contacts.resolveUsername

Resolve a @username to get peer info

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.contacts.resolveUsername({
        username: 'random string here',
        }));
    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.contacts.ResolvedPeer = await client.invoke(new Api.contacts.resolveUsername({
        username: 'random string here',
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TL schema

contacts.resolvedPeer#7f077ad9 peer:Peer chats:Vector<Chat> users:Vector<User> = contacts.ResolvedPeer;
---functions---
contacts.resolveUsername#f93ccba3 username:string = contacts.ResolvedPeer;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
username	string	@username to resolve

Result

contacts.ResolvedPeer

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	CONNECTION_DEVICE_MODEL_EMPTY	Device model empty
400	CONNECTION_LAYER_INVALID	Layer invalid
400	USERNAME_INVALID	The provided username is not valid
400	USERNAME_NOT_OCCUPIED	The provided username is not occupied

Can bots use this methd ?

yes

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