MadelineProto/docs/get_info.md

---
title: get_info
description: get_info parameters, return type and example
---
## Method: get_info  


### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       |
|----------|---------------|
|id| A username, a bot API chat id, a tg-cli chat id, a [Chat](API_docs/types/Chat.md), a [User](API_docs/types/User.md), an [InputPeer](API_docs/types/InputPeer.md), an [InputUser](API_docs/types/InputUser.md), an [InputChannel](API_docs/types/InputChannel.md), a [Peer](API_docs/types/Peer.md), or a [Chat](API_docs/types/Chat.md) object|

### Return type: [Info](Info.md)

### Example:


```
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
$MadelineProto->start();

$Chat = $MadelineProto->get_info($id);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```
Chat = get_info(id)
```
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			`title: get_info`
			`description: get_info parameters, return type and example`
			`---`
			`## Method: get_info`


			`### Parameters:`

			`\| Name \| Type \|`
AMP fixes 2017-08-20 17:35:23 +02:00			`\|----------\|---------------\|`
Fixes to dialog fetching, participant list fetching, exceptions, documentation, and lotsa other stuff 2017-07-26 18:38:10 +02:00			`\|id\| A username, a bot API chat id, a tg-cli chat id, a [Chat](API_docs/types/Chat.md), a [User](API_docs/types/User.md), an [InputPeer](API_docs/types/InputPeer.md), an [InputUser](API_docs/types/InputUser.md), an [InputChannel](API_docs/types/InputChannel.md), a [Peer](API_docs/types/Peer.md), or a [Chat](API_docs/types/Chat.md) object\|`

			`### Return type: [Info](Info.md)`

			`### Example:`


			```
			`$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();`
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			`$Chat = $MadelineProto->get_info($id);`
			```

			`Or, if you're into Lua:`

			```
			`Chat = get_info(id)`
			```