MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/methods/setPassword.md

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setPassword	Changes user password. If new recovery email is specified, then error EMAIL_UNCONFIRMED is returned and password change will not be applied until email confirmation. Application should call getPasswordState from time to time to check if email is already confirmed

Method: setPassword

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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO

Changes user password. If new recovery email is specified, then error EMAIL_UNCONFIRMED is returned and password change will not be applied until email confirmation. Application should call getPasswordState from time to time to check if email is already confirmed

Params:

Name	Type	Required	Description
old_password	string	Yes	Old user password
new_password	string	Yes	New user password, may be empty to remove the password
new_hint	string	Yes	New password hint, can be empty
set_recovery_email	Bool	Yes	Pass True, if recovery email should be changed
new_recovery_email	string	Yes	New recovery email, may be empty

Return type: PasswordState

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);
}

$PasswordState = $MadelineProto->setPassword(['old_password' => 'string', 'new_password' => 'string', 'new_hint' => 'string', 'set_recovery_email' => Bool, 'new_recovery_email' => 'string', ]);

Or, if you're using PWRTelegram:

As a bot:

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

Parameters:

• method - setPassword
• params - {"old_password": "string", "new_password": "string", "new_hint": "string", "set_recovery_email": Bool, "new_recovery_email": "string", }

### As a user:

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

Parameters:

old_password - Json encoded string
new_password - Json encoded string
new_hint - Json encoded string
set_recovery_email - Json encoded Bool
new_recovery_email - Json encoded string

Or, if you're into Lua:

PasswordState = setPassword({old_password='string', new_password='string', new_hint='string', set_recovery_email=Bool, new_recovery_email='string', })