Method: messages.search

Returns found messages

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
peer	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer	User or chat, histories with which are searched, or (inputPeerEmpty) constructor for global search	Optional
q	string	Text search request	Yes
from_id	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer	Only return messages sent by the specified user ID	Optional
top_msg_id	int	Thread ID	Optional
filter	MessagesFilter	Filter to return only specified message types	Optional
min_date	int	If a positive value was transferred, only messages with a sending date bigger than the transferred one will be returned	Optional
max_date	int	If a positive value was transferred, only messages with a sending date smaller than the transferred one will be returned	Optional
offset_id	int	Only return messages starting from the specified message ID	Optional
add_offset	int	Additional offset	Optional
limit	int	Number of results to return	Optional
max_id	int	Maximum message ID to return	Optional
min_id	int	Minimum message ID to return	Optional
hash	Array of long	Hash	Optional

Return type: messages.Messages

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->messages->search(peer: $InputPeer, q: 'string', from_id: $InputPeer, top_msg_id: $int, filter: $MessagesFilter, min_date: $int, max_date: $int, offset_id: $int, add_offset: $int, limit: $int, max_id: $int, min_id: $int, hash: [$long, $long], );