MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v38/methods/contacts_search.md

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contacts.search	contacts.search parameters, return type and example

Method: contacts.search

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Parameters:

Name	Type	Required
q	string	Yes
limit	int	Yes

Return type: contacts_Found

Can bots use this method: NO

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
QUERY_TOO_SHORT	The query string is too short
SEARCH_QUERY_EMPTY	The search query is empty
Timeout	A timeout occurred while fetching data from the bot

Example:

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
$MadelineProto->session = 'mySession.madeline';
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
    $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
    $code = readline('Enter the code you received: '); // Or do this in two separate steps in an HTTP API
    $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}

$contacts_Found = $MadelineProto->contacts->search(['q' => 'string', 'limit' => int, ]);

Or, if you're using the PWRTelegram HTTP API:

As a user:

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

Parameters:

q - Json encoded string

limit - Json encoded int

Or, if you're into Lua:

contacts_Found = contacts.search({q='string', limit=int, })