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---
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title: contacts.search
description: contacts.search parameters, return type and example
---
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## Method: contacts.search
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### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Required |
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|----------|---------------|----------|
|q|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|
|limit|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|
### Return type: [contacts\_Found](../types/contacts_Found.md)
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### Can bots use this method: **NO**
### Errors this method can return:
| Error | Description |
|----------|---------------|
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|QUERY_TOO_SHORT|The query string is too short|
|SEARCH_QUERY_EMPTY|The search query is empty|
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### Example:
```
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
$sentCode = $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
echo 'Enter the code you received: ';
$code = '';
for ($x = 0; $x < $sentCode['type']['length']; $x++) {
$code .= fgetc(STDIN);
}
$MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}
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$contacts_Found = $MadelineProto->contacts->search(['q' => 'string', 'limit' => int, ]);
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```
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Or, if you're using the [PWRTelegram HTTP API](https://pwrtelegram.xyz):
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### As a user:
POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/contacts.search`
Parameters:
q - Json encoded string
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limit - Json encoded int
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Or, if you're into Lua:
```
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contacts_Found = contacts.search({q='string', limit=int, })
```