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Method: messages.search

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Gets back found messages

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
important_only	Bool	Show only important messages	Optional
peer	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer	User or chat, histories with which are searched, or (inputPeerEmpty) constructor for global search	Optional
q	string	Text search request	Yes
filter	MessagesFilter	Filter to return only specified message types	Optional
min_date	int	If a positive value was transferred, only messages with a sending date bigger than the transferred one will be returned	Yes
max_date	int	If a positive value was transferred, only messages with a sending date smaller than the transferred one will be returned	Yes
offset	int	Offset	Yes
max_id	int	Maximum message ID to return	Yes
limit	int	Number of results to return	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->search(['important_only' => Bool, 'peer' => InputPeer, 'q' => 'string', 'filter' => MessagesFilter, 'min_date' => int, 'max_date' => int, 'offset' => int, 'max_id' => int, 'limit' => int, ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

messages.Messages = messages.search({important_only=Bool, peer=InputPeer, q='string', filter=MessagesFilter, min_date=int, max_date=int, offset=int, max_id=int, limit=int, })

Errors

Code	Type	Description
400	CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
400	CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this
400	INPUT_CONSTRUCTOR_INVALID	The provided constructor is invalid
400	INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED	The specified user was deleted
400	PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid
400	PEER_ID_NOT_SUPPORTED	The provided peer ID is not supported
400	SEARCH_QUERY_EMPTY	The search query is empty
400	USER_ID_INVALID	The provided user ID is invalid
406	AUTH_KEY_DUPLICATED	An auth key with the same ID was already generated