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⚠️ This project is archived and no longer maintained.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.

messages.GetChats

Returns chat basic info on their IDs.

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.messages.GetChats({
      id: [BigInt("-4156887774564")],
    })
  );
  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.messages.Chats = await client.invoke(
    new Api.messages.GetChats({
      id: [BigInt("-4156887774564")],
    })
  );
  console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
idVector<long>List of chat IDs

Result

messages.Chats

Possible errors

CodeTypeDescription
400CHAT_ID_INVALIDThe provided chat id is invalid.
400PEER_ID_INVALIDThe provided peer id is invalid.

Can bots use this method?

Yes