--- title: Methods description: What do you want to do? image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png --- # What do you want to do? [Go back to API documentation index](..) [Go to the old code-version method index](api_README.md) * [Logout](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/logout.html) * [Login](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/LOGIN.html) * [Change 2FA password](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/update2fa.html) * [Get all chats, broadcast a message to all chats](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/DIALOGS.html) * [Get the full participant list of a channel/group/supergroup](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/getPwrChat.html) * [Get full info about a user/chat/supergroup/channel](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/getFullInfo.html) * [Get info about a user/chat/supergroup/channel](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/getInfo.html) * [Get info about the currently logged-in user](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/getSelf.html) * [Upload or download files up to 1.5 GB](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/FILES.html) * [Make a phone call and play a song](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/CALLS.html) * [Create a secret chat bot](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/SECRET_CHATS.html) * Accept incoming call: phone.acceptCall * Add GIF to saved gifs list: messages.saveGif * Add a sticker to a stickerset, bots only. The sticker set must have been created by the bot: stickers.addStickerToSet * Add/remove sticker from recent stickers list: messages.saveRecentSticker * Adds a user to a chat and sends a service message on it: messages.addChatUser * Adds the user to the blacklist: contacts.block * Answer an inline query, for bots only: messages.setInlineBotResults * Answers a custom query; for bots only: bots.answerWebhookJSONQuery * Associate a stickerset to the supergroup: channels.setStickers * Ban/unban/kick a user in a supergroup/channel: channels.editBanned * Binds a temporary authorization key temp_auth_key_id to the permanent authorization key perm_auth_key_id. Each permanent key may only be bound to one temporary key at a time, binding a new temporary key overwrites the previous one: auth.bindTempAuthKey * Cancel the login verification code: auth.cancelCode * Cancels a request for creation and/or delete info on secret chat: messages.discardEncryption * Chanages chat name and sends a service message on it: messages.editChatTitle * Change privacy settings of current account: account.setPrivacy * Change the phone number of the current account: account.changePhone * Change the photo of a channel/supergroup: channels.editPhoto * Change the username of a supergroup/channel: channels.updateUsername * Changes chat photo and sends a service message on it: messages.editChatPhoto * Changes the absolute position of a sticker in the set to which it belongs; for bots only. The sticker set must have been created by the bot: stickers.changeStickerPosition * Changes username for the current user: account.updateUsername * Check if a username is free and can be assigned to a channel/supergroup: channels.checkUsername * Check the validity of a chat invite link and get basic info about it: messages.checkChatInvite * Clear recent stickers: messages.clearRecentStickers * Clear saved payment information: payments.clearSavedInfo * Confirm a phone number to cancel account deletion, for more info click here »: account.confirmPhone * Confirms creation of a secret chat: messages.acceptEncryption * Confirms receipt of messages by a client, cancels PUSH-notification sending: messages.receivedMessages * Confirms receipt of messages in a secret chat by client, cancels push notifications: messages.receivedQueue * Create a supergroup/channel: channels.createChannel * Create a stickerset, bots only: stickers.createStickerSet * Creates a new chat: messages.createChat * Delete a channel/supergroup: channels.deleteChannel * Delete all messages sent by a certain user in a supergroup: channels.deleteUserHistory * Delete all temporary authorization keys except for the ones specified: auth.dropTempAuthKeys * Delete messages in a channel/supergroup: channels.deleteMessages * Delete saved contacts: contacts.resetSaved * Delete the history of a supergroup: channels.deleteHistory * Delete the user's account from the telegram servers. Can be used, for example, to delete the account of a user that provided the login code, but forgot the 2FA password and no recovery method is configured: account.deleteAccount * Deletes a device by its token, stops sending PUSH-notifications to it: account.unregisterDevice * Deletes a user from a chat and sends a service message on it: messages.deleteChatUser * Deletes communication history: messages.deleteHistory * Deletes messages by their identifiers: messages.deleteMessages * Deletes profile photos: photos.deletePhotos * Deletes several contacts from the list: contacts.deleteContacts * Deletes the user from the blacklist: contacts.unblock * Download a CDN file: upload.getCdnFile * Edit an inline bot message: messages.editInlineBotMessage * Edit message: messages.editMessage * Edit the name of a channel/supergroup: channels.editTitle * Edits notification settings from a given user/group, from all users/all groups: account.updateNotifySettings * Enable/disable message signatures in channels: channels.toggleSignatures * Export an invite link for a chat: messages.exportChatInvite * Find out if a media message's caption can be edited: messages.getMessageEditData * Forwards messages by their IDs: messages.forwardMessages * Get SHA256 hashes for verifying downloaded CDN files: