searchPublicChat

Searches a public chat by its username.
Currently only private chats, supergroups and channels can be public.
Returns the chat if found; otherwise an error is returned.

searchPublicChat(username, callback, data)

Field	Type	Description
username	string	Username to be resolved.

Example

• Searches channel "@pegelinux".

  searchPublicChat('pegelinux')

  Response:

  {
    ["@type"] = "chat",
    can_be_reported = true,
    client_data = "",
    id = "-1001006631380",
    is_pinned = false,
    last_message = {
      ["@type"] = "message",
      author_signature = "",
      can_be_deleted_for_all_users = true,
      can_be_deleted_only_for_self = false,
      can_be_edited = false,
      can_be_forwarded = true,
      chat_id = "-1001006631380",
      contains_unread_mention = false,
      content = {
        ["@type"] = "messageText",
        text = {
          ["@type"] = "formattedText",
          entities = {
            {
              ["@type"] = "textEntity",
              length = 21,
              offset = 0,
              type = {
                ["@type"] = "textEntityTypeUrl"
              }
            }
          },
          text = "https://pegelinux.id/"
        }
      },
      date = 1530198593,
      edit_date = 0,
      id = 291504128,
      is_channel_post = true,
      is_outgoing = false,
      media_album_id = "0",
      reply_to_message_id = 0,
      sender_user_id = 0,
      ttl = 0,
      ttl_expires_in = 0,
      via_bot_user_id = 0,
      views = 62
    },
    last_read_inbox_message_id = 291504128,
    last_read_outbox_message_id = "2251799812636672",
    notification_settings = {
      ["@type"] = "notificationSettings",
      mute_for = 0,
      show_preview = true,
      sound = "default"
    },
    order = "0",
    photo = {
      ["@type"] = "chatPhoto",
      big = {
        ["@type"] = "file",
        expected_size = 0,
        id = 16,
        ["local"] = {
          ["@type"] = "localFile",
          can_be_deleted = false,
          can_be_downloaded = true,
          downloaded_prefix_size = 0,
          downloaded_size = 0,
          is_downloading_active = false,
          is_downloading_completed = false,
          path = ""
        },
        remote = {
          ["@type"] = "remoteFile",
          id = "AQADBQATsqSzMgAE7eZdl_eysrucuAACAg",
          is_uploading_active = false,
          is_uploading_completed = true,
          uploaded_size = 0
        },
        size = 0
      },
      small = {
        ["@type"] = "file",
        expected_size = 0,
        id = 15,
        ["local"] = {
          ["@type"] = "localFile",
          can_be_deleted = false,
          can_be_downloaded = true,
          downloaded_prefix_size = 0,
          downloaded_size = 0,
          is_downloading_active = false,
          is_downloading_completed = false,
          path = ""
        },
        remote = {
          ["@type"] = "remoteFile",
          id = "AQADBQATsqSzMgAENU-VoIkTIjqauAACAg",
          is_uploading_active = false,
          is_uploading_completed = true,
          uploaded_size = 0
        },
        size = 0
      }
    },
    reply_markup_message_id = 0,
    title = "kabayankababayan",
    type = {
      ["@type"] = "chatTypeSupergroup",
      is_channel = true,
      supergroup_id = 1006631380
    },
    unread_count = 0,
    unread_mention_count = 0
  }