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---
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title: messages.startBot
description: messages.startBot parameters, return type and example
---
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## Method: messages.startBot
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### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Required |
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|----------|---------------|----------|
|bot|[InputUser](../types/InputUser.md) | Optional|
|peer|[InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | Optional|
|start\_param|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|
### Return type: [Updates](../types/Updates.md)
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### Can bots use this method: **NO**
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### Errors this method can return:
| Error | Description |
|----------|---------------|
|BOT_INVALID|This is not a valid bot|
|PEER_ID_INVALID|The provided peer id is invalid|
|START_PARAM_EMPTY|The start parameter is empty|
|START_PARAM_INVALID|Start parameter invalid|
### Example:
```
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
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$MadelineProto->session = 'mySession.madeline';
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
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$MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
$code = readline('Enter the code you received: '); // Or do this in two separate steps in an HTTP API
$MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}
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$Updates = $MadelineProto->messages->startBot(['bot' => InputUser, 'peer' => InputPeer, 'start_param' => 'string', ]);
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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 user:
POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/messages.startBot`
Parameters:
bot - Json encoded InputUser
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peer - Json encoded InputPeer
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start_param - Json encoded string
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Or, if you're into Lua:
```
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Updates = messages.startBot({bot=InputUser, peer=InputPeer, start_param='string', })
```