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channels.editPhoto	Change the photo of a [channel/supergroup](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)	https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png

Method: channels.editPhoto

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Change the photo of a channel/supergroup

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
channel	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel	Channel/supergroup whose photo should be edited	Optional
photo	InputChatPhoto	New photo	Optional

Return type: Updates

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();

$Updates = $MadelineProto->channels->editPhoto(['channel' => InputChannel, 'photo' => InputChatPhoto, ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

Updates = channels.editPhoto({channel=InputChannel, photo=InputChatPhoto, })

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	CHAT_NOT_MODIFIED	The pinned message wasn't modified
400	PHOTO_CROP_SIZE_SMALL	Photo is too small
400	PHOTO_EXT_INVALID	The extension of the photo is invalid
400	PHOTO_INVALID	Photo invalid