messages.getHistory

Gets back the conversation history with one interlocutor / within a chat

Example

Javascript

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.messages.getHistory({
        peer: new Api.InputPeer({...}),
        offsetId: 9291972,
        offsetDate: 5920558,
        addOffset: 7946814,
        limit: 8137102,
        maxId: 9480436,
        minId: 8804446,
        hash: 9358333,
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TypeScript

TL schema

messages.messages#8c718e87 messages:Vector<Message> chats:Vector<Chat> users:Vector<User> = messages.Messages;
messages.messagesSlice#3a54685e flags:# inexact:flags.1?true count:int next_rate:flags.0?int offset_id_offset:flags.2?int messages:Vector<Message> chats:Vector<Chat> users:Vector<User> = messages.Messages;
messages.channelMessages#64479808 flags:# inexact:flags.1?true pts:int count:int offset_id_offset:flags.2?int messages:Vector<Message> chats:Vector<Chat> users:Vector<User> = messages.Messages;
messages.messagesNotModified#74535f21 count:int = messages.Messages;
---functions---
messages.getHistory#dcbb8260 peer:InputPeer offset_id:int offset_date:int add_offset:int limit:int max_id:int min_id:int hash:int = messages.Messages;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
peer	InputPeer	Target peer
offset_id	int	Only return messages starting from the specified message ID
offset_date	int	Only return messages sent before the specified date
add_offset	int	Number of list elements to be skipped, negative values are also accepted.
limit	int	Number of results to return
max_id	int	If a positive value was transferred, the method will return only messages with IDs less than max_id
min_id	int	If a positive value was transferred, the method will return only messages with IDs more than min_id
hash	int	Result hash

Result

messages.Messages

Possible errors

Code	Type	Description
401	AUTH_KEY_PERM_EMPTY	The temporary auth key must be binded to the permanent auth key to use these methods.
400	CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
400	CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
400	CHAT_ID_INVALID	The provided chat id is invalid
400	CONNECTION_DEVICE_MODEL_EMPTY	Device model empty
400	MSG_ID_INVALID	Invalid message ID provided
400	PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid

Can bots use this methd ?

yes

Related pages

Pagination in the API

How to fetch results from large lists of objects.