---
title: messages.sendEncryptedService
description: Send a service message to a secret chat
---
## Method: messages.sendEncryptedService  
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Send a service message to a secret chat

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Required | Description |
|----------|---------------|----------|-------------|
|peer|[Secret chat ID, Update, EncryptedMessage or InputEncryptedChat](../types/InputEncryptedChat.md) | Yes|The chat where to send the service message|
|message|[CLICK ME DecryptedMessage](../types/DecryptedMessage.md) | Yes|The service message|


### Return type: [messages\_SentEncryptedMessage](../types/messages_SentEncryptedMessage.md)

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


### Errors this method can return:

| Error    | Description   |
|----------|---------------|
|DATA_INVALID|Encrypted data invalid|
|ENCRYPTION_DECLINED|The secret chat was declined|
|MSG_WAIT_FAILED|A waiting call returned an error|
|USER_IS_BLOCKED|User is blocked|


### MadelineProto Example:


```
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
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();

$messages_SentEncryptedMessage = $MadelineProto->messages->sendEncryptedService(['peer' => InputEncryptedChat, 'message' => DecryptedMessage, ]);
```

### [PWRTelegram HTTP API](https://pwrtelegram.xyz) example (NOT FOR MadelineProto):

### As a bot:

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

Parameters:

* method - messages.sendEncryptedService
* params - `{"peer": InputEncryptedChat, "message": DecryptedMessage, }`



### As a user:

POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/messages.sendEncryptedService`

Parameters:

peer - Json encoded InputEncryptedChat

message - Json encoded DecryptedMessage




Or, if you're into Lua:

```
messages_SentEncryptedMessage = messages.sendEncryptedService({peer=InputEncryptedChat, message=DecryptedMessage, })
```


## 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.