messages.editChatAbout

Edit the description of a group/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.messages.editChatAbout({
        peer: new Api.InputPeer({...}),
        about: '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.Bool = await client.invoke(new Api.messages.editChatAbout({
        peer: new Api.InputPeer({...}),
        about: 'random string here',
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TL schema

boolFalse#bc799737 = Bool;
boolTrue#997275b5 = Bool;
---functions---
messages.editChatAbout#def60797 peer:InputPeer about:string = Bool;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
peer	InputPeer	The group/supergroup/channel.
about	string	The new description

Result

Bool

Possible errors

Code	Type	Description
400	CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
400	CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
400	CHAT_ABOUT_NOT_MODIFIED	About text has not changed
400	CHAT_ABOUT_TOO_LONG	Chat about too long
400	CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this
400	CHAT_NOT_MODIFIED	The pinned message wasn't modified
403	CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN	You can't write in this chat
400	PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid

Can bots use this methd ?

yes

Related pages

Channels

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