user

Indicates info about a certain user.

Unless specified otherwise, when updating the local peer database, all fields from the newly received constructor take priority over the old constructor cached locally (including by removing fields that aren't set in the new constructor).

See here » for an implementation of the logic to use when updating the local user peer database.

user#938458c1 flags:# self:flags.10?true contact:flags.11?true mutual_contact:flags.12?true deleted:flags.13?true bot:flags.14?true bot_chat_history:flags.15?true bot_nochats:flags.16?true verified:flags.17?true restricted:flags.18?true min:flags.20?true bot_inline_geo:flags.21?true support:flags.23?true scam:flags.24?true apply_min_photo:flags.25?true id:int access_hash:flags.0?long first_name:flags.1?string last_name:flags.2?string username:flags.3?string phone:flags.4?string photo:flags.5?UserProfilePhoto status:flags.6?UserStatus bot_info_version:flags.14?int restriction_reason:flags.18?Vector<RestrictionReason> bot_inline_placeholder:flags.19?string lang_code:flags.22?string = User;

Parameters

Name Type Description
flags # Flags, see TL conditional fields
self flags.10?true Whether this user indicates the currently logged in user
contact flags.11?true Whether this user is a contact
When updating the local peer database, do not apply changes to this field if the min flag is set.
mutual_contact flags.12?true Whether this user is a mutual contact.
When updating the local peer database, do not apply changes to this field if the min flag is set.
deleted flags.13?true Whether the account of this user was deleted.
Changes to this flag should invalidate the local userFull cache for this user ID, see here » for more info.
bot flags.14?true Is this user a bot?
Changes to this flag should invalidate the local userFull cache for this user ID, see here » for more info.
bot_chat_history flags.15?true Can the bot see all messages in groups?
bot_nochats flags.16?true Can the bot be added to groups?
verified flags.17?true Whether this user is verified
restricted flags.18?true Access to this user must be restricted for the reason specified in restriction_reason
min flags.20?true See min
bot_inline_geo flags.21?true Whether the bot can request our geolocation in inline mode
support flags.23?true Whether this is an official support user
scam flags.24?true This may be a scam user
apply_min_photo flags.25?true If set and min is set, the value of photo can be used to update the local database, see the documentation of that flag for more info.
fake flags.26?true If set, this user was reported by many users as a fake or scam user: be careful when interacting with them.
bot_attach_menu flags.27?true Whether this bot offers an attachment menu web app
premium flags.28?true Whether this user is a Telegram Premium user
Changes to this flag should invalidate the local userFull cache for this user ID, see here » for more info.
Changes to this flag if the self flag is set should also trigger the following calls, to refresh the respective caches:
- The help.getConfig cache
- The messages.getTopReactions cache if the bot flag is not set
attach_menu_enabled flags.29?true Whether we installed the attachment menu web app offered by this bot.
When updating the local peer database, do not apply changes to this field if the min flag is set.
flags2 # Flags, see TL conditional fields
bot_can_edit flags2.1?true Whether we can edit the profile picture, name, about text and description of this bot because we own it.
When updating the local peer database, do not apply changes to this field if the min flag is set.
Changes to this flag (if min is not set) should invalidate the local userFull cache for this user ID.
close_friend flags2.2?true Whether we marked this user as a close friend, see here » for more info.
When updating the local peer database, do not apply changes to this field if the min flag is set.
stories_hidden flags2.3?true Whether we have hidden » all active stories of this user.
When updating the local peer database, do not apply changes to this field if the min flag is set.
stories_unavailable flags2.4?true No stories from this user are visible.
contact_require_premium flags2.10?true If set, we can only write to this user if they have already sent some messages to us, if we are subscribed to Telegram Premium, or if they're a mutual contact (user.mutual_contact).
All the secondary conditions listed above must be checked separately to verify whether we can still write to the user, even if this flag is set (i.e. a mutual contact will have this flag set even if we can still write to them, and so on...); to avoid doing these extra checks if we haven't yet cached all the required information (for example while displaying the chat list in the sharing UI) the users.getIsPremiumRequiredToContact method may be invoked instead, passing the list of users currently visible in the UI, returning a list of booleans that directly specify whether we can or cannot write to each user; alternatively, the userFull.contact_require_premium flag contains the same (fully checked, i.e. it's not just a copy of this flag) info returned by users.getIsPremiumRequiredToContact.
To set this flag for ourselves invoke account.setGlobalPrivacySettings, setting the settings.new_noncontact_peers_require_premium flag.
bot_business flags2.11?true Whether this bot can be connected to a user as specified here ».
bot_has_main_app flags2.13?true If set, this bot has configured a Main Mini App ».
id long ID of the user, see here » for more info.
access_hash flags.0?long Access hash of the user, see here » for more info.
If this flag is set, when updating the local peer database, generate a virtual flag called min_access_hash, which is:
- Set to true if min is set AND
- The phone flag is not set OR
- The phone flag is set and the associated phone number string is non-empty
- Set to false otherwise.

