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id: a96a20f0-d142-4f1e-97f3-548d178cf97e
title: getMembers
slug: /node/reference/chat/client/get-members
description: getMembers method for the Client class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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### getMembers

* **getMembers**(`params`): `Promise<{ members: ChatMemberEntity[] }>`

Returns the list of members in the given channel.

#### Parameters

<ParamField path="params" type="object" required>
  Object containing the parameters of the method.
</ParamField>

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="channel" type="string" required>
    The channel for which to get the list of members.
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise<{ members: ChatMemberEntity[] }>`

A promise that resolves to an object containing the list of members in the given channel.

#### Example

In this example, we fetch all the members in the channel `channel1` and print the
number of members and the list of members to the console.

```js
import { SignalWire } from "@signalwire/realtime-api";

const client = await SignalWire({ project: "ProjectID Here", token: "Token Here" })

const chatClient = client.chat;

const m = await chatClient.getMembers({ channel: "channel1" });

console.log(`There are a total of ${m.members.length} members in channel1.
The list of members are: ${m.members.map(m => m.id).join(", ")}`);
```