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title: contacts.importContacts
description: Imports contacts: saves a full list on the server, adds already registered contacts to the contact list, returns added contacts and their info.
Use [contacts.addContact](../methods/contacts.addContact.md) to add Telegram contacts without actually using their phone number.
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# Method: contacts.importContacts
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Imports contacts: saves a full list on the server, adds already registered contacts to the contact list, returns added contacts and their info.
Use [contacts.addContact](../methods/contacts.addContact.md) to add Telegram contacts without actually using their phone number.
### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|contacts|Array of [InputContact](../types/InputContact.md) | List of contacts to import | Yes|
|replace|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | | Yes|
### Return type: [contacts.ImportedContacts](../types/contacts.ImportedContacts.md)
### Can bots use this method: **NO**
### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):
```php
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();
$contacts.ImportedContacts = $MadelineProto->contacts->importContacts(['contacts' => [InputContact, InputContact], 'replace' => Bool, ]);
```
Or, if you're into Lua:
```lua
contacts.ImportedContacts = contacts.importContacts({contacts={InputContact}, replace=Bool, })
```
### Errors
| Code | Type | Description |
|------|----------|---------------|
|406|AUTH_KEY_DUPLICATED|An auth key with the same ID was already generated|