messages.createChat

Creates a new chat.

updatesTooLong#e317af7e = Updates;
updateShortMessage#faeff833 flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int user_id:int message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?int reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> ttl_period:flags.25?int = Updates;
updateShortChatMessage#1157b858 flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int from_id:int chat_id:int message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?int reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> ttl_period:flags.25?int = Updates;
updateShort#78d4dec1 update:Update date:int = Updates;
updatesCombined#725b04c3 updates:Vector<Update> users:Vector<User> chats:Vector<Chat> date:int seq_start:int seq:int = Updates;
updates#74ae4240 updates:Vector<Update> users:Vector<User> chats:Vector<Chat> date:int seq:int = Updates;
updateShortSentMessage#9015e101 flags:# out:flags.1?true id:int pts:int pts_count:int date:int media:flags.9?MessageMedia entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> ttl_period:flags.25?int = Updates;
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messages.createChat#9cb126e users:Vector<InputUser> title:string = Updates;

Parameters

Name Type Description
flags # Flags, see TL conditional fields
users Vector<InputUser> List of user IDs to be invited
title string Chat name
ttl_period flags.0?int Time-to-live of all messages that will be sent in the chat: once message.date+message.ttl_period === time(), the message will be deleted on the server, and must be deleted locally as well. You can use messages.setDefaultHistoryTTL to edit this value later.

Result

messages.InvitedUsers

Possible errors

Code Type Description
500 CHAT_ID_GENERATE_FAILED Failure while generating the chat ID.
400 CHAT_INVALID Invalid chat.
400 CHAT_TITLE_EMPTY No chat title provided.
400 INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED The specified user was deleted.
400 TTL_PERIOD_INVALID The specified TTL period is invalid.
400 USERS_TOO_FEW Not enough users (to create a chat, for example).
406 USER_RESTRICTED You're spamreported, you can't create channels or chats.

Related pages

messages.setDefaultHistoryTTL

Changes the default value of the Time-To-Live setting, applied to all new chats.