--- title: getChannelMembers description: Returns information about channel members or kicked from channel users. Can be used only if channel_full->can_get_members == true --- ## Method: getChannelMembers [Back to methods index](index.md) YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO Returns information about channel members or kicked from channel users. Can be used only if channel_full->can_get_members == true ### Params: | Name | Type | Required | Description | |----------|:-------------:|:--------:|------------:| |channel\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|Identifier of the channel| |filter|[ChannelMembersFilter](../types/ChannelMembersFilter.md) | Yes|Kind of channel users to return, defaults to channelMembersRecent| |offset|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|Number of channel users to skip| |limit|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|Maximum number of users be returned, can't be greater than 200| ### Return type: [ChatMembers](../types/ChatMembers.md) ### Example: ``` $MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API(); if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot $MadelineProto->bot_login($token); } if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user $sentCode = $MadelineProto->phone_login($number); echo 'Enter the code you received: '; $code = ''; for ($x = 0; $x < $sentCode['type']['length']; $x++) { $code .= fgetc(STDIN); } $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code); } $ChatMembers = $MadelineProto->getChannelMembers(['channel_id' => int, 'filter' => ChannelMembersFilter, 'offset' => int, 'limit' => int, ]); ``` Or, if you're using [PWRTelegram](https://pwrtelegram.xyz): ### As a bot: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline` Parameters: * method - getChannelMembers * params - {"channel_id": int, "filter": ChannelMembersFilter, "offset": int, "limit": int, } ``` ### As a user: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/getChannelMembers` Parameters: channel_id - Json encoded int filter - Json encoded ChannelMembersFilter offset - Json encoded int limit - Json encoded int ``` Or, if you're into Lua: ``` ChatMembers = getChannelMembers({channel_id=int, filter=ChannelMembersFilter, offset=int, limit=int, }) ```