--- title: messages.startBot description: messages.startBot parameters, return type and example --- ## Method: messages.startBot [Back to methods index](index.md) ### Parameters: | Name | Type | Required | |----------|:-------------:|---------:| |bot|[InputUser](../types/InputUser.md) | Yes| |peer|[InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | Yes| |start\_param|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes| ### Return type: [Updates](../types/Updates.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); } $Updates = $MadelineProto->messages->startBot(['bot' => InputUser, 'peer' => InputPeer, 'start_param' => '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 - messages.startBot * params - `{"bot": InputUser, "peer": InputPeer, "start_param": "string", }` ### As a user: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/messages.startBot` Parameters: bot - Json encoded InputUser peer - Json encoded InputPeer start_param - Json encoded string Or, if you're into Lua: ``` Updates = messages.startBot({bot=InputUser, peer=InputPeer, start_param='string', }) ```