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⚠️ This project is archived and no longer maintained.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.TogglePreHistoryHidden

Hide/unhide message history for new channel/supergroup users

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.TogglePreHistoryHidden({
      channel: "username",
      enabled: false,
    })
  );
  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.Updates = await client.invoke(
    new Api.channels.TogglePreHistoryHidden({
      channel: "username",
      enabled: false,
    })
  );
  console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
channelInputChannelChannel/supergroup
enabledBoolHide/unhide

Result

Updates

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.
400CHAT_ID_INVALIDThe provided chat id is invalid.
400CHAT_LINK_EXISTSThe chat is public, you can't hide the history to new users.
400CHAT_NOT_MODIFIEDThe pinned message wasn't modified.

Can bots use this method?

No