MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v86/methods/contacts_search.md

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contacts.search	Search contacts	https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png

Method: contacts.search

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Search contacts

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
q	string	The search query	Yes
limit	int	How many results should be returned	Yes

Return type: contacts_Found

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();

$contacts_Found = $MadelineProto->contacts->search(['q' => 'string', 'limit' => int, ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

contacts_Found = contacts.search({q='string', limit=int, })

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
QUERY_TOO_SHORT	The query string is too short
SEARCH_QUERY_EMPTY	The search query is empty
Timeout	A timeout occurred while fetching data from the bot