messages.getMessagesViews

Get and increase the view counter of a message sent or forwarded from a 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.getMessagesViews({
        peer: new Api.InputPeer({...}),
        id: [1147037],
        increment: new Api.Bool({...}),
        }));
    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.Vector<int> = await client.invoke(new Api.messages.getMessagesViews({
        peer: new Api.InputPeer({...}),
        id: [1147037],
        increment: new Api.Bool({...}),
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TL schema

messages.messageViews#b6c4f543 views:Vector<MessageViews> chats:Vector<Chat> users:Vector<User> = messages.MessageViews;
---functions---
messages.getMessagesViews#5784d3e1 peer:InputPeer id:Vector<int> increment:Bool = messages.MessageViews;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
peer	InputPeer	Peer where the message was found
id	Vector < int >	ID of message
increment	Bool	Whether to mark the message as viewed and increment the view counter

Result

Vector[int](https://core.telegram.org/type/int)

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_ID_INVALID	The provided chat id is invalid
400	MSG_ID_INVALID	Invalid message ID provided
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.