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title: messages.setTyping
description: messages.setTyping parameters, return type and example
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---
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## Method: messages.setTyping
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### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Required |
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|----------|---------------|----------|
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|peer|[InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | Yes|
|action|[SendMessageAction](../types/SendMessageAction.md) | Yes|
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### Return type: [Bool](../types/Bool.md)
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### Can bots use this method: **YES**
### Errors this method can return:
| Error | Description |
|----------|---------------|
|CHANNEL_INVALID|The provided channel is invalid||CHANNEL_PRIVATE|You haven't joined this channel/supergroup||CHAT_ID_INVALID|The provided chat id is invalid||PEER_ID_INVALID|The provided peer id is invalid|
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### Example:
```
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
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if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot
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$MadelineProto->bot_login($token);
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}
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if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
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$sentCode = $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
echo 'Enter the code you received: ';
$code = '';
for ($x = 0; $x < $sentCode['type']['length']; $x++) {
$code .= fgetc(STDIN);
}
$MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}
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$Bool = $MadelineProto->messages->setTyping(['peer' => InputPeer, 'action' => SendMessageAction, ]);
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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.setTyping
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* params - `{"peer": InputPeer, "action": SendMessageAction, }`
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### As a user:
POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/messages.setTyping`
Parameters:
peer - Json encoded InputPeer
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action - Json encoded SendMessageAction
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Or, if you're into Lua:
```
Bool = messages.setTyping({peer=InputPeer, action=SendMessageAction, })
```