MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/constructors/channel.md

title: channel description: Represents a channel with zero or more subscribers. There two different kinds of channels: supergroups and broadcast channels

Constructor: channel

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Represents a channel with zero or more subscribers. There two different kinds of channels: supergroups and broadcast channels

Attributes:

Name	Type	Required	Description
id	int	Yes	Channel identifier
username	string	Yes	Channel username, empty for private channels
date	int	Yes	Date when current user has joined the channel or date when channel was created, if user is not a member. Unix time
status	ChatMemberStatus	Yes	Status of the current user in the channel
anyone_can_invite	Bool	Yes	True, if any member of the supergroup can invite other members. If the channel is not a supergroup, the field is meaningless
sign_messages	Bool	Yes	True, if messages sent to the channel should content information about the sender. If the channel is a supergroup, the field is meaningless
is_supergroup	Bool	Yes	True, if channel is a supergroup and is not a broadcast
is_verified	Bool	Yes	True, if the channel is verified
restriction_reason	string	Yes	If non-empty, contains the reason, why access to this channel must be restricted. Format of the string is "{type}: {description}".-{type} contains type of the restriction and at least one of the suffixes "-all", "-ios", "-android", "-wp", which describes platforms on which access should be restricted. For example, "terms-ios-android". {description} contains human-readable description of the restriction, which can be showed to the user

Type: Channel

Example:

$channel = ['_' => 'channel', 'id' => int, 'username' => 'string', 'date' => int, 'status' => ChatMemberStatus, 'anyone_can_invite' => Bool, 'sign_messages' => Bool, 'is_supergroup' => Bool, 'is_verified' => Bool, 'restriction_reason' => 'string'];

PWRTelegram json-encoded version:

{"_": "channel", "id": int, "username": "string", "date": int, "status": ChatMemberStatus, "anyone_can_invite": Bool, "sign_messages": Bool, "is_supergroup": Bool, "is_verified": Bool, "restriction_reason": "string"}

Or, if you're into Lua:

channel={_='channel', id=int, username='string', date=int, status=ChatMemberStatus, anyone_can_invite=Bool, sign_messages=Bool, is_supergroup=Bool, is_verified=Bool, restriction_reason='string'}