createChatInviteLink — Botlify Cloud Docs

Use this method to create an additional invite link for a chat. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights. The link can be revoked using the method revokeChatInviteLink. Returns the new invite link as ChatInviteLink object.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`chat_id`	Integer or String	Yes	Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target channel in the format `@username`
`name`	String	Optional	Invite link name; 0-32 characters
`expire_date`	Integer	Optional	Point in time (Unix timestamp) when the link will expire
`member_limit`	Integer	Optional	The maximum number of users that can be members of the chat simultaneously after joining the chat via this invite link; 1-99999
`creates_join_request`	Boolean	Optional	True, if users joining the chat via the link need to be approved by chat administrators. If True, member_limit can't be specified.

Example

PHP — Call createChatInviteLink on Botlify Cloud

<?php
// ── Botlify Cloud .env — auto-injected, never hardcode secrets ──
$BOT_TOKEN     = getenv('BOT_TOKEN');     // Telegram bot token from @BotFather
$ADMIN_CHAT_ID = getenv('ADMIN_CHAT_ID'); // Your numeric admin Telegram user ID
$BOT_USERNAME  = getenv('BOT_USERNAME');  // Bot username without @

$resp = bot('createChatInviteLink', [
    'chat_id' => $chatId,
]);

if ($resp['ok'] ?? false) {
    $result = $resp['result']; // handle the response
}

Botlify Cloud Runtime
Credentials are auto-injected in .env — always load them with getenv(): BOT_TOKEN, ADMIN_CHAT_ID, BOT_USERNAME. Main database: database.db (SQLite, WAL mode). Runtime errors: error.log. Quick test: send to $ADMIN_CHAT_ID. Full details: Runtime Reference.