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title: searchContacts
description: Searches for specified query in the first name, last name and username of the known user contacts
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# Method: searchContacts  
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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO


Searches for specified query in the first name, last name and username of the known user contacts

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|query|[string](../types/string.md) | Query to search for, can be empty to return all contacts | Yes|
|limit|[int](../types/int.md) | Maximum number of users to be returned | Yes|


### Return type: [Users](../types/Users.md)