MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v18/methods/updates.getDifference.md

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updates.getDifference	Get new [updates](https://core.telegram.org/api/updates).	https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png	/API_docs/methods/updates_getDifference.html

Method: updates.getDifference

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Get new updates.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
pts	int	PTS, see updates.	Yes
pts_total_limit	int	For fast updating: if provided and pts + pts_total_limit < remote pts, updates.differenceTooLong will be returned. Simply tells the server to not return the difference if it is bigger than pts_total_limit If the remote pts is too big (> ~4000000), this field will default to 1000000	Optional
date	int	date, see updates.	Yes
qts	int	QTS, see updates.	Yes

Return type: updates.Difference

Can bots use this method: YES

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();

$updates.Difference = $MadelineProto->updates->getDifference(['pts' => int, 'pts_total_limit' => int, 'date' => int, 'qts' => int, ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

updates.Difference = updates.getDifference({pts=int, pts_total_limit=int, date=int, qts=int, })

Errors

Code	Type	Description
400	CDN_METHOD_INVALID	You can't call this method in a CDN DC
400	DATE_EMPTY	Date empty
400	PERSISTENT_TIMESTAMP_EMPTY	Persistent timestamp empty
400	PERSISTENT_TIMESTAMP_INVALID	Persistent timestamp 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.
401	SESSION_PASSWORD_NEEDED	2FA is enabled, use a password to login
-500	No workers running	Internal error
-503	Timeout	Timeout while fetching data