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title: messages.sendBroadcast
description: messages.sendBroadcast parameters, return type and example
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---
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## Method: messages.sendBroadcast
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[Back to methods index ](index.md )
### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Required |
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|----------|---------------|----------|
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|contacts|Array of [Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputUser ](../types/InputUser.md ) | Yes|
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|message|[CLICK ME string](../types/string.md) | Yes|
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|media|[MessageMedia, Update, Message or InputMedia](../types/InputMedia.md) | Optional|
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### Return type: [messages\_StatedMessages](../types/messages_StatedMessages.md)
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### Can bots use this method: **YES**
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### Example:
```
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if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
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}
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include 'madeline.php';
// !!! This API id/API hash combination will not work !!!
// !!! You must get your own @ my.telegram.org !!!
$api_id = 0;
$api_hash = '';
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline', ['app_info' => ['api_id' => $api_id, 'api_hash' => $api_hash]]);
$MadelineProto->start();
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$messages_StatedMessages = $MadelineProto->messages->sendBroadcast(['contacts' => [InputUser, InputUser], 'message' => 'string', 'media' => InputMedia, ]);
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```
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Or, if you're using the [PWRTelegram HTTP API ](https://pwrtelegram.xyz ):
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### As a bot:
POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline`
Parameters:
* method - messages.sendBroadcast
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* params - `{"contacts": [InputUser], "message": "string", "media": InputMedia, }`
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### As a user:
POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/messages.sendBroadcast`
Parameters:
contacts - Json encoded array of InputUser
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message - Json encoded string
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media - Json encoded InputMedia
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Or, if you're into Lua:
```
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messages_StatedMessages = messages.sendBroadcast({contacts={InputUser}, message='string', media=InputMedia, })
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```
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## Return value
If the length of the provided message is bigger than 4096, the message will be split in chunks and the method will be called multiple times, with the same parameters (except for the message), and an array of [messages\_StatedMessages ](../types/messages_StatedMessages.md ) will be returned instead.