messages.getSearchCounters

Get the number of results that would be found by a messages.search call with the same parameters

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.getSearchCounters({
        peer: new Api.InputPeer({...}),
        filters: [new Api.MessagesFilter({...})],
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TypeScript

import {Api, TelegramClient} from 'telegram';
import {StringSession} from 'telegram/sessions';

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

(async function run() {
    const result: Api.Vector<messages.SearchCounter> = await client.invoke(new Api.messages.getSearchCounters({
        peer: new Api.InputPeer({...}),
        filters: [new Api.MessagesFilter({...})],
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TL schema

---functions---
messages.getSearchCounters#732eef00 peer:InputPeer filters:Vector<MessagesFilter> = Vector<messages.SearchCounter>;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
peer	InputPeer	Peer where to search
filters	Vector < MessagesFilter >	Search filters

Result

Vector[messages.SearchCounter](https://core.telegram.org/type/messages.SearchCounter)

Possible errors

Code	Type	Description

Can bots use this methd ?

yes

Related pages

messages.search

Gets back found messages