MadelineProtoDocs/docs/API_docs/methods/messages.checkHistoryImport.md

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Method: messages.checkHistoryImport

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Obtains information about a chat export file, generated by a foreign chat app, click here for more info about imported chats ».

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
import_head	string	Beginning of the message file; up to 100 lines.	Optional

Return type: messages.HistoryImportParsed

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();

$messages_HistoryImportParsed = $MadelineProto->messages->checkHistoryImport(import_head: 'string', );