forumTopic

Represents a forum topic.

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Parameters

Name Type Description
flags # Flags, see TL conditional fields
my flags.1?true Whether the topic was created by the current user
closed flags.2?true Whether the topic is closed (no messages can be sent to it)
pinned flags.3?true Whether the topic is pinned
short flags.5?true Whether this constructor is a reduced version of the full topic information.
If set, only the my, closed, id, date, title, icon_color, icon_emoji_id and from_id parameters will contain valid information.
Reduced info is usually only returned in topic-related admin log events » and in the messages.channelMessages constructor: if needed, full information can be fetched using channels.getForumTopicsByID.
hidden flags.6?true Whether the topic is hidden (only valid for the "General" topic, id=1)
id int Topic ID
date int Topic creation date
title string Topic title
icon_color 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.0?long ID of the custom emoji used as topic icon.
top_message int ID of the last message that was sent to this topic
read_inbox_max_id int Position up to which all incoming messages are read.
read_outbox_max_id int Position up to which all outgoing messages are read.
unread_count int Number of unread messages
unread_mentions_count int Number of unread mentions
unread_reactions_count int Number of unread reactions to messages you sent
from_id Peer ID of the peer that created the topic
notify_settings PeerNotifySettings Notification settings
draft flags.4?DraftMessage Message draft

Type

ForumTopic

Related pages

Admin log

Both supergroups and channels offer a so-called admin log, a log of recent relevant supergroup and channel actions, like the modification of group/channel settings or information on behalf of an admin, user kicks and bans, and more.

messages.channelMessages

Channel messages

channels.getForumTopicsByID

Get forum topics by their ID

Forums

Telegram allows creating forums with multiple distinct topics.

Custom emojis

Telegram allows including animated and static custom emojis inside of messages.

Mentions

Telegram allows mentioning other users in case of urgent duckling matters, and quickly navigating to those mentions in order to read them as swiftly as possible.

Message drafts

How to handle message drafts