contacts.addContact

Add an existing telegram user as contact.

Example

const {Api, TelegramClient} = require('telegram');
const {StringSession} = require('telegram/sessions');

const session = new StringSession('');
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
    const result = await client.invoke(new Api.contacts.addContact({
        addPhonePrivacyException: true,
        id: new Api.InputUser({...}),
        firstName: 'random string here',
        lastName: 'random string here',
        phone: 'random string here',
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TL schema

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

flags

add_phone_privacy_exception

Allow the other user to see our phone number?

id

Telegram ID of the other user

first_name

First name

last_name

Last name

phone

User's phone number

Result

Updates

Possible errors

Code

Type

Description

400

CONTACT_ID_INVALID

The provided contact ID is invalid

400

CONTACT_NAME_EMPTY

Contact name empty

400

MSG_ID_INVALID

Invalid message ID provided

Can bots use this methd ?

yes

Imports contacts: saves a full list on the server, adds already registered contacts to the contact list, returns added contacts and their info.

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