MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v62/methods/contacts_resolveUsername.md

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Method: contacts.resolveUsername

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You cannot use this method directly, use the resolve_username, get_pwr_chat, get_info, get_full_info methods instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
username	string	You cannot use this method directly, use the resolve_username, get_pwr_chat, get_info, get_full_info methods instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info)	Yes

Return type: contacts_ResolvedPeer

Can bots use this method: YES

MadelineProto Example (now async for huge speed and parallelism!):

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_ResolvedPeer = $MadelineProto->contacts->resolveUsername(['username' => 'string', ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

contacts_ResolvedPeer = contacts.resolveUsername({username='string', })

Errors

Code	Type	Description
400	USERNAME_INVALID	The provided username is not valid
400	USERNAME_NOT_OCCUPIED	The provided username is not occupied
401	AUTH_KEY_PERM_EMPTY	The temporary auth key must be binded to the permanent auth key to use these methods.
401	SESSION_PASSWORD_NEEDED	2FA is enabled, use a password to login