telegram.error.BadRequest: Can't invite members to a private chat

[p17m0]

Hello everyone!
I have a problem with my private group.
I added my bot to a group and gave him all rights.
Also i copied ChatMemberBotExample and create Handler for making chat invite link and it doesn't work
Problem: telegram.error.BadRequest: Can't invite members to a private chat

[Bibo-Joshi]

Double check that id_group is the correct chat id of a group chat or channel. it must be a negative integer.

[p17m0]

However /show_chats doesn't show this chat if i reload my bot

[Bibo-Joshi]

id is correct and bot have all acces in the group as admin

please don't use clients to get the chat id, but rather read it from the Updates that your bot gets. If your group is a supergroup, the id will start with a -100. clients tend to don't show that -100.

However /show_chats doesn't show this chat if i reload my bot

Because the chatmemberbot example doesn't use persistence, i.e. the in-memory data is lost upon restart

[p17m0]

Thank you!

[jashjasani]

@Bibo-Joshi Is there a way i can add a user to telegram chat directly ?

[Bibo-Joshi]

Bots can't add new members to chats, no.