MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v40/methods/messages_startBot.md

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messages.startBot	messages.startBot parameters, return type and example

Method: messages.startBot

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Parameters:

Name	Type	Required
bot	InputUser	Yes
chat_id	InputPeer	Yes
start_param	string	Yes

Return type: Updates

Can bots use this method: NO

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
BOT_INVALID	This is not a valid bot
PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid
START_PARAM_EMPTY	The start parameter is empty
START_PARAM_INVALID	Start parameter invalid

Example:

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
$MadelineProto->session = 'mySession.madeline';
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
    $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
    $code = readline('Enter the code you received: '); // Or do this in two separate steps in an HTTP API
    $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}

$Updates = $MadelineProto->messages->startBot(['bot' => InputUser, 'chat_id' => InputPeer, 'start_param' => 'string', ]);

Or, if you're using the PWRTelegram HTTP API:

As a user:

POST/GET to https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/messages.startBot

Parameters:

bot - Json encoded InputUser

chat_id - Json encoded InputPeer

start_param - Json encoded string

Or, if you're into Lua:

Updates = messages.startBot({bot=InputUser, chat_id=InputPeer, start_param='string', })