Constructor: chat

Info about a group.

When updating the local peer database, all fields from the newly received constructor take priority over the old constructor cached locally (including by removing fields that aren’t set in the new constructor).

See here » for an implementation of the logic to use when updating the local user peer database.

Attributes:

Name	Type	Required	Description
creator	Bool	Optional	Whether the current user is the creator of the group
left	Bool	Optional	Whether the current user has left the group
deactivated	Bool	Optional	Whether the group was migrated
call_active	Bool	Optional	Whether a group call is currently active
call_not_empty	Bool	Optional	Whether there’s anyone in the group call
noforwards	Bool	Optional	Whether this group is protected, thus does not allow forwarding messages from it
id	long	Yes	ID of the group, see here » for more info
title	string	Yes	Title
photo	ChatPhoto	Optional	Chat photo
participants_count	int	Yes	Participant count
date	int	Yes	Date of creation of the group
version	int	Yes	Used in basic groups to reorder updates and make sure that all of them were received.
migrated_to	InputChannel	Optional	Means this chat was upgraded to a supergroup
admin_rights	ChatAdminRights	Optional	Admin rights of the user in the group
default_banned_rights	ChatBannedRights	Optional	Default banned rights of all users in the group

Type: Chat

Example:

$chat = ['_' => 'chat', 'creator' => Bool, 'left' => Bool, 'deactivated' => Bool, 'call_active' => Bool, 'call_not_empty' => Bool, 'noforwards' => Bool, 'id' => long, 'title' => 'string', 'photo' => ChatPhoto, 'participants_count' => int, 'date' => int, 'version' => int, 'migrated_to' => InputChannel, 'admin_rights' => ChatAdminRights, 'default_banned_rights' => ChatBannedRights];