messages.addChatUser

Adds a user to a chat and sends a service message on it.

May also return 0-N updates of type updateGroupInvitePrivacyForbidden: it indicates we couldn't add a user to a chat because of their privacy settings; if required, an invite link can be shared with the user, instead.

messages.statedMessage#d07ae726 message:Message chats:Vector<Chat> users:Vector<User> pts:int seq:int = messages.StatedMessage;
messages.statedMessageLink#a9af2881 message:Message chats:Vector<Chat> users:Vector<User> links:Vector<contacts.Link> pts:int seq:int = messages.StatedMessage;
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messages.addChatUser#2ee9ee9e chat_id:int user_id:InputUser fwd_limit:int = messages.StatedMessage;

Parameters

Name Type Description
chat_id long Chat ID
user_id InputUser User ID to be added
fwd_limit int Number of last messages to be forwarded

Result

Updates

Possible errors

Code Type Description
400 BOT_GROUPS_BLOCKED This bot can't be added to groups.
403 CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED You must be an admin in this chat to do this.
400 CHAT_ID_INVALID The provided chat id is invalid.
403 CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN You can't write in this chat.
400 INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED The specified user was deleted.
400 MSG_ID_INVALID Invalid message ID provided.
400 PEER_ID_INVALID The provided peer id is invalid.
400 USERS_TOO_MUCH The maximum number of users has been exceeded (to create a chat, for example).
400 USER_ALREADY_PARTICIPANT The user is already in the group.
400 USER_ID_INVALID The provided user ID is invalid.
400 USER_IS_BLOCKED You were blocked by this user.
403 USER_NOT_MUTUAL_CONTACT The provided user is not a mutual contact.
403 USER_PRIVACY_RESTRICTED The user's privacy settings do not allow you to do this.
400 YOU_BLOCKED_USER You blocked this user.

Related pages

updateGroupInvitePrivacyForbidden

0-N updates of this type may be returned only when invoking messages.addChatUser, channels.inviteToChannel or messages.createChat: it indicates we couldn't add a user to a chat because of their privacy settings; if required, an invite link can be shared with the user, instead.

Invites

Chats and channels may have a public username or a private invite link: private invite links may be further enhanced with per-user join requests.