# Pyrogram - Telegram MTProto API Client Library for Python # Copyright (C) 2017-present Dan # # This file is part of Pyrogram. # # Pyrogram is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published # by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # Pyrogram is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License # along with Pyrogram. If not, see . from typing import Union import pyrogram from pyrogram import raw, enums class SearchMessagesCount: async def search_messages_count( self: "pyrogram.Client", chat_id: Union[int, str], query: str = "", filter: "enums.MessagesFilter" = enums.MessagesFilter.EMPTY, from_user: Union[int, str] = None ) -> int: """Get the count of messages resulting from a search inside a chat. If you want to get the actual messages, see :meth:`~pyrogram.Client.search_messages`. .. include:: /_includes/usable-by/users.rst Parameters: chat_id (``int`` | ``str``): Unique identifier (int) or username (str) of the target chat. For your personal cloud (Saved Messages) you can simply use "me" or "self". For a contact that exists in your Telegram address book you can use his phone number (str). query (``str``, *optional*): Text query string. Required for text-only messages, optional for media messages (see the ``filter`` argument). When passed while searching for media messages, the query will be applied to captions. Defaults to "" (empty string). filter (:obj:`~pyrogram.enums.MessagesFilter`, *optional*): Pass a filter in order to search for specific kind of messages only: from_user (``int`` | ``str``, *optional*): Unique identifier (int) or username (str) of the target user you want to search for messages from. Returns: ``int``: On success, the messages count is returned. """ r = await self.invoke( raw.functions.messages.Search( peer=await self.resolve_peer(chat_id), q=query, filter=filter.value(), min_date=0, max_date=0, offset_id=0, add_offset=0, limit=1, min_id=0, max_id=0, from_id=( await self.resolve_peer(from_user) if from_user else None ), hash=0 ) ) if hasattr(r, "count"): return r.count else: return len(r.messages)