MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/methods/searchMessages.md

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searchMessages	Searches for messages in all chats except secret chats. Returns result in reverse chronological order, i. e. in order of decreasing (date, chat_id, message_id)

Method: searchMessages

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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO

Searches for messages in all chats except secret chats. Returns result in reverse chronological order, i. e. in order of decreasing (date, chat_id, message_id)

Params:

Name	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	Query to search for
offset_date	int	Yes	Date of the message to search from, you can use 0 or any date in the future to get results from the beginning
offset_chat_id	long	Yes	Chat identifier of the last found message or 0 for the first request
offset_message_id	long	Yes	Message identifier of the last found message or 0 for the first request
limit	int	Yes	Maximum number of messages to be returned, can't be greater than 100

Return type: Messages

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->searchMessages(['query' => string, 'offset_date' => int, 'offset_chat_id' => long, 'offset_message_id' => long, 'limit' => int, ]);

Or, if you're using PWRTelegram:

As a bot:

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

Parameters:

• method - searchMessages
• params - {"query":"string","offset_date":"int","offset_chat_id":"long","offset_message_id":"long","limit":"int"}

### As a user:

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

Parameters:

query - Json encoded string
offset_date - Json encoded int
offset_chat_id - Json encoded long
offset_message_id - Json encoded long
limit - Json encoded int

Or, if you're into Lua:

Messages = searchMessages({query=string, offset_date=int, offset_chat_id=long, offset_message_id=long, limit=int, })