channels.createChannel

Create a supergroup/channel.

Example

Javascript

const {Api, TelegramClient} = require('telegram');
const {StringSession} = require('telegram/sessions');

const session = new StringSession('');
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
    const result = await client.invoke(new Api.channels.createChannel({
        broadcast: true,
        megagroup: true,
        title: 'random string here',
        about: 'random string here',
        geoPoint: new Api.InputGeoPoint({...}),
        address: 'random string here',
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TypeScript

import {Api, TelegramClient} from 'telegram';
import {StringSession} from 'telegram/sessions';

const session = new StringSession('');
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
    const result: Api.Updates = await client.invoke(new Api.channels.createChannel({
        broadcast: true,
        megagroup: true,
        title: 'random string here',
        about: 'random string here',
        geoPoint: new Api.InputGeoPoint({...}),
        address: 'random string here',
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TL schema

updatesTooLong#e317af7e = Updates;
updateShortMessage#2296d2c8 flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int user_id:int message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?int reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> = Updates;
updateShortChatMessage#402d5dbb flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int from_id:int chat_id:int message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?int reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> = Updates;
updateShort#78d4dec1 update:Update date:int = Updates;
updatesCombined#725b04c3 updates:Vector<Update> users:Vector<User> chats:Vector<Chat> date:int seq_start:int seq:int = Updates;
updates#74ae4240 updates:Vector<Update> users:Vector<User> chats:Vector<Chat> date:int seq:int = Updates;
updateShortSentMessage#11f1331c flags:# out:flags.1?true id:int pts:int pts_count:int date:int media:flags.9?MessageMedia entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> = Updates;
---functions---
channels.createChannel#3d5fb10f flags:# broadcast:flags.0?true megagroup:flags.1?true for_import:flags.3?true title:string about:string geo_point:flags.2?InputGeoPoint address:flags.2?string = Updates;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
flags	#	Flags, see TL conditional fields
broadcast	flags.0?true	Whether to create a channel
megagroup	flags.1?true	Whether to create a supergroup
title	string	Channel title
about	string	Channel description
geo_point	flags.2?InputGeoPoint	Geogroup location
address	flags.2?string	Geogroup address

Result

Updates

Possible errors

Code	Type	Description
400	CHANNELS_TOO_MUCH	You have joined too many channels/supergroups
400	CHAT_ABOUT_TOO_LONG	Chat about too long
400	CHAT_TITLE_EMPTY	No chat title provided
403	USER_RESTRICTED	You're spamreported, you can't create channels or chats.

Can bots use this methd ?

yes

Related pages

Channels

How to handle channels, supergroups, groups, and what's the difference between them.