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 decreasimg message_id. Doesn't work in secret chats

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 decreasimg message_id. Doesn't work in secret chats

Params:

Name	Type	Required	Description
chat_id	InputPeer	Yes	Chat identifier to search in
query	string	Yes	Query to search for
from_message_id	long	Yes	Identifier of the message from which we need a history, you can use 0 to get results from beginning
limit	int	Yes	Maximum number of messages to be returned, can't be greater than 100
filter	SearchMessagesFilter	Yes	Filter for content of searched messages

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->searchChatMessages(['chat_id' => InputPeer, 'query' => string, 'from_message_id' => long, 'limit' => int, 'filter' => SearchMessagesFilter, ]);

Or, if you're using PWRTelegram:

As a bot:

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

Parameters:

• method - searchChatMessages
• params - {"chat_id":"InputPeer","query":"string","from_message_id":"long","limit":"int","filter":"SearchMessagesFilter"}

### As a user:

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

Parameters:

chat_id - Json encoded InputPeer
query - Json encoded string
from_message_id - Json encoded long
limit - Json encoded int
filter - Json encoded SearchMessagesFilter

Or, if you're into Lua:

Messages = searchChatMessages({chat_id=InputPeer, query=string, from_message_id=long, limit=int, filter=SearchMessagesFilter, })