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Constructor: channel

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Channel/supergroup info

Attributes:

Name	Type	Required	Description
creator	Bool	Optional	Whether the current user is the creator of this channel
left	Bool	Optional	Whether the current user has left this channel
broadcast	Bool	Optional	Is this a channel?
verified	Bool	Optional	Is this channel verified by telegram?
megagroup	Bool	Optional	Is this a supergroup?
restricted	Bool	Optional	Whether viewing/writing in this channel for a reason (see restriction_reason
signatures	Bool	Optional	Whether signatures are enabled (channels)
min	Bool	Optional	See min
scam	Bool	Optional	This channel/supergroup is probably a scam
has_link	Bool	Optional	Whether this channel has a private join link
has_geo	Bool	Optional	Whether this chanel has a geoposition
slowmode_enabled	Bool	Optional	Whether slow mode is enabled for groups to prevent flood in chat
id	int	Yes	ID of the channel
access_hash	long	Optional	Access hash
title	string	Yes	Title
username	string	Optional	Username
photo	ChatPhoto	Optional	Profile photo
date	int	Yes	Date when the user joined the supergroup/channel, or if the user isn't a member, its creation date
version	int	Yes	Version of the channel (always 0)
restriction_reason	Array of RestrictionReason	Optional	Contains the reason why access to this channel must be restricted.
admin_rights	ChatAdminRights	Optional	Admin rights of the user in this channel (see rights)
banned_rights	ChatBannedRights	Optional	Banned rights of the user in this channel (see rights)
default_banned_rights	ChatBannedRights	Optional	Default chat rights (see rights)
participants_count	int	Optional	Participant count

Type: Chat

Example:

$channel = ['_' => 'channel', 'creator' => Bool, 'left' => Bool, 'broadcast' => Bool, 'verified' => Bool, 'megagroup' => Bool, 'restricted' => Bool, 'signatures' => Bool, 'min' => Bool, 'scam' => Bool, 'has_link' => Bool, 'has_geo' => Bool, 'slowmode_enabled' => Bool, 'id' => int, 'access_hash' => long, 'title' => 'string', 'username' => 'string', 'photo' => ChatPhoto, 'date' => int, 'version' => int, 'restriction_reason' => [RestrictionReason, RestrictionReason], 'admin_rights' => ChatAdminRights, 'banned_rights' => ChatBannedRights, 'default_banned_rights' => ChatBannedRights, 'participants_count' => int];

Or, if you're into Lua:

channel={_='channel', creator=Bool, left=Bool, broadcast=Bool, verified=Bool, megagroup=Bool, restricted=Bool, signatures=Bool, min=Bool, scam=Bool, has_link=Bool, has_geo=Bool, slowmode_enabled=Bool, id=int, access_hash=long, title='string', username='string', photo=ChatPhoto, date=int, version=int, restriction_reason={RestrictionReason}, admin_rights=ChatAdminRights, banned_rights=ChatBannedRights, default_banned_rights=ChatBannedRights, participants_count=int}