Methods

api.getChatHistory()

Returns messages in a chat. The messages are returned in a 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

Parameters GetChatHistoryParams:

Parameters

Interface

Name	Type	Description
`chatId`	`number`	Chat identifier
`fromMessageId`	`number`	Identifier of the message starting from which history must be fetched; use 0 to get results from the last message
`offset`	`number`	Specify 0 to get results from exactly the from_message_id or a negative offset up to 99 to get additionally some newer messages
`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
`onlyLocal`	`boolean`	If true, returns only messages that are available locally without sending network requests

Returns ApiResponse interface:

interface ApiResponse {
  _: 'getChatHistory' | 'error'
  airgram: Airgram
  request: {
    method: 'getChatHistory'
    params: GetChatHistoryParams
  }
  response: MessagesUnion
 | Error
  setState: (nextState: Record<string, unknown>) => void
  getState: () => Record<string, unknown>
}