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getChatHistory

Function · TDLib 1.8.67 · d1085f9c

Returns messages in a chat. The messages are returned in reverse chronological order (i.e., in order of decreasing message_id). For optimal performance, the number of returned messages is chosen by TDLib. This is an offline method if only_local is true

getChatHistory(
  chat_id: int53,
  from_message_id: int53,
  offset: int32,
  limit: int32,
  only_local: Bool
) → Messages

chat_id

int53

Chat identifier

from_message_id

int53

Identifier of the message starting from which history must be fetched; use 0 to get results from the last message

offset

int32

Specify 0 to get results from exactly the message from_message_id or a negative number from -99 to -1 to get additionally -offset newer messages

limit

int32

The maximum number of messages to be returned; must be positive and can't be greater than 100. If the offset is negative, then the limit must be greater than or equal to -offset. For optimal performance, the number of returned messages is chosen by TDLib and can be smaller than the specified limit

only_local

Bool

Pass true to get only messages that are available without sending network requests