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Method: channels.searchPosts

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Globally search for posts from public channels » (including those we aren’t a member of) containing a specific hashtag.

Parameters:

NameTypeDescriptionRequired
hashtagstringThe hashtag to search, without the # character.Optional
offset_rateintInitially 0, then set to the next_rate parameter of messages.messagesSliceOptional
offset_peerUsername, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeerOffsets for pagination, for more info click hereOptional
offset_idintOffsets for pagination, for more info click hereOptional
limitintMaximum number of results to return, see paginationOptional

Return type: messages.Messages

Can userbots use this method: YES

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_Messages = $MadelineProto->channels->searchPosts(hashtag: 'string', offset_rate: $int, offset_peer: $InputPeer, offset_id: $int, limit: $int, );