--- title: channel description: channel attributes, type and example --- ## Constructor: channel [Back to constructors index](index.md) ### Attributes: | Name | Type | Required | |----------|:-------------:|---------:| |creator|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |kicked|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |left|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |editor|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |moderator|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |broadcast|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |verified|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |megagroup|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |id|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes| |access\_hash|[long](../types/long.md) | Yes| |title|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes| |username|[string](../types/string.md) | Optional| |photo|[ChatPhoto](../types/ChatPhoto.md) | Yes| |date|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes| |version|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes| ### Type: [Chat](../types/Chat.md) ### Example: ``` $channel = ['_' => 'channel', 'creator' => true, 'kicked' => true, 'left' => true, 'editor' => true, 'moderator' => true, 'broadcast' => true, 'verified' => true, 'megagroup' => true, 'id' => int, 'access_hash' => long, 'title' => string, 'username' => string, 'photo' => ChatPhoto, 'date' => int, 'version' => int, ]; ``` Or, if you're into Lua: ``` channel={_='channel', creator=true, kicked=true, left=true, editor=true, moderator=true, broadcast=true, verified=true, megagroup=true, id=int, access_hash=long, title=string, username=string, photo=ChatPhoto, date=int, version=int, } ```