GramJS

⚠️ This project is archived and no longer maintained. Development continues in teleproto, an actively maintained fork. It's largely compatible with GramJS for most projects, migration means little more than swapping the package:
npm install teleproto
See the migration guide for details.

channels.GetParticipant

Get info about a channel/supergroup participant

Example

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

const session = new StringSession(""); // You should put your string session here
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
  await client.connect(); // This assumes you have already authenticated with .start()

  const result = await client.invoke(
    new Api.channels.GetParticipant({
      channel: "username",
      participant: "username",
    })
  );
  console.log(result); // prints the result
})();
import { Api, TelegramClient } from "telegram";
import { StringSession } from "telegram/sessions";

const session = new StringSession(""); // You should put your string session here
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
  await client.connect(); // This assumes you have already authenticated with .start()

  const result: Api.channels.ChannelParticipant = await client.invoke(
    new Api.channels.GetParticipant({
      channel: "username",
      participant: "username",
    })
  );
  console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
channelInputChannelChannel/supergroup
participantInputPeerParticipant to get info about

Result

channels.ChannelParticipant

Possible errors

CodeTypeDescription
400CHANNEL_INVALIDThe provided channel is invalid.
400CHANNEL_PRIVATEYou haven't joined this channel/supergroup.
400CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIREDYou must be an admin in this chat to do this.
400MSG_ID_INVALIDInvalid message ID provided.
400PARTICIPANT_ID_INVALIDThe specified participant ID is invalid.
400USER_ID_INVALIDThe provided user ID is invalid.
400USER_NOT_PARTICIPANTYou're not a member of this supergroup/channel.

Can bots use this method?

Yes

Channels, supergroups, gigagroups and basic groups

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