---
title: "messages.getCommonChats"
description: "Get chats in common with a user"
grand_parent: "Telegram RPC API"
parent: "Methods"
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/messages_getCommonChats.html
---
# Method: messages.getCommonChats
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Get chats in common with a user

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|user\_id|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputUser](/API_docs/types/InputUser.html) | User ID | Optional|
|max\_id|[long](/API_docs/types/long.html) | Maximum ID of chat to return (see [pagination](https://core.telegram.org/api/offsets)) | Yes|
|limit|[int](/API_docs/types/int.html) | Maximum number of results to return, [see pagination](https://core.telegram.org/api/offsets) | Optional|


### Return type: [messages.Chats](/API_docs/types/messages.Chats.html)

### Can bots use this method: **NO**


### 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();

$messages_Chats = $MadelineProto->messages->getCommonChats(user_id: $InputUser, max_id: $long, limit: $int, );
```