--- title: getMessages description: Returns information about messages. If message is not found, returns null on the corresponding position of the result --- ## Method: getMessages [Back to methods index](index.md) YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO Returns information about messages. If message is not found, returns null on the corresponding position of the result ### Params: | Name | Type | Required | Description | |----------|:-------------:|:--------:|------------:| |chat\_id|[InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | Yes|Identifier of the chat, messages belongs to| |message\_ids|Array of [long](../types/long.md) | Yes|Identifiers of the messages to get| ### Return type: [Messages](../types/Messages.md) ### Example: ``` $MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API(); if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot $MadelineProto->bot_login($token); } if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user $sentCode = $MadelineProto->phone_login($number); echo 'Enter the code you received: '; $code = ''; for ($x = 0; $x < $sentCode['type']['length']; $x++) { $code .= fgetc(STDIN); } $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code); } $Messages = $MadelineProto->getMessages(['chat_id' => InputPeer, 'message_ids' => [long], ]); ``` Or, if you're using [PWRTelegram](https://pwrtelegram.xyz): ### As a bot: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline` Parameters: * method - getMessages * params - {"chat_id": InputPeer, "message_ids": [long], } ``` ### As a user: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/getMessages` Parameters: chat_id - Json encoded InputPeer message_ids - Json encoded array of long ``` Or, if you're into Lua: ``` Messages = getMessages({chat_id=InputPeer, message_ids={long}, }) ```