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Does messages.getMessages method from Telegram API support telegram channels too?

I want to get messages from a particular channel in Telegram using its API. I know that messages.getMessages is for fetching messages in a chat. But can I use this function to do what I mentioned?
In other words, How can I get messages from a Telegram channel?

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    you must use layer 40 (or above) of the api in order to use channels. This layer has an specific method to fetch messages from channels

    channels.getMessages#93d7b347 channel:InputChannel id:Vector = messages.Messages;

    I haven’t tested old messages.getMessages method, but I guess it won’t work for channels.

    Hope this helps.

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    To work around the channels you should use channel methods. A list of channel methods are available here : https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/master/Telegram/SourceFiles/mtproto/scheme.tl

    channels.getDialogs#a9d3d249 offset:int limit:int = messages.Dialogs;
channels.getImportantHistory#ddb929cb channel:InputChannel offset_id:int add_offset:int limit:int max_id:int min_id:int = messages.Messages;
channels.readHistory#cc104937 channel:InputChannel max_id:int = Bool;
channels.deleteMessages#84c1fd4e channel:InputChannel id:Vector<int> = messages.AffectedMessages;
channels.deleteUserHistory#d10dd71b channel:InputChannel user_id:InputUser = messages.AffectedHistory;
channels.reportSpam#fe087810 channel:InputChannel user_id:InputUser id:Vector<int> = Bool;
channels.getMessages#93d7b347 channel:InputChannel id:Vector<int> = messages.Messages;
channels.getParticipants#24d98f92 channel:InputChannel filter:ChannelParticipantsFilter offset:int limit:int = channels.ChannelParticipants;
channels.getParticipant#546dd7a6 channel:InputChannel user_id:InputUser = channels.ChannelParticipant;
channels.getChannels#a7f6bbb id:Vector<InputChannel> = messages.Chats;
channels.getFullChannel#8736a09 channel:InputChannel = messages.ChatFull;
channels.createChannel#f4893d7f flags:# broadcast:flags.0?true megagroup:flags.1?true title:string about:string = Updates;
channels.editAbout#13e27f1e channel:InputChannel about:string = Bool;
channels.editAdmin#eb7611d0 channel:InputChannel user_id:InputUser role:ChannelParticipantRole = Updates;
channels.editTitle#566decd0 channel:InputChannel title:string = Updates;
channels.editPhoto#f12e57c9 channel:InputChannel photo:InputChatPhoto = Updates;
channels.toggleComments#aaa29e88 channel:InputChannel enabled:Bool = Updates;
channels.checkUsername#10e6bd2c channel:InputChannel username:string = Bool;
channels.updateUsername#3514b3de channel:InputChannel username:string = Bool;
channels.joinChannel#24b524c5 channel:InputChannel = Updates;
channels.leaveChannel#f836aa95 channel:InputChannel = Updates;
channels.inviteToChannel#199f3a6c channel:InputChannel users:Vector<InputUser> = Updates;
channels.kickFromChannel#a672de14 channel:InputChannel user_id:InputUser kicked:Bool = Updates;
channels.exportInvite#c7560885 channel:InputChannel = ExportedChatInvite;
channels.deleteChannel#c0111fe3 channel:InputChannel = Updates;
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