MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v42/methods/account.confirmPasswordEmail.md

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title: account.confirmPasswordEmail
description: Verify an email to use as [2FA recovery method](https://core.telegram.org/api/srp).
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# Method: account.confirmPasswordEmail
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Verify an email to use as [2FA recovery method](https://core.telegram.org/api/srp).

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|code|[string](../types/string.md) | The phone code that was received after [setting a recovery email](https://core.telegram.org/api/srp#email-verification) | Yes|


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

### Can bots use this method: **NO**


### 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();

$Bool = $MadelineProto->account->confirmPasswordEmail(['code' => 'string', ]);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
Bool = account.confirmPasswordEmail({code='string', })
```

### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|CODE_INVALID|Code invalid|
|400|EMAIL_HASH_EXPIRED|Email hash expired|