channels.getMessages

Get channel/supergroup messages

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.getMessages({
        channel: new Api.InputChannel({...}),
        id: [new Api.InputMessage({...})],
        }));
    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.messages.Messages = await client.invoke(new Api.channels.getMessages({
        channel: new Api.InputChannel({...}),
        id: [new Api.InputMessage({...})],
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TL schema

messages.messages#8c718e87 messages:Vector<Message> chats:Vector<Chat> users:Vector<User> = messages.Messages;
messages.messagesSlice#3a54685e flags:# inexact:flags.1?true count:int next_rate:flags.0?int offset_id_offset:flags.2?int messages:Vector<Message> chats:Vector<Chat> users:Vector<User> = messages.Messages;
messages.channelMessages#64479808 flags:# inexact:flags.1?true pts:int count:int offset_id_offset:flags.2?int messages:Vector<Message> chats:Vector<Chat> users:Vector<User> = messages.Messages;
messages.messagesNotModified#74535f21 count:int = messages.Messages;
---functions---
channels.getMessages#ad8c9a23 channel:InputChannel id:Vector<InputMessage> = messages.Messages;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
channel	InputChannel	Channel/supergroup
id	Vector < InputMessage >	IDs of messages to get

Result

messages.Messages

Possible errors

Code	Type	Description
400	CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
400	CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
400	MESSAGE_IDS_EMPTY	No message ids were provided
400	MSG_ID_INVALID	Invalid message ID provided

Can bots use this methd ?

yes

Related pages

Channels

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