Interface GetChatHistory

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 request if only_local is true. Request type for Tdjson#getChatHistory.

interface GetChatHistory {
    @type: "getChatHistory";
    chat_id: number;
    from_message_id: number;
    limit: number;
    offset: number;
    only_local?: boolean;
}

Properties

@type: "getChatHistory"
chat_id: number

Chat identifier.

from_message_id: number

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

limit: number

The maximum number of messages to be returned; must be positive and can't be greater than 100. If the offset is negative, 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.

offset: number

Specify 0 to get results from exactly the message from_message_id or a negative offset up to 99 to get additionally some newer messages.

only_local?: boolean

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