---
title: "contacts.getBirthdays"
description: "contacts.getBirthdays parameters, return type and example"
grand_parent: "Telegram RPC API"
parent: "Methods"
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/contacts_getBirthdays.html
---
# Method: contacts.getBirthdays
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### Return type: [contacts.ContactBirthdays](/API_docs/types/contacts.ContactBirthdays.html)

### Can bots use this method: **YES**


### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):


```php
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();

$contacts_ContactBirthdays = $MadelineProto->contacts->getBirthdays();
```