MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/methods/searchMessages.md
Daniil Gentili 47243915ce docufix
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searchMessages Searches for messages in all chats except secret chats. Returns result in reverse chronological order, i. e. in order of decreasing (date, chat_id, message_id)

Method: searchMessages

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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO

Searches for messages in all chats except secret chats. Returns result in reverse chronological order, i. e. in order of decreasing (date, chat_id, message_id)

Params:

Name Type Required Description
query string Yes Query to search for
offset_date int Yes Date of the message to search from, you can use 0 or any date in the future to get results from the beginning
offset_chat_id long Yes Chat identifier of the last found message or 0 for the first request
offset_message_id long Yes Message identifier of the last found message or 0 for the first request
limit int Yes Maximum number of messages to be returned, can't be greater than 100

Return type: Messages

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 = $MadelineProto->searchMessages(['query' => string, 'offset_date' => int, 'offset_chat_id' => long, 'offset_message_id' => long, 'limit' => int, ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

Messages = searchMessages({query=string, offset_date=int, offset_chat_id=long, offset_message_id=long, limit=int, })