channels.updateColor

Update the accent color and background custom emoji » of a channel.

 Method schema is available as of layer 168. Switch »

Parameters

Name Type Description
flags # Flags, see TL conditional fields
for_profile flags.1?true Whether to change the accent color emoji pattern of the profile page; otherwise, the accent color and emoji pattern of messages will be changed.
Channels can change both message and profile palettes; supergroups can only change the profile palette, of course after reaching the appropriate boost level.
channel InputChannel Channel whose accent color should be changed.
color flags.2?int ID of the accent color palette » to use (not RGB24, see here » for more info); if not set, the default palette is used.
background_emoji_id flags.0?long Custom emoji ID used in the accent color pattern.

Result

Updates

Possible errors

Code Type Description
400 BOOSTS_REQUIRED The specified channel must first be boosted by its users in order to perform this action.
400 CHANNEL_INVALID The provided channel is invalid.

Related pages

Accent colors

Telegram users and channels can change the accent color and background pattern of their profile page and their messages!

Channel and supergroup boosts

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