MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v40/methods/contacts_resolveUsername.md

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title: contacts.resolveUsername
description: contacts.resolveUsername parameters, return type and example
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## Method: contacts.resolveUsername  
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**You cannot use this method directly, use the resolve_username, get_pwr_chat, get_info, get_full_info methods instead (see https://daniil.it/MadelineProto for more info)**
Fixed update handling, now usernames or bot api ids can be passed as parameters instead of Peer, inputPeer, Channel, User (and other) objects, fixed bugs and typos. 2016-12-30 16:32:25 +01:00			`---`
Fixes to the documentation 2017-01-19 23:02:27 +01:00			`title: contacts.resolveUsername`
			`description: contacts.resolveUsername parameters, return type and example`
Fixed update handling, now usernames or bot api ids can be passed as parameters instead of Peer, inputPeer, Channel, User (and other) objects, fixed bugs and typos. 2016-12-30 16:32:25 +01:00			`---`
Fixes to the documentation 2017-01-19 23:02:27 +01:00			`## Method: contacts.resolveUsername`
Fixed update handling, now usernames or bot api ids can be passed as parameters instead of Peer, inputPeer, Channel, User (and other) objects, fixed bugs and typos. 2016-12-30 16:32:25 +01:00			`[Back to methods index](index.md)`


Docufix 2017-08-18 18:10:30 +02:00			`You cannot use this method directly, use the resolve_username, get_pwr_chat, get_info, get_full_info methods instead (see https://daniil.it/MadelineProto for more info)`
Added custom TL exception trace, reduced memory usage, fixed fetching of dialog list 2017-07-26 08:30:48 +02:00