# ForumTopic

> This object represents a forum topic

**Category:** Telegram Bot API — Types (A-Z)  
**URL:** https://docs.botlify.cloud/forumtopic  
**Platform:** Botlify Cloud (https://botlify.cloud)  

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This object represents a forum topic.

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| message_thread_id | Integer | Always | Unique identifier of the forum topic |
| name | String | Always | Name of the topic |
| icon_color | Integer | Always | Color of the topic icon in RGB format |
| icon_custom_emoji_id | String | Optional | Unique identifier of the custom emoji shown as the topic icon |
| is_name_implicit | True | Optional | True, if the name of the topic wasn't specified explicitly by its creator and likely needs to be changed by the bot |

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