Add an existing telegram user as contact.
Use contacts.importContacts to add contacts by phone number, without knowing their Telegram ID.
Method schema is available as of layer 102. Switch ยป
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| flags | # | Flags, see TL conditional fields |
| add_phone_privacy_exception | flags.0?true | Allow the other user to see our phone number? |
| id | InputUser | Telegram ID of the other user |
| first_name | string | First name |
| last_name | string | Last name |
| phone | string | User's phone number, may be omitted to simply add the user to the contact list, without a phone number. |
| Code | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | CHANNEL_PRIVATE | You haven't joined this channel/supergroup. |
| 400 | CONTACT_ID_INVALID | The provided contact ID is invalid. |
| 400 | CONTACT_NAME_EMPTY | Contact name empty. |
| 400 | MSG_ID_INVALID | Invalid message ID provided. |
Imports contacts: saves a full list on the server, adds already registered contacts to the contact list, returns added contacts and their info.
Use contacts.addContact to add Telegram contacts without actually using their phone number.