searchPublicChat

Searches public chat by its username.

searchPublicChat(username)

Currently only private and channel chats can be public.
Returns chat if found, otherwise some error is returned.

Option	Description
username	Username to be resolved.

Example

• Search for @pegelinux public chat.

  searchPublicChat("pegelinux")

  Response:

  {
    ID = "Chat",
    draft_message_ = false,
    id_ = "-1001006631380",
    last_read_inbox_message_id_ = 0,
    last_read_outbox_message_id_ = "2251799812636672",
    notification_settings_ = {
      ID = "NotificationSettings",
      mute_for_ = 0,
      show_preview_ = true,
      sound_ = "default"
    },
    order_ = 0,
    photo_ = {
      ID = "ChatPhoto",
      big_ = {
        ID = "File",
        id_ = 1197,
        path_ = false,
        persistent_id_ = "AQADBQATsqSzMgAE7eZdl_eysrucuAACAg",
        size_ = 0
      },
      small_ = {
        ID = "File",
        id_ = 1196,
        path_ = false,
        persistent_id_ = "AQADBQATsqSzMgAENU-VoIkTIjqauAACAg",
        size_ = 0
      }
    },
    reply_markup_message_id_ = 0,
    title_ = "kabayankababayan",
    top_message_ = {
      ID = "Message",
      can_be_deleted_ = false,
      can_be_edited_ = false,
      chat_id_ = "-1001006631380",
      content_ = {
        ID = "MessageText",
        entities_ = {
          [0] = {
            ID = "MessageEntityUrl",
            length_ = 25,
            offset_ = 0
          }
        },
        text_ = "https://t.me/botresources",
        web_page_ = {
          ID = "WebPage",
          animation_ = false,
          audio_ = false,
          author_ = false,
          description_ = "The catalogue for everythings about Telegram bot",
          display_url_ = "t.me/botresources",
          document_ = false,
          duration_ = 0,
          embed_height_ = 0,
          embed_type_ = false,
          embed_url_ = false,
          embed_width_ = 0,
          photo_ = {
            ID = "Photo",
            has_stickers_ = false,
            id_ = "1594437868144666543",
            sizes_ = {
              {
                ID = "PhotoSize",
                height_ = 320,
                photo_ = {
                  ID = "File",
                  id_ = 1199,
                  path_ = false,
                  persistent_id_ = "AgADBQADr6cxG8uUIBZEAbJkW429JmNEyjIABKG05BiKJEPDigABAwABAg",
                  size_ = 17356
                },
                type_ = "b",
                width_ = 320
              },
              {
                ID = "PhotoSize",
                height_ = 640,
                photo_ = {
                  ID = "File",
                  id_ = 1200,
                  path_ = false,
                  persistent_id_ = "AgADBQADr6cxG8uUIBZEAbJkW429JmNEyjIABM29ENhhSd5ZiwABAwABAg",
                  size_ = 42934
                },
                type_ = "c",
                width_ = 640
              },
              [0] = {
                ID = "PhotoSize",
                height_ = 160,
                photo_ = {
                  ID = "File",
                  id_ = 1198,
                  path_ = false,
                  persistent_id_ = "AgADBQADr6cxG8uUIBZEAbJkW429JmNEyjIABAmv0DHWNv6viQABAwABAg",
                  size_ = 7613
                },
                type_ = "a",
                width_ = 160
              }
            }
          },
          site_name_ = "Telegram",
          sticker_ = false,
          title_ = "Telegram Bot Resources",
          type_ = "article",
          url_ = "https://t.me/botresources",
          video_ = false,
          voice_ = false
        }
      },
      date_ = 1497086263,
      edit_date_ = 0,
      forward_info_ = false,
      id_ = 147849216,
      is_post_ = true,
      reply_markup_ = false,
      reply_to_message_id_ = 0,
      send_state_ = {
        ID = "MessageIsIncoming"
      },
      sender_user_id_ = 0,
      ttl_ = 0,
      ttl_expires_in_ = 0,
      via_bot_user_id_ = 0,
      views_ = 95
    },
    type_ = {
      ID = "ChannelChatInfo",
      channel_ = {
        ID = "Channel",
        anyone_can_invite_ = false,
        date_ = 1497538069,
        id_ = 1006631380,
        is_supergroup_ = false,
        is_verified_ = false,
        restriction_reason_ = false,
        sign_messages_ = false,
        status_ = {
          ID = "ChatMemberStatusLeft"
        },
        username_ = "pegelinux"
      }
    },
    unread_count_ = 0
  }