# `ExGram.Model.MessageOriginChat`
[🔗](https://github.com/rockneurotiko/ex_gram/blob/0.64.0/lib/ex_gram.ex#L3744)

The message was originally sent on behalf of a chat to a group chat.

Check the [documentation of this model on Telegram Bot API](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#messageoriginchat)

- `type`: Type of the message origin, always "chat”
- `date`: Date the message was sent originally in Unix time
- `sender_chat`: Chat that sent the message originally
- `author_signature (optional)`: Optional. For messages originally sent by an anonymous chat administrator, original message author signature

# `t`

```elixir
@type t() :: %ExGram.Model.MessageOriginChat{
  author_signature: String.t() | nil,
  date: integer(),
  sender_chat: ExGram.Model.Chat.t(),
  type: String.t()
}
```

# `decode_as`

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*