---
title: auth.sendSms
description: auth.sendSms parameters, return type and example
---
## Method: auth.sendSms  
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### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Required |
|----------|---------------|----------|
|phone\_number|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|
|phone\_code\_hash|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|


### Return type: [Bool](../types/Bool.md)

### Can bots use this method: **YES**


### Example:


```
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
$MadelineProto->session = 'mySession.madeline';
if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot
    $MadelineProto->bot_login($token);
}
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
    $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
    $code = readline('Enter the code you received: '); // Or do this in two separate steps in an HTTP API
    $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}

$Bool = $MadelineProto->auth->sendSms(['phone_number' => 'string', 'phone_code_hash' => 'string', ]);
```

Or, if you're using the [PWRTelegram HTTP API](https://pwrtelegram.xyz):

### As a bot:

POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline`

Parameters:

* method - auth.sendSms
* params - `{"phone_number": "string", "phone_code_hash": "string", }`



### As a user:

POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/auth.sendSms`

Parameters:

phone_number - Json encoded string

phone_code_hash - Json encoded string




Or, if you're into Lua:

```
Bool = auth.sendSms({phone_number='string', phone_code_hash='string', })
```