MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/methods/searchPublicChat.md

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searchPublicChat	Searches public chat by its username. Currently only private and channel chats can be public. Returns chat if found, otherwise some error is returned

Method: searchPublicChat

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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO

Searches public chat by its username. Currently only private and channel chats can be public. Returns chat if found, otherwise some error is returned

Params:

Name	Type	Required	Description
username	string	Yes	Username to be resolved

Return type: Chat

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->searchPublicChat(['username' => string, ]);

Or, if you're using PWRTelegram:

As a bot:

POST/GET to https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline

Parameters:

• method - searchPublicChat
• params - {"username":"string"}

### As a user:

POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/searchPublicChat`

Parameters:

username - Json encoded string

Or, if you're into Lua:

Chat = searchPublicChat({username=string, })