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

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channels.createForumTopic	Create a [forum topic](https://core.telegram.org/api/forum); requires [`manage_topics` rights](https://core.telegram.org/api/rights).	Telegram RPC API	Methods	https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png	/API_docs/methods/channels_createForumTopic.html

Method: channels.createForumTopic

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Create a forum topic; requires manage_topics rights.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
channel	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel	The forum	Optional
title	string	Topic title (maximum UTF-8 length: 128)	Optional
icon_color	int	If no custom emoji icon is specified, specifies the color of the fallback topic icon (RGB), one of 0x6FB9F0, 0xFFD67E, 0xCB86DB, 0x8EEE98, 0xFF93B2, or 0xFB6F5F.	Optional
icon_emoji_id	long	ID of the custom emoji used as topic icon. Telegram Premium users can use any custom emoji, other users can only use the custom emojis contained in the inputStickerSetEmojiDefaultTopicIcons emoji pack.	Optional
send_as	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer	Create the topic as the specified peer	Optional

Return type: Updates

Can bots use this method: YES

MadelineProto Example (now async for huge speed and parallelism!):

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();

$Updates = $MadelineProto->channels->createForumTopic(channel: $InputChannel, title: 'string', icon_color: $int, icon_emoji_id: $long, send_as: $InputPeer, );