MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/methods/searchPublicChats.md
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searchPublicChats Searches public chats by prefix of their username. Currently only private and channel (including supergroup) chats can be public. Returns meaningful number of results. Returns nothing if length of the searched username prefix is less than 5. Excludes private chats with contacts from the results

Method: searchPublicChats

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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO

Searches public chats by prefix of their username. Currently only private and channel (including supergroup) chats can be public. Returns meaningful number of results. Returns nothing if length of the searched username prefix is less than 5. Excludes private chats with contacts from the results

Params:

Name Type Required Description
username_prefix string Yes Prefix of the username to search

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->searchPublicChats(['username_prefix' => string, ]);

Or, if you're using PWRTelegram:

As a bot:

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

Parameters:

  • method - searchPublicChats
  • params - {"username_prefix":"string"}

### As a user:

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

Parameters:

username_prefix - Json encoded string


Or, if you're into Lua:

Chats = searchPublicChats({username_prefix=string, })