---
title: geochats.getHistory
description: geochats.getHistory parameters, return type and example
---
## Method: geochats.getHistory  
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### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Required |
|----------|:-------------:|---------:|
|peer|[InputGeoChat](../types/InputGeoChat.md) | Yes|
|offset|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|
|max\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|
|limit|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|


### Return type: [geochats\_Messages](../types/geochats_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);
}

$geochats_Messages = $MadelineProto->geochats->getHistory(['peer' => InputGeoChat, 'offset' => int, 'max_id' => int, 'limit' => int, ]);
```

Or, if you're using [PWRTelegram](https://pwrtelegram.xyz):

### As a bot:

POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline`

Parameters:

* method - geochats.getHistory
* params - {"peer": InputGeoChat, "offset": int, "max_id": int, "limit": int, }



### As a user:

POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/geochats.getHistory`

Parameters:

```
peer - Json encoded InputGeoChat
offset - Json encoded int
max_id - Json encoded int
limit - Json encoded int

```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```
geochats_Messages = geochats.getHistory({peer=InputGeoChat, offset=int, max_id=int, limit=int, })
```