# getChannelInformation

## Returns

A Channel object matching the given channel ID.

## Parameters

| Name      | Type   |
| --------- | ------ |
| channelId | String |

## Usage Example

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```java
HolodexClient holodexClient = new HolodexClient("HOLODEX_API_KEY");

ObjectMapper objectMapper = JsonMapper.builder()
                .addModule(new JavaTimeModule())
                .build();

Channel channel = holodexClient.getChannelInformation("UC5CwaMl1eIgY8h02uZw7u8A");

System.out.println(objectMapper
    .writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter()
    .writeValueAsString(channel));
```

{% endcode %}

## Result Example

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```
{
  "id" : "UC5CwaMl1eIgY8h02uZw7u8A",
  "name" : "Suisei Channel",
  "english_name" : "Hoshimachi Suisei",
  "type" : "vtuber",
  "photo" : "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AGIKgqPUZZxHa5ICd-CZd6g5zBfvrJIo2fFB26JJozKuqw=s800-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj-mo",
  "org" : "Hololive",
  "suborg" : "0x0th Generation",
  "banner" : "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/_FhQJOY3t5UVdPZp087Wf6qvlr9D9zorMYop3FuaujPAdGfGjwwivk11VgzM7P6_HbdhkXMtiSs",
  "twitter" : "suisei_hosimati",
  "video_count" : "651",
  "subscriber_count" : "1860000",
  "comments_crawled_at" : "2023-05-07T05:57:55.753Z",
  "view_count" : "524664795",
  "clip_count" : "11600",
  "top_topics" : [ "singing", "talk", "minecraft" ],
  "published_at" : "2018-03-18T08:32:39.000Z",
  "inactive" : false,
  "description" : "アイドルVtuberの星街すいせいです！\n歌とお絵かきとアニメが大好きな１８歳です☄☄\n\n目指すはバーチャルライブ！！\nぜったい叶えるから応援よろしくね✯\n\n▼配信情報etcはTwitterにてチェック！▼\nhttps://twitter.com/suisei_hosimati",
  "updated_at" : "2023-05-07T11:30:16.158Z",
  "yt_uploads_id" : "UU5CwaMl1eIgY8h02uZw7u8A",
  "crawled_at" : "2023-05-07T11:09:14.010Z",
  "created_at" : "2021-04-23T07:21:00.045Z",
  "yt_handle" : [ "@hoshimachisuisei" ],
  "yt_name_history" : [ "Suisei Channel" ],
  "group" : "0th Generation"
}
```

{% endcode %}


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