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---
title: messages.sendEncryptedFile
description: messages.sendEncryptedFile parameters, return type and example
---
## Method: messages.sendEncryptedFile
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### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Required |
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|----------|---------------|----------|
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|peer|[InputEncryptedChat](../types/InputEncryptedChat.md) | Yes|
|message|[DecryptedMessage](../types/DecryptedMessage.md) | Yes|
|file|[InputEncryptedFile](../types/InputEncryptedFile.md) | Yes|
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### Return type: [messages\_SentEncryptedMessage](../types/messages_SentEncryptedMessage.md)
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### Can bots use this method: **YES**
### Errors this method can return:
| Error | Description |
|----------|---------------|
|MSG_WAIT_FAILED|A waiting call returned an error|
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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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$messages_SentEncryptedMessage = $MadelineProto->messages->sendEncryptedFile(['peer' => InputEncryptedChat, 'message' => DecryptedMessage, 'file' => InputEncryptedFile, ]);
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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.sendEncryptedFile
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* params - `{"peer": InputEncryptedChat, "message": DecryptedMessage, "file": InputEncryptedFile, }`
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### As a user:
POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/messages.sendEncryptedFile`
Parameters:
peer - Json encoded InputEncryptedChat
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message - Json encoded DecryptedMessage
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file - Json encoded InputEncryptedFile
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Or, if you're into Lua:
```
messages_SentEncryptedMessage = messages.sendEncryptedFile({peer=InputEncryptedChat, message=DecryptedMessage, file=InputEncryptedFile, })
```
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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\_SentEncryptedMessage ](../types/messages_SentEncryptedMessage.md ) will be returned instead.