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56 lines
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title: contacts.search
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description: Returns users found by username substring.
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image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
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redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/contacts_search.html
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---
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# Method: contacts.search
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[Back to methods index](index.md)
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Returns users found by username substring.
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### Parameters:
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| Name | Type | Description | Required |
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|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
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|q|[string](../types/string.md) | Target substring | Yes|
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|limit|[int](../types/int.md) | Maximum number of users to be returned | Yes|
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### Return type: [contacts.Found](../types/contacts.Found.md)
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### Can bots use this method: **NO**
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### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):
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```php
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if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
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copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
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}
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include 'madeline.php';
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$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
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$MadelineProto->start();
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$contacts.Found = $MadelineProto->contacts->search(['q' => 'string', 'limit' => int, ]);
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```
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Or, if you're into Lua:
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```lua
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contacts.Found = contacts.search({q='string', limit=int, })
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```
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### Errors
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| Code | Type | Description |
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|------|----------|---------------|
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|400|QUERY_TOO_SHORT|The query string is too short|
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|400|SEARCH_QUERY_EMPTY|The search query is empty|
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|-503|Timeout|Timeout while fetching data|
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