Constructor: messages.messagesSlice
Incomplete list of messages and auxiliary data.
Attributes:
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| inexact | Bool | Optional | If set, indicates that the results may be inexact |
| count | int | Yes | Total number of messages in the list |
| next_rate | int | Optional | Rate to use in the offset_rate parameter in the next call to messages.searchGlobal |
| offset_id_offset | int | Optional | Indicates the absolute position of messages[0] within the total result set with count count. This is useful, for example, if the result was fetched using offset_id, and we need to display a progress/total counter (like photo 134 of 200, for all media in a chat, we could simply use photo ${offset_id_offset} of ${count}). |
| search_flood | SearchPostsFlood | Optional | For global post searches », the remaining amount of free searches, here query_is_free is related to the current call only, not to the next paginated call, and all subsequent pagination calls will always be free. |
| messages | Array of Message | Yes | List of messages |
| topics | Array of ForumTopic | Yes | |
| chats | Array of Chat | Yes | List of chats mentioned in messages |
| users | Array of User | Yes | List of users mentioned in messages and chats |
Type: messages.Messages
Example:
$messages_messagesSlice = ['_' => 'messages.messagesSlice', 'inexact' => Bool, 'count' => int, 'next_rate' => int, 'offset_id_offset' => int, 'search_flood' => SearchPostsFlood, 'messages' => [Message, Message], 'topics' => [ForumTopic, ForumTopic], 'chats' => [Chat, Chat], 'users' => [User, User]];