searchChatMembers

Searches for a specified query in the first name, last name and username of the members of a specified chat.
Requires administrator rights in channels.

searchChatMembers(chat_id, query, limit, callback, data)

Field	Type	Description
chat_id	int53	Chat identifier.
query	string	Query to search for.
limit	int32	The maximum number of users to be returned.

Example

• Searches "@merbot" among members of chat 1234567890. Limit search result to 1.

  searchChatMembers(1234567890, 'merbot', 1)

  Response:

  {
    ["@type"] = "chatMembers",
    members = {
      {
        ["@type"] = "chatMember",
        bot_info = {
          ["@type"] = "botInfo",
          commands = {},
          description = ""
        },
        inviter_user_id = 133780085,
        joined_chat_date = 1521287680,
        status = {
          ["@type"] = "chatMemberStatusAdministrator",
          can_be_edited = false,
          can_change_info = true,
          can_delete_messages = true,
          can_edit_messages = false,
          can_invite_users = true,
          can_pin_messages = true,
          can_post_messages = false,
          can_promote_members = false,
          can_restrict_members = true
        },
        user_id = 317109726
      }
    },
    total_count = 1
  }