messages.searchGlobal

Search for messages and peers globally

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Parameters

Name Type Description
flags # Flags, see TL conditional fields
broadcasts_only flags.1?true If set, only returns results from channels (used in the global channel search tab »).
folder_id flags.0?int Peer folder ID, for more info click here
q string Query
filter MessagesFilter Global search filter
min_date int If a positive value was specified, the method will return only messages with date bigger than min_date
max_date int If a positive value was transferred, the method will return only messages with date smaller than max_date
offset_rate int Initially 0, then set to the next_rate parameter of messages.messagesSlice
offset_peer InputPeer Offsets for pagination, for more info click here
offset_id int Offsets for pagination, for more info click here
limit int Offsets for pagination, for more info click here

Result

messages.Messages

Possible errors

Code Type Description
400 FOLDER_ID_INVALID Invalid folder ID.
400 INPUT_FILTER_INVALID The specified filter is invalid.
400 SEARCH_QUERY_EMPTY The search query is empty.

Related pages

Search

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Folders

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messages.messagesSlice

Incomplete list of messages and auxiliary data.

Pagination in the API

How to fetch results from large lists of objects.