MadelineProto/docs/API_docs/methods/channels_getChannels.md

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channels.getChannels	channels.getChannels parameters, return type and example

Method: channels.getChannels

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Parameters:

Name	Type	Required
id	Array of InputChannel	Yes

Return type: messages_Chats

Can bots use this method: YES

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
NEED_CHAT_INVALID	The provided chat is invalid

Example:

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
$MadelineProto->session = 'mySession.madeline';
if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot
    $MadelineProto->bot_login($token);
}
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
    $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
    $code = readline('Enter the code you received: '); // Or do this in two separate steps in an HTTP API
    $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}

$messages_Chats = $MadelineProto->channels->getChannels(['id' => [InputChannel], ]);

Or, if you're using the PWRTelegram HTTP API:

As a bot:

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

Parameters:

• method - channels.getChannels
• params - {"id": [InputChannel], }

As a user:

POST/GET to https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/channels.getChannels

Parameters:

id - Json encoded array of InputChannel

Or, if you're into Lua:

messages_Chats = channels.getChannels({id={InputChannel}, })