Telegram Bot API

Use this method to restrict a user in a supergroup. The bot must be an administrator in the supergroup for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights. Pass True for all permissions to lift restrictions from a user. Returns True on success.

post/restrictChatMember

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.telegram.org/bot<bot_token>
  • URL: https://api.telegram.org/bot<bot_token>/restrictChatMember
  • Auth: none declared

Request body

user_idinteger required

Unique identifier of the target user

use_independent_chat_permissionsboolean

Pass True if chat permissions are set independently. Otherwise, the can_send_other_messages and can_add_web_page_previews permissions will imply the can_send_messages, can_send_audios, can_send_documents, can_send_photos, can_send_videos, can_send_video_notes, and can_send_voice_notes permissions; the can_send_polls permission will imply the can_send_messages permission.

until_dateinteger

Date when restrictions will be lifted for the user; Unix time. If user is restricted for more than 366 days or less than 30 seconds from the current time, they are considered to be restricted forever.

Response

Telegram API response

oktrue required
resulttrue required

Changes

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