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

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contacts.importContacts	Imports contacts: saves a full list on the server, adds already registered contacts to the contact list, returns added contacts and their info.	Telegram RPC API	Methods	https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png	/API_docs/methods/contacts_importContacts.html

Method: contacts.importContacts

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Imports contacts: saves a full list on the server, adds already registered contacts to the contact list, returns added contacts and their info.

Use contacts.addContact to add Telegram contacts without actually using their phone number.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
contacts	Array of InputContact	List of contacts to import	Yes

Return type: contacts.ImportedContacts

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();

$contacts_ImportedContacts = $MadelineProto->contacts->importContacts(contacts: [$InputContact, $InputContact], );