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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Check if a user is member of channel","articleBody":"Hi guys!,\r\nHow to achieve this?\r\n- I have added a bot as an admin to a public channel.\r\n- I have tried this:\r\n```py\r\n@bot.command(\"channelstatus\")\r\ndef channelstatus_command(chat, message, args):\r\n    \"\"\"shows the channel status of a user - joined or not\"\"\"\r\n    status = chat.status_of(message.sender.username)\r\n    chat.send(\"*%s*\" % status)\r\n```\r\n\r\nIt is showing this error:\r\n```console\r\nFile \"app/bot.py\", line 491, in channelstatus_command\r\n    status = chat.status_of(message.sender.username)\r\n  File \"/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/botogram/objects/chats.py\", line 213, in status_of\r\n    raise TypeError(\"Not available in private chats or channels\")\r\nTypeError: Not available in private chats or channels\r\n```\r\n\r\nCan anyone please help me with this?","author":{"url":"https://github.com/abhi3700","@type":"Person","name":"abhi3700"},"datePublished":"2019-09-15T11:24:27Z","url":"https://github.com/python-botogram/botogram/issues/145"}