MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/methods/importContacts.md

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importContacts	Adds new contacts/edits existing contacts, contacts user identifiers are ignored. Returns list of corresponding users in the same order as input contacts. If contact doesn't registered in Telegram, user with id == 0 will be returned

Method: importContacts

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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO

Adds new contacts/edits existing contacts, contacts user identifiers are ignored. Returns list of corresponding users in the same order as input contacts. If contact doesn't registered in Telegram, user with id == 0 will be returned

Params:

Name	Type	Required	Description
contacts	Array of contact	Yes	List of contacts to import/edit

Return type: Users

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);
}

$Users = $MadelineProto->importContacts(['contacts' => [contact], ]);

Or, if you're using PWRTelegram:

As a bot:

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

Parameters:

• method - importContacts
• params - {"contacts": [contact], }

### As a user:

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

Parameters:

contacts - Json encoded  array of contact

Or, if you're into Lua:

Users = importContacts({contacts={contact}, })