Getting a ChatIdInvalidError

[jerung3000]

Hi aahnik.

When I run yor tgcf it can forward message to group with 2 or 3 people in side.. But when I forward message to the channel that are more than 10 people..I get below error message.

telethon.errors.rpcerrorlist.ChatIdInvalidError: Invalid object ID for a chat. Make sure to pass the right types, for instance making sure that the request is designed for chats (not channels/megagroups) or otherwise look for a different one more suited\nAn example working with a megagroup and AddChatUserRequest, it will fail because megagroups are channels. Use InviteToChannelRequest instead (caused by SendMediaRequest)

How to set channel or megagroups into chat or how to enable message forward into channel?

[aahnik]

Hi @jerung3000,

tgcf can forward messages from any channel/group/chat to any channel/group/chat.

But when I forward message to the channel that are more than 10 people..I get below error message.

Your reasoning of "more than 10 people" is completely wrong. That is not a reason for any error.

• I think you are doing something in the wrong way!
• Have you set the correct chat ids in the configuration?
• Does the channel/group exist? Have you access to the channel/group ?
• I think you have used a wrong chat id. You may directly use the username of the channel or group. But if it is a private one, then using the chat id is recommended. You can get proper chat ids from userinfobot
  Please give more details. Show me your tgcf.config.yml, and also some screenshots of the channel or group that you are talking about.

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[jerung3000]

hi aahnik,

Thank for quick response,

I already put the correct ID from the private group, and it works..As you told me there were something wrong with my ID 👍

I found the way to get the channel ID with so simple 👍

1-Go to https://web.telegram.org
2-Click on your channel
3-Look at the URL and find the part that looks like c12112121212_17878787878787878
4-Remove the underscore and after c12112121212
5-Remove the prefixed letter 12112121212
6-Prefix with a -100 so -10012112121212
7-That's your channel id.

Anyways, thanks aahnik.

[aahnik]

I recommend using the desktop app for telegram (available for Windows/Mac/Linux) or the Mobile app (Android/iOs)

The web app method you said may not be fully reliable in future.

So use userinfobot https://telegram.me/userinfobot to know chat ids.

tgcf now supports using usernames/links/phone numbers in the configuration file.

Using chat id is no longer mandatory.