channels.createForumTopic

Create a forum topic; requires manage_topics rights.

updatesTooLong#e317af7e = Updates;
updateShortMessage#313bc7f8 flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int user_id:long message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?long reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> ttl_period:flags.25?int = Updates;
updateShortChatMessage#4d6deea5 flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int from_id:long chat_id:long message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?long 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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channels.createForumTopic#f40c0224 flags:# channel:InputChannel title:string icon_color:flags.0?int icon_emoji_id:flags.3?long random_id:long send_as:flags.2?InputPeer = Updates;

Parameters

Name Type Description
flags # Flags, see TL conditional fields
channel InputChannel The forum
title string Topic title (maximum UTF-8 length: 128)
icon_color flags.0?int If no custom emoji icon is specified, specifies the color of the fallback topic icon (RGB), one of 0x6FB9F0, 0xFFD67E, 0xCB86DB, 0x8EEE98, 0xFF93B2, or 0xFB6F5F.
icon_emoji_id flags.3?long ID of the custom emoji used as topic icon. Telegram Premium users can use any custom emoji, other users can only use the custom emojis contained in the inputStickerSetEmojiDefaultTopicIcons emoji pack.
random_id long Unique client message ID to prevent duplicate sending of the same event
send_as flags.2?InputPeer Create the topic as the specified peer

Result

Updates

Possible errors

Code Type Description
400 CHANNEL_INVALID The provided channel is invalid.

Bots can use this method

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Custom emojis

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inputStickerSetEmojiDefaultTopicIcons

Default custom emoji stickerset for forum topic icons

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