Method: stories.searchPosts

Globally search for stories using a hashtag or a location media area, see here » for more info on the full flow.

Either hashtag or area must be set when invoking the method.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
hashtag	string	Hashtag (without the `#`)	Optional
area	MediaArea	A mediaAreaGeoPoint or a mediaAreaVenue. Note mediaAreaGeoPoint areas may be searched only if they have an associated `address`.	Optional
peer	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer	If set, returns only stories posted by this peer.	Optional
offset	string	Offset for pagination: initially an empty string, then the `next_offset` from the previously returned stories.foundStories.	Optional
limit	int	Maximum number of results to return, see pagination	Optional

Return type: stories.FoundStories

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();

$stories_FoundStories = $MadelineProto->stories->searchPosts(hashtag: 'string', area: $MediaArea, peer: $InputPeer, offset: 'string', limit: $int, );