--- title: getSecretChat description: Returns information about a secret chat by its identifier, offline request --- ## Method: getSecretChat [Back to methods index](index.md) Returns information about a secret chat by its identifier, offline request ### Params: | Name | Type | Required | Description | |----------|:-------------:|:--------:|------------:| |secret\_chat\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|Secret chat identifier| ### Return type: [SecretChat](../types/SecretChat.md) ### Example: ``` $MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API(); if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot $this->bot_login($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); } $SecretChat = $MadelineProto->getSecretChat(['secret_chat_id' => int, ]); ``` Or, if you're into Lua: ``` SecretChat = getSecretChat({secret_chat_id=int, }) ```