JoinChannelRequest

Only users can use this request. See code examples.

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channels.joinChannel#24b524c5 channel:InputChannel = Updates

Returns

Updates

This type can be an instance of either:

UpdateShortUpdateShortChatMessage
UpdateShortMessageUpdateShortSentMessage
UpdatesUpdatesCombined
UpdatesTooLong

Parameters

channelInputChannelAnything entity-like will work if the library can find its Input version (e.g., usernames, Peer, User or Channel objects, etc.).

Known RPC errors

This request can cause 4 known errors:

ChannelsTooMuchErrorYou have joined too many channels/supergroups.
ChannelInvalidErrorInvalid channel object. Make sure to pass the right types, for instance making sure that the request is designed for channels or otherwise look for a different one more suited.
ChannelPrivateErrorThe channel specified is private and you lack permission to access it. Another reason may be that you were banned from it.
InviteRequestSentErrorYou have successfully requested to join this chat or channel.

You can import these from telethon.errors.

Example

from telethon.sync import TelegramClient
from telethon import functions, types

with TelegramClient(name, api_id, api_hash) as client:
    result = client(functions.channels.JoinChannelRequest(
        channel='username'
    ))
    print(result.stringify())