MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/methods/searchChats.md

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searchChats	Searches for specified query in the title and username of known chats, offline request. Returns chats in the order of them in the chat list

Method: searchChats

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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO

Searches for specified query in the title and username of known chats, offline request. Returns chats in the order of them in the chat list

Params:

Name	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	Query to search for, if query is empty, returns up to 20 recently found chats
limit	int	Yes	Maximum number of chats to be returned

Return type: Chats

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);
}

$Chats = $MadelineProto->searchChats(['query' => string, 'limit' => int, ]);

Or, if you're using PWRTelegram:

As a bot:

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

Parameters:

• method - searchChats
• params - {"query":"string","limit":"int"}

### As a user:

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

Parameters:

query - Json encoded string
limit - Json encoded int

Or, if you're into Lua:

Chats = searchChats({query=string, limit=int, })