MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v18/methods/messages.searchGifs.md

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title: messages.searchGifs
description: Search for GIFs
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redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/messages_searchGifs.html
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# Method: messages.searchGifs
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Search for GIFs

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|q|[string](../types/string.md) | Text query | Yes|
|offset|[int](../types/int.md) | Offset for [pagination »](https://core.telegram.org/api/offsets) | Yes|


### Return type: [messages.FoundGifs](../types/messages.FoundGifs.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();

$messages.FoundGifs = $MadelineProto->messages->searchGifs(['q' => 'string', 'offset' => int, ]);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
messages.FoundGifs = messages.searchGifs({q='string', offset=int, })
```

### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|SEARCH_QUERY_EMPTY|The search query is empty|