channels.editAdmin

Modify the admin rights of a user in 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.editAdmin({
        channel: new Api.InputChannel({...}),
        userId: new Api.InputUser({...}),
        adminRights: new Api.ChatAdminRights({...}),
        rank: '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.editAdmin({
        channel: new Api.InputChannel({...}),
        userId: new Api.InputUser({...}),
        adminRights: new Api.ChatAdminRights({...}),
        rank: '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.editAdmin#d33c8902 channel:InputChannel user_id:InputUser admin_rights:ChatAdminRights rank:string = Updates;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
channel	InputChannel	The supergroup/channel.
user_id	InputUser	The ID of the user whose admin rights should be modified
admin_rights	ChatAdminRights	The admin rights
rank	string	Indicates the role (rank) of the admin in the group: just an arbitrary string

Result

Updates

Possible errors

Code	Type	Description
400	ADMINS_TOO_MUCH	There are too many admins
400	BOTS_TOO_MUCH	There are too many bots in this chat/channel
400	BOT_CHANNELS_NA	Bots can't edit admin privileges
400	BOT_GROUPS_BLOCKED	This bot can't be added to groups
400	CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
400	CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
403	CHAT_ADMIN_INVITE_REQUIRED	You do not have the rights to do this
400	CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this
403	CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN	You can't write in this chat
406	FRESH_CHANGE_ADMINS_FORBIDDEN	You were just elected admin, you can't add or modify other admins yet
400	INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED	The specified user was deleted
400	PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid
403	RIGHT_FORBIDDEN	Your admin rights do not allow you to do this
400	USERS_TOO_MUCH	The maximum number of users has been exceeded (to create a chat, for example)
400	USER_BLOCKED	User blocked
403	USER_CHANNELS_TOO_MUCH	One of the users you tried to add is already in too many channels/supergroups
400	USER_CREATOR	You can't leave this channel, because you're its creator
400	USER_ID_INVALID	The provided user ID is invalid
400	USER_NOT_MUTUAL_CONTACT	The provided user is not a mutual contact
403	USER_PRIVACY_RESTRICTED	The user's privacy settings do not allow you to do this
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.