MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v62/methods/messages_getHistory.md

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Method: messages.getHistory

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Get previous messages of a group

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
peer	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer	The chat	Optional
offset_id	int	The last fetched message ID, initially 0	Yes
offset_date	int	The date of the last previously fetched message, initially 0	Yes
add_offset	int	Additional offset, can be 0	Yes
limit	int	Number of messages to fetch	Yes
max_id	int	Maximum message ID to fetch	Yes
min_id	int	Minumum message ID to fetch	Yes

Return type: messages_Messages

Can bots use this method: NO

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();

$messages_Messages = $MadelineProto->messages->getHistory(['peer' => InputPeer, 'offset_id' => int, 'offset_date' => int, 'add_offset' => int, 'limit' => int, 'max_id' => int, 'min_id' => int, ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

messages_Messages = messages.getHistory({peer=InputPeer, offset_id=int, offset_date=int, add_offset=int, limit=int, max_id=int, min_id=int, })

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
CHAT_ID_INVALID	The provided chat id is invalid
PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid
AUTH_KEY_DUPLICATED	An auth key with the same ID was already generated
AUTH_KEY_PERM_EMPTY	The temporary auth key must be binded to the permanent auth key to use these methods.
Timeout	Timeout while fetching data