MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v25/methods/auth.checkPassword.md

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title: auth.checkPassword
description: Try logging to an account protected by a [2FA password](https://core.telegram.org/api/srp).
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
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# Method: auth.checkPassword  
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Try logging to an account protected by a [2FA password](https://core.telegram.org/api/srp).

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|password\_hash|[bytes](../types/bytes.md) | You cannot use this method directly, use the complete_2fa_login method instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info) | Yes|


### Return type: [auth\_Authorization](../types/auth_Authorization.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();

$auth_Authorization = $MadelineProto->auth->checkPassword(['password_hash' => 'bytes', ]);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
auth_Authorization = auth.checkPassword({password_hash='bytes', })
```

### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|PASSWORD_HASH_INVALID|The provided password hash is invalid|