botapi

Use this method to get the number of members in a chat

POST /getChatMembersCount

Use this method to get the number of members in a chat. Returns Int on success.

Body Required

  • chat_id integer | string Required

    Any of:
    integer-1 integer string-2 string

    Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target supergroup or channel (in the format @channelusername)

    Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target supergroup or channel (in the format @channelusername)

Responses

  • default
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    • ok boolean Required

      Default value is false.

    • error_code integer Required
    • description string Required
    • parameters object

      Contains information about why a request was unsuccessful.

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      • migrate_to_chat_id integer

        Optional. The group has been migrated to a supergroup with the specified identifier. This number may be greater than 32 bits and some programming languages may have difficulty/silent defects in interpreting it. But it is smaller than 52 bits, so a signed 64 bit integer or double-precision float type are safe for storing this identifier.

      • retry_after integer

        Optional. In case of exceeding flood control, the number of seconds left to wait before the request can be repeated
  • 200
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    • ok boolean Required

      Default value is true.

    • result integer Required
POST /getChatMembersCount 
curl \
 -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot123456:ABC-DEF1234ghIkl-zyx57W2v1u123ew11/getChatMembersCount \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"chat_id":42}'
Request example 
{
  "chat_id": 42
}
Request examples 
{
  "chat_id": 42
}
Response examples (default) 
{
  "ok": false,
  "error_code": 42,
  "description": "string",
  "parameters": {
    "migrate_to_chat_id": 42,
    "retry_after": 42
  }
}
Response examples (default) 
{
  "ok": false,
  "error_code": 42,
  "description": "string",
  "parameters": {
    "migrate_to_chat_id": 42,
    "retry_after": 42
  }
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "ok": true,
  "result": 42
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "ok": true,
  "result": 42
}