---
title: auth.sendCode
description: auth.sendCode parameters, return type and example
---
## Method: auth.sendCode  
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*You cannot use this method directly, use the phone_login method instead (see https://daniil.it/MadelineProto for more info)*




### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Required |
|----------|:-------------:|---------:|
|allow\_flashcall|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional|
|phone\_number|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|
|current\_number|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional|
|api\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|
|api\_hash|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|


### Return type: [auth\_SentCode](../types/auth_SentCode.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);
}

$auth_SentCode = $MadelineProto->auth->sendCode(['allow_flashcall' => Bool, 'phone_number' => 'string', 'current_number' => Bool, 'api_id' => int, 'api_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.sendCode
* params - `{"allow_flashcall": Bool, "phone_number": "string", "current_number": Bool, "api_id": int, "api_hash": "string", }`



### As a user:

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

Parameters:

allow_flashcall - Json encoded Bool
phone_number - Json encoded string
current_number - Json encoded Bool
api_id - Json encoded int
api_hash - Json encoded string



Or, if you're into Lua:

```
auth_SentCode = auth.sendCode({allow_flashcall=Bool, phone_number='string', current_number=Bool, api_id=int, api_hash='string', })
```