Then, apply both access_hash and min_access_hash to the local database if:
- min_access_hash is false OR
- min_access_hash is true AND
- There is no locally cached object for this user OR
- There is no access_hash in the local cache OR
- The cached object's min_access_hash is also true
If the final merged object stored to the database has the min_access_hash field set to true, the related access_hash is only suitable to use in inputPeerPhotoFileLocation », to directly download the profile pictures of users, everywhere else a inputPeer*FromMessage constructor will have to be generated as specified here ».
Bots can also use min access hashes in some conditions, by passing 0 instead of the min access hash.
first_name flags.1?string First name.
When updating the local peer database, apply changes to this field only if:
- The min flag is not set OR
- The min flag is set AND
- The min flag of the locally cached user entry is set.
last_name flags.2?string Last name.
When updating the local peer database, apply changes to this field only if:
- The min flag is not set OR
- The min flag is set AND
- The min flag of the locally cached user entry is set.
username flags.3?string Main active username.
When updating the local peer database, apply changes to this field only if:
- The min flag is not set OR
- The min flag is set AND
- The min flag of the locally cached user entry is set.
Changes to this flag should invalidate the local userFull cache for this user ID if the above conditions are respected and the bot_can_edit flag is also set.
phone flags.4?string Phone number.
When updating the local peer database, apply changes to this field only if:
- The min flag is not set OR
- The min flag is set AND
- The min flag of the locally cached user entry is set.
photo flags.5?UserProfilePhoto Profile picture of user.
When updating the local peer database, apply changes to this field only if:
- The min flag is not set OR
- The min flag is set AND
- The apply_min_photo flag is set OR
- The min flag of the locally cached user entry is set.
status flags.6?UserStatus Online status of user.
When updating the local peer database, apply changes to this field only if:
- The min flag is not set OR
- The min flag is set AND
- The min flag of the locally cached user entry is set OR
- The locally cached user entry is equal to userStatusEmpty.
bot_info_version flags.14?int Version of the bot_info field in userFull, incremented every time it changes.
Changes to this flag should invalidate the local userFull cache for this user ID, see here » for more info.
restriction_reason flags.18?Vector<RestrictionReason> Contains the reason why access to this user must be restricted.
bot_inline_placeholder flags.19?string Inline placeholder for this inline bot
lang_code flags.22?string Language code of the user
emoji_status flags.30?EmojiStatus Emoji status
usernames flags2.0?Vector<Username> Additional usernames.
When updating the local peer database, apply changes to this field only if:
- The min flag is not set OR
- The min flag is set AND
- The min flag of the locally cached user entry is set.
Changes to this flag (if the above conditions are respected) should invalidate the local userFull cache for this user ID.
stories_max_id flags2.5?int ID of the maximum read story.
When updating the local peer database, do not apply changes to this field if the min flag of the incoming constructor is set.
color flags2.8?PeerColor The user's accent color.
profile_color flags2.9?PeerColor The user's profile color.
bot_active_users flags2.12?int Monthly Active Users (MAU) of this bot (may be absent for small bots).

Type

User

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userFull

Extended user info

When updating the local peer database », all fields from the newly received constructor take priority over the old constructor cached locally (including by removing fields that aren't set in the new constructor).

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help.getConfig

Returns current configuration, including data center configuration.

messages.getTopReactions

Got popular message reactions

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Telegram Premium

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user

Indicates info about a certain user.

Unless specified otherwise, when updating the local peer database, all fields from the newly received constructor take priority over the old constructor cached locally (including by removing fields that aren't set in the new constructor).

See here » for an implementation of the logic to use when updating the local user peer database.

users.getIsPremiumRequiredToContact

Check whether we can write to the specified user (this method can only be called by non-Premium users), see here » for more info on the full flow.

account.setGlobalPrivacySettings

Set global privacy settings

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inputPeerPhotoFileLocation

Location of profile photo of channel/group/supergroup/user

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userStatusEmpty

User status has not been set yet.

Emoji status

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Accent colors

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