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Method: messages.getHistory

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Gets back the conversation history with one interlocutor / within a chat

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
peer	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer	Target peer	Optional
offset_id	int	Only return messages starting from the specified message ID	Yes
offset_date	int	Only return messages sent before the specified date	Yes
add_offset	int	Number of list elements to be skipped, negative values are also accepted.	Yes
limit	int	Number of results to return	Yes
max_id	int	If a positive value was transferred, the method will return only messages with IDs less than max_id	Yes
min_id	int	If a positive value was transferred, the method will return only messages with IDs more than min_id	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

Code	Type	Description
400	CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
400	CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
400	CHAT_ID_INVALID	The provided chat id is invalid
400	MSG_ID_INVALID	Invalid message ID provided
400	PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid
406	AUTH_KEY_DUPLICATED	An auth key with the same ID was already generated
401	AUTH_KEY_PERM_EMPTY	The temporary auth key must be binded to the permanent auth key to use these methods.
-504	memory limit exit	Internal error
-503	Timeout	Timeout while fetching data