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---
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title: messages.setTyping
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description: Sends a current user typing event (see [SendMessageAction ](../types/SendMessageAction.md ) for all event types) to a conversation partner or group.
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redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/messages_setTyping.html
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---
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# Method: messages.setTyping
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[Back to methods index ](index.md )
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Sends a current user typing event (see [SendMessageAction ](../types/SendMessageAction.md ) for all event types) to a conversation partner or group.
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### Parameters:
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| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
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|peer|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | Target user or group | Optional|
|action|[SendMessageAction](../types/SendMessageAction.md) | Type of action< br > Parameter added in [Layer 17 ](https://core.telegram.org/api/layers#layer-17 ). | Yes|
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### Return type: [Bool](../types/Bool.md)
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### Can bots use this method: **YES**
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### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):
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```php
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if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();
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$Bool = $MadelineProto->messages->setTyping(['peer' => InputPeer, 'action' => SendMessageAction, ]);
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```
Or, if you're into Lua:
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```lua
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Bool = messages.setTyping({peer=InputPeer, action=SendMessageAction, })
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```
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### Errors
| Code | Type | Description |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|CHANNEL_INVALID|The provided channel is invalid|
|400|CHANNEL_PRIVATE|You haven't joined this channel/supergroup|
|400|CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED|You must be an admin in this chat to do this|
|400|CHAT_ID_INVALID|The provided chat id is invalid|
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|400|INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED|The specified user was deleted|
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|400|MSG_ID_INVALID|Invalid message ID provided|
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|400|PEER_ID_INVALID|The provided peer id is invalid|
|400|USER_BANNED_IN_CHANNEL|You're banned from sending messages in supergroups/channels|
|400|USER_IS_BLOCKED|You were blocked by this user|
|400|USER_IS_BOT|Bots can't send messages to other bots|
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|406|AUTH_KEY_DUPLICATED|An auth key with the same ID was already generated|
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|403|CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN|You can't write in this chat|
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