How to get the right telegram channel id?

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If I get user_id, by contacts.resolveUsername#bf0131c and search by string channel, then I get user_id = 0x0827ac18

If send it to messages.getFullChat#3b831c66, then receive error PEER_ID_INVALID.

If send if to users.getFullUser#ca30a5b1, then I get error USER_ID_INVALID.

If I search string channel using contacts.search#11f812d8, then I get two user with username ChannelBot and Channel_Bot, but not get with user or channel name channel.

How get channel id for using in messages.getFullChat#3b831c66?
How get chat_id by name?

what library are you using to work with telegram API? – Charles Okwuagwu Mar 22 '16 at 09:03 — Charles Okwuagwu, Mar 22 '16 at 09:03
https://github.com/sochix/TLSharp – SkyN Mar 22 '16 at 20:22 — SkyN, Mar 22 '16 at 20:22

score 19 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 08 '17 at 20:37

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Just Simply Forward a message from your channel to This Bot: (https://telegram.me/getidsbot)

answered Aug 08 '17 at 20:37

Saeed Heidarizarei

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NOTICE My channel id starts with '-' – M at Sep 07 '17 at 23:15
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This bot is currently down. But there is an alternative. Check my answer bellow: https://stackoverflow.com/a/65946513/6736591 – Nakamoto Jan 28 '21 at 23:10

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 27 '16 at 22:29

How to get the chat_id for a private channel:

Make it public, give it an @ChannelName Send message to this channel through your bot API or cURL

https://api.telegram.org/bot111:222/sendMessage?chat_id=@channelName&text=123

It will return the channel id!

{ "ok" : true, "result" : { "chat" : { "id" : -?????????, "title" : "Test Private Channel", "type" : "channel" }, "date" : X, "message_id" : 7, "text" : "XXXXXX" } }

Now you can convert the channel to private and use the chat_id!

This doesn't use the API, but it works. It also works for public channels, just skip the parts about making it public and then private again. — njha, Mar 27 '16 at 22:29

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 06 '18 at 21:02

The Telegram API Supports this directly. https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#available-methods. Look at method getChat

Convert Your channel to a public channel and create a temporarily memorable name like 'TestChannel123_temp'

Run the following cmdlet (powershell)

PS C:\Users\Me> Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "https://api.telegram.org/botTOKEN_HERE/getChat?chat_id=@publicId"

  ok result
  -- ------
True @{id=-YOUR_CHAT_ID; title=YOUR_CHAT_TITLE; username=YOUR_CHAT_USERNAME; type=supergroup; photo=}


PS C:\Users\Me>

Convert group back to private.
Send messages via know chat Id.

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 28 '21 at 23:09

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You can simply forward a message to @JsonDumpBot.

The bot dumps a complete json of all request that he receives.

NOTE: I'm not affiliate and it's not my bot.

answered Jan 28 '21 at 23:09

Nakamoto

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How to get the right telegram channel id?

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