MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v45/methods/messages_search.md

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

Method: messages.search

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Parameters:

Name	Type	Required
important_only	Bool	Optional
peer	InputPeer	Yes
q	string	Yes
filter	MessagesFilter	Yes
min_date	int	Yes
max_date	int	Yes
offset	int	Yes
max_id	int	Yes
limit	int	Yes

Return type: messages_Messages

Can bots use this method: NO

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this
INPUT_CONSTRUCTOR_INVALID	The provided constructor is invalid
INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED	The specified user was deleted
PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid
PEER_ID_NOT_SUPPORTED	The provided peer ID is not supported
SEARCH_QUERY_EMPTY	The search query is empty
USER_ID_INVALID	The provided user ID is invalid

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);
}

$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:

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, })