MTPyroger/pyrogram/client/methods/chats/create_channel.py

# Pyrogram - Telegram MTProto API Client Library for Python
# Copyright (C) 2017-2019 Dan Tès <https://github.com/delivrance>
#
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import pyrogram
from pyrogram.api import functions
from ...ext import BaseClient


class CreateChannel(BaseClient):
    async def create_channel(
        self,
        title: str,
        description: str = ""
    ) -> "pyrogram.Chat":
        """Create a new broadcast channel.

        Parameters:
            title (``str``):
                The channel title.

            description (``str``, *optional*):
                The channel description.

        Returns:
            :obj:`Chat`: On success, a chat object is returned.

        Example:
            .. code-block:: python

                app.create_channel("Channel Title", "Channel Description")
        """
        r = await self.send(
            functions.channels.CreateChannel(
                title=title,
                about=description,
                broadcast=True
            )
        )

        return pyrogram.Chat._parse_chat(self, r.chats[0])