MadelineProtoDocs/docs/API_docs/methods/channels.getParticipants.md

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title: "channels.getParticipants"
description: "Get the participants of a [supergroup/channel](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)"
grand_parent: "Telegram RPC API"
parent: "Methods"
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
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# Method: channels.getParticipants
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Get the participants of a [supergroup/channel](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|channel|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel](/API_docs/types/InputChannel.html) | Channel | Optional|
|filter|[ChannelParticipantsFilter](/API_docs/types/ChannelParticipantsFilter.html) | Which participant types to fetch | Yes|
|offset|[int](/API_docs/types/int.html) | [Offset](https://core.telegram.org/api/offsets) | Optional|
|limit|[int](/API_docs/types/int.html) | [Limit](https://core.telegram.org/api/offsets) | Optional|
|hash|Array of [long](/API_docs/types/long.html) | [Hash](https://core.telegram.org/api/offsets) | Optional|


### Return type: [channels.ChannelParticipants](/API_docs/types/channels.ChannelParticipants.html)

### Can bots use this method: **YES**


### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):


```php
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();

$channels_ChannelParticipants = $MadelineProto->channels->getParticipants(channel: $InputChannel, filter: $ChannelParticipantsFilter, offset: $int, limit: $int, hash: [$long, $long], );
```