--- title: account.updateUsername description: account.updateUsername parameters, return type and example --- ## Method: account.updateUsername [Back to methods index](index.md) ### Parameters: | Name | Type | Required | |----------|:-------------:|---------:| |username|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes| ### Return type: [User](../types/User.md) ### Example: ``` $MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API(); if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot $MadelineProto->bot_login($token); } if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user $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); } $User = $MadelineProto->account->updateUsername(['username' => '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 - account.updateUsername * params - `{"username": "string", }` ### As a user: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/account.updateUsername` Parameters: username - Json encoded string Or, if you're into Lua: ``` User = account.updateUsername({username='string', }) ```