# Fetch channel

**GET /v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Channels/{Sid}**


Channels represent chat rooms

## Servers
- https://chat.twilio.com: https://chat.twilio.com ()


## Authentication methods
- Account sid auth token


## Parameters

### Path parameters
- **ServiceSid** (string)
  The SID of the [Service](https://www.twilio.com/docs/chat/rest/service-resource) to fetch the Channel resource from.
- **Sid** (string)
  The SID of the Channel resource to fetch. This value can be either the `sid` or the `unique_name` of the Channel resource to fetch.



## Responses
### 200
OK
#### Headers
- **Access-Control-Allow-Origin** (string)
  Specify the origin(s) allowed to access the resource
- **Access-Control-Allow-Methods** (string)
  Specify the HTTP methods allowed when accessing the resource
- **Access-Control-Allow-Headers** (string)
  Specify the headers allowed when accessing the resource
- **Access-Control-Allow-Credentials** (boolean)
  Indicates whether the browser should include credentials
- **Access-Control-Expose-Headers** (string)
  Headers exposed to the client

#### Body: application/json (object)
- **sid** (string | null)
  The unique string that we created to identify the Channel resource.
- **account_sid** (string | null)
  The SID of the [Account](https://www.twilio.com/docs/iam/api/account) that created the Channel resource.
- **service_sid** (string | null)
  The SID of the [Service](https://www.twilio.com/docs/chat/rest/service-resource) the Channel resource is associated with.
- **friendly_name** (string | null)
  The string that you assigned to describe the resource.
- **unique_name** (string | null)
  An application-defined string that uniquely identifies the resource. It can be used to address the resource in place of the resource's `sid` in the URL.
- **attributes** (string | null)
  The JSON string that stores application-specific data. If attributes have not been set, `{}` is returned.
- **type** (string)
  The visibility of the channel. Can be: `public` or `private`.
- **date_created** (string(date-time) | null)
  The date and time in GMT when the resource was created specified in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format.
- **date_updated** (string(date-time) | null)
  The date and time in GMT when the resource was last updated specified in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format.
- **created_by** (string | null)
  The `identity` of the User that created the channel. If the Channel was created by using the API, the value is `system`.
- **members_count** (integer)
  The number of Members in the Channel.
- **messages_count** (integer)
  The number of Messages that have been passed in the Channel.
- **url** (string(uri) | null)
  The absolute URL of the Channel resource.
- **links** (object(uri-map) | null)
  The absolute URLs of the [Members](https://www.twilio.com/docs/chat/rest/member-resource), [Messages](https://www.twilio.com/docs/chat/rest/message-resource), [Invites](https://www.twilio.com/docs/chat/rest/invite-resource), Webhooks and, if it exists, the last [Message](https://www.twilio.com/docs/chat/rest/message-resource) for the Channel.


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