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⚠️ This project is archived and no longer maintained.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.

users.GetFullUser

Returns extended user info by ID.

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.users.GetFullUser({
      id: "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.users.UserFull = await client.invoke(
    new Api.users.GetFullUser({
      id: "username",
    })
  );
  console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
idInputUserUser ID

Result

Returns a UserFull object containing user info.

Possible errors

CodeTypeDescription
400CHANNEL_PRIVATEYou haven't joined this channel/supergroup.
400MSG_ID_INVALIDInvalid message ID provided.
400USER_ID_INVALIDThe provided user ID is invalid.

Can bots use this method?

Yes