MadelineProtoDocs/docs/API_docs/methods/contacts.getLocated.md

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Method: contacts.getLocated

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Get users and geochats near you, see here » for more info.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
background	Bool	While the geolocation of the current user is public, clients should update it in the background every half-an-hour or so, while setting this flag. Do this only if the new location is more than 1 KM away from the previous one, or if the previous location is unknown.	Optional
geo_point	InputGeoPoint	Geolocation	Optional
self_expires	int	If set, the geolocation of the current user will be public for the specified number of seconds; pass 0x7fffffff to disable expiry, 0 to make the current geolocation private; if the flag isn't set, no changes will be applied.	Optional

Return type: Updates

Can bots use this method: NO

MadelineProto Example (now async for huge speed and parallelism!):

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();

$Updates = $MadelineProto->contacts->getLocated(background: $Bool, geo_point: $InputGeoPoint, self_expires: $int, );