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

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title: "channels.getFullChannel"
description: "You cannot use this method directly, use the getPwrChat, getInfo, getFullInfo methods instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info)"
grand_parent: "Telegram RPC API"
parent: "Methods"
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# Method: channels.getFullChannel
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You cannot use this method directly, use the getPwrChat, getInfo, getFullInfo methods instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info)

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|channel|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel](/API_docs/types/InputChannel.html) | The [channel](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel#channels), [supergroup](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel#supergroups) or [gigagroup](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel#gigagroups) to get info about | Optional|


### Return type: [messages.ChatFull](/API_docs/types/messages.ChatFull.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();

$messages_ChatFull = $MadelineProto->channels->getFullChannel(channel: $InputChannel, );
```