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title: searchPublicChat
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description: Searches public chat by its username. Currently only private and channel chats can be public. Returns chat if found, otherwise some error is returned
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---
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## Method: searchPublicChat
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[Back to methods index](index.md)
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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO
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Searches public chat by its username. Currently only private and channel chats can be public. Returns chat if found, otherwise some error is returned
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### Params:
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| Name | Type | Required | Description |
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|----------|---------------|----------|-------------|
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|username|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|Username to be resolved|
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### Return type: [Chat](../types/Chat.md)
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### Example:
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```
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$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
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if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot
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$MadelineProto->bot_login($token);
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}
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if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
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$sentCode = $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
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echo 'Enter the code you received: ';
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$code = '';
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for ($x = 0; $x < $sentCode['type']['length']; $x++) {
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$code .= fgetc(STDIN);
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}
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$MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
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}
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$Chat = $MadelineProto->searchPublicChat(['username' => 'string', ]);
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```
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Or, if you're using the [PWRTelegram HTTP API](https://pwrtelegram.xyz):
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### As a bot:
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POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline`
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Parameters:
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* method - searchPublicChat
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* params - `{"username": "string", }`
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### As a user:
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POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/searchPublicChat`
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Parameters:
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username - Json encoded string
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Or, if you're into Lua:
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```
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Chat = searchPublicChat({username='string', })
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```
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