--- title: "messages.searchCustomEmoji" description: "Look for [custom emojis](https://core.telegram.org/api/custom-emoji) associated to a UTF8 emoji" grand_parent: "Telegram RPC API" parent: "Methods" image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/messages_searchCustomEmoji.html --- # Method: messages.searchCustomEmoji [Back to methods index](index.html) Look for [custom emojis](https://core.telegram.org/api/custom-emoji) associated to a UTF8 emoji ### Parameters: | Name | Type | Description | Required | |----------|---------------|-------------|----------| |emoticon|[string](/API_docs/types/string.html) | The emoji | Optional| |hash|Array of [long](/API_docs/types/long.html) | [Hash for pagination, for more info click here](https://core.telegram.org/api/offsets#hash-generation) | Optional| ### Return type: [EmojiList](/API_docs/types/EmojiList.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(); $EmojiList = $MadelineProto->messages->searchCustomEmoji(emoticon: 'string', hash: [$long, $long], ); ```