MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v97/methods/messages.setEncryptedTyping.md

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title: messages.setEncryptedTyping
description: Send typing event by the current user to a secret chat.
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# Method: messages.setEncryptedTyping  
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Send typing event by the current user to a secret chat.

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|peer|[Secret chat ID, Update, EncryptedMessage or InputEncryptedChat](../types/InputEncryptedChat.md) | Secret chat ID | Yes|
|typing|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Typing.<br>**Possible values**:<br>[(boolTrue)](../constructors/boolTrue.md), if the user started typing and more than **5 seconds** have passed since the last request<br>[(boolFalse)](../constructors/boolFalse.md), if the user stopped typing | 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->messages->setEncryptedTyping(['peer' => InputEncryptedChat, 'typing' => Bool, ]);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
Bool = messages.setEncryptedTyping({peer=InputEncryptedChat, typing=Bool, })
```

### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|CHAT_ID_INVALID|The provided chat id is invalid|