MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/methods/searchChatMessages.md

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searchChatMessages	Searches for messages with given words in the chat. Returns result in reverse chronological order, i. e. in order of decreasing message_id. Doesn't work in secret chats with non-empty query (searchSecretMessages should be used instead) or without enabled message database

Method: searchChatMessages

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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO

Searches for messages with given words in the chat. Returns result in reverse chronological order, i. e. in order of decreasing message_id. Doesn't work in secret chats with non-empty query (searchSecretMessages should be used instead) or without enabled message database

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
chat_id	CLICK ME int53	Yes	Chat identifier to search messages in
query	CLICK ME string	Yes	Query to search for
sender_user_id	CLICK ME int	Yes	If not 0, only messages sent by the specified user will be returned. Doesn't supported in secret chats
from_message_id	CLICK ME int53	Yes	Identifier of the message from which we need a history, you can use 0 to get results from the beginning
offset	CLICK ME int	Yes	Specify 0 to get results exactly from from_message_id or negative offset to get specified message and some newer messages
limit	CLICK ME int	Yes	Maximum number of messages to be returned, should be positive and can't be greater than 100. If offset is negative, limit must be greater than -offset. There may be less than limit messages returned even the end of the history is not reached
filter	CLICK ME SearchMessagesFilter	Optional	Filter for content of the searched messages

Return type: Messages