---
title: messages.search
description: messages.search parameters, return type and example
---
## Method: messages.search  
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### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Required |
|----------|---------------|----------|
|important\_only|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional|
|peer|[InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | Yes|
|q|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|
|filter|[MessagesFilter](../types/MessagesFilter.md) | Yes|
|min\_date|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|
|max\_date|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|
|offset|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|
|max\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|
|limit|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|


### Return type: [messages\_Messages](../types/messages_Messages.md)

### Example:


```
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot
    $MadelineProto->bot_login($token);
}
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);
}

$messages_Messages = $MadelineProto->messages->search(['important_only' => Bool, 'peer' => InputPeer, 'q' => 'string', 'filter' => MessagesFilter, 'min_date' => int, 'max_date' => int, 'offset' => int, 'max_id' => int, 'limit' => int, ]);
```

Or, if you're using the [PWRTelegram HTTP API](https://pwrtelegram.xyz):

### As a bot:

POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline`

Parameters:

* method - messages.search
* params - `{"important_only": Bool, "peer": InputPeer, "q": "string", "filter": MessagesFilter, "min_date": int, "max_date": int, "offset": int, "max_id": int, "limit": int, }`



### As a user:

POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/messages.search`

Parameters:

important_only - Json encoded Bool
peer - Json encoded InputPeer
q - Json encoded string
filter - Json encoded MessagesFilter
min_date - Json encoded int
max_date - Json encoded int
offset - Json encoded int
max_id - Json encoded int
limit - Json encoded int



Or, if you're into Lua:

```
messages_Messages = messages.search({important_only=Bool, peer=InputPeer, q='string', filter=MessagesFilter, min_date=int, max_date=int, offset=int, max_id=int, limit=int, })
```