MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/methods/searchChatMessages.md
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searchChatMessages Searches for messages with given words in the chat. Returns result in reverse chronological order, i. e. in order of decreasing message_id. Doesn't work in secret chats with non-empty query (searchSecretMessages should be used instead) or without enabled message database

Method: searchChatMessages

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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO

Searches for messages with given words in the chat. Returns result in reverse chronological order, i. e. in order of decreasing message_id. Doesn't work in secret chats with non-empty query (searchSecretMessages should be used instead) or without enabled message database

Params:

Name Type Required Description
chat_id int53 Yes Chat identifier to search messages in
query string Yes Query to search for
sender_user_id int Yes If not 0, only messages sent by the specified user will be returned. Doesn't supported in secret chats
from_message_id int53 Yes Identifier of the message from which we need a history, you can use 0 to get results from the beginning
offset int Yes Specify 0 to get results exactly from from_message_id or negative offset to get specified message and some newer messages
limit int Yes Maximum number of messages to be returned, should be positive and can't be greater than 100. If offset is negative, limit must be greater than -offset. There may be less than limit messages returned even the end of the history is not reached
filter SearchMessagesFilter Yes Filter for content of the searched messages

Return type: Messages