get_chat()¶

Client.get_chat()¶

Get up to date information about a chat.

Information include current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or channel, etc.

Usable by Users Bots

Parameters:¶

• chat_id (``int`` | ``str``) – Unique identifier (int) or username (str) of the target chat. Unique identifier for the target chat in form of a t.me/joinchat/ link, identifier (int) or username of the target channel/supergroup (in the format @username).

• force_full (``bool``, *optional*) – Defaults to True. Pass False, if do not need to fetch the full variant.

Returns:¶

• :obj:`~pyrogram.types.Chat` (On success, if you’ve already joined the chat, a chat object is returned,)

• otherwise, a chat preview object is returned.

Raises:¶

ValueError – In case the chat invite link points to a chat you haven’t joined yet.:

Example

chat = await app.get_chat("pyrogram")
print(chat)