--- title: createGroupChat description: Returns existing chat corresponding to the known group --- ## Method: createGroupChat [Back to methods index](index.md) YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO Returns existing chat corresponding to the known group ### Params: | Name | Type | Required | Description | |----------|:-------------:|:--------:|------------:| |group\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|Group identifier| ### Return type: [Chat](../types/Chat.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); } $Chat = $MadelineProto->createGroupChat(['group_id' => int, ]); ``` Or, if you're using [PWRTelegram](https://pwrtelegram.xyz): ### As a bot: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline` Parameters: * method - createGroupChat * params - {"group_id": int, } ### As a user: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/createGroupChat` Parameters: ``` group_id - Json encoded int ``` Or, if you're into Lua: ``` Chat = createGroupChat({group_id=int, }) ```