MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v40/methods/auth.importBotAuthorization.md

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title: auth.importBotAuthorization
description: You cannot use this method directly, use the botLogin method instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info)
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# Method: auth.importBotAuthorization  
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You cannot use this method directly, use the botLogin method instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info)

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|api\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | You cannot use this method directly, use the botLogin method instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info) | Yes|
|api\_hash|[string](../types/string.md) | You cannot use this method directly, use the botLogin method instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info) | Yes|
|bot\_auth\_token|[string](../types/string.md) | You cannot use this method directly, use the botLogin method instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info) | Yes|


### Return type: [auth.Authorization](../types/auth.Authorization.md)

### Can bots use this method: **YES**


### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):


```php
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();

$auth.Authorization = $MadelineProto->auth->importBotAuthorization(['api_id' => int, 'api_hash' => 'string', 'bot_auth_token' => 'string', ]);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
auth.Authorization = auth.importBotAuthorization({api_id=int, api_hash='string', bot_auth_token='string', })
```

### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRED|Access token expired|
|400|ACCESS_TOKEN_INVALID|Access token invalid|
|400|API_ID_INVALID|API ID invalid|
|401|AUTH_KEY_INVALID|Auth key invalid|