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# Publish To Channel • AI Agent SDK

> publish_to_channel: Publish an event to all subscribers of a channel.

# publish\_to\_channel

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> This is a method of the [**PushChannelProtocol**](../classes/PushChannelProtocol) class in the [**protocols**](../modules/protocols) module.

Publish an event to all subscribers of a channel.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
async def publish_to_channel(channel_name: str, event: GatewayEvent, exclude: Optional[List[str]]) -> int
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="channel_name" type="str" required={true}>
  Target channel
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="event" type="GatewayEvent" required={true}>
  The event to deliver
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="exclude" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Optional client IDs to skip
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="int">
  Number of clients the event was sent to
</ResponseField>

## Source

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