upload.getCdnFileHashes * Get channel/supergroup messages: channels.getMessages * Get channels/supergroups/geogroups we're admin in. Usually called when the user exceeds the limit for owned public channels/supergroups/geogroups, and the user is given the choice to remove one of his channels/supergroups/geogroups: channels.getAdminedPublicChannels * Get instant view page: messages.getWebPage * Get a document by its SHA256 hash, mainly used for gifs: messages.getDocumentByHash * Get a payment form: payments.getPaymentForm * Get all archived stickers: messages.getArchivedStickers * Get all chats, channels and supergroups: messages.getAllChats * Get all installed stickers: messages.getAllStickers * Get and increase the view counter of a message sent or forwarded from a channel: messages.getMessagesViews * Get changelog of current app. : help.getAppChangelog * Get chats in common with a user: messages.getCommonChats * Get configuration for CDN file downloads: help.getCdnConfig * Get days to live of account: account.getAccountTTL * Get dialog info of specified peers: messages.getPeerDialogs * Get faved stickers: messages.getFavedStickers * Get featured stickers: messages.getFeaturedStickers * Get full info about a channel: channels.getFullChannel * Get highscores of a game sent using an inline bot: messages.getInlineGameHighScores * Get highscores of a game: messages.getGameHighScores * Get info about channels/supergroups: channels.getChannels * Get info about a channel/supergroup participant: channels.getParticipant * Get info about a stickerset: messages.getStickerSet * Get information about all languages in a localization pack: langpack.getLanguages * Get installed mask stickers: messages.getMaskStickers * Get link and embed info of a message in a channel/supergroup: channels.exportMessageLink * Get live location history of a certain user: messages.getRecentLocations * Get localization pack strings: langpack.getLangPack * Get logged-in sessions: account.getAuthorizations * Get most used peers: contacts.getTopPeers * Get new updates: updates.getDifference * Get new strings in languagepack: langpack.getDifference * Get payment receipt: payments.getPaymentReceipt * Get peer settings: messages.getPeerSettings * Get phone call configuration to be passed to libtgvoip's shared config: phone.getCallConfig * Get pinned dialogs: messages.getPinnedDialogs * Get preview of webpage: messages.getWebPagePreview * Get privacy settings of current account: account.getPrivacy * Get private info associated to the password info (recovery email, telegram passport info & so on): account.getPasswordSettings * Get recent stickers: messages.getRecentStickers * Get recently used t.me links: help.getRecentMeUrls * Get saved GIFs: messages.getSavedGifs * Get saved payment information: payments.getSavedInfo * Get stickers attached to a photo or video: messages.getAttachedStickers * Get strings from a language pack: langpack.getStrings * Get temporary payment password: account.getTmpPassword * Get the admin log of a channel/supergroup: channels.getAdminLog * Get the participants of a supergroup/channel: channels.getParticipants * Get unread messages where we were mentioned: messages.getUnreadMentions * Gets back found messages: messages.search * Gets back the conversation history with one interlocutor / within a chat: messages.getHistory * Gets current notification settings for a given user/group, from all users/all groups: account.getNotifySettings * Hide/unhide message history for new channel/supergroup users: channels.togglePreHistoryHidden * If you sent an invoice requesting a shipping address and the parameter is_flexible was specified, the bot will receive an updateBotShippingQuery update. Use this method to reply to shipping queries: messages.setBotShippingResults * Import a chat invite and join a private chat/supergroup/channel: messages.importChatInvite * Imports contacts: saves a full list on the server, adds already registered contacts to the contact list, returns added contacts and their info: contacts.importContacts * Informs the server about the number of pending bot updates if they haven't been processed for a long time; for bots only: help.setBotUpdatesStatus * Initialize connection: initConnection * Install a stickerset: messages.installStickerSet * Installs a previously uploaded photo as a profile photo: photos.updateProfilePhoto * Invite users to a channel/supergroup: channels.inviteToChannel * Invoke a request without subscribing the used connection for updates (this is enabled by default for file queries): invokeWithoutUpdates * Invoke the specified query using the specified API layer: invokeWithLayer * Invokes a query after a successfull completion of previous queries: invokeAfterMsgs * Invokes a query after successfull completion of one of the previous queries: invokeAfterMsg * Join a channel/supergroup: channels.joinChannel * Leave a channel/supergroup: channels.leaveChannel * Log out an active authorized session by its hash: account.resetAuthorization * Login as a bot: auth.importBotAuthorization * Logs in a user using a key transmitted from his native data-centre: auth.importAuthorization * Logs out the user: auth.logOut * Make a user admin in a legacy group: messages.editChatAdmin * Mark channel/supergroup history as read: channels.readHistory * Mark channel/supergroup message contents as read: channels.readMessageContents * Mark a sticker as favorite: messages.faveSticker * Mark mentions as read: messages.readMentions * Mark new featured stickers as read: messages.readFeaturedStickers * Marks message history as read: messages.readHistory * Marks message history within a secret chat as read: messages.readEncryptedHistory * Modify the admin rights of a user in a supergroup/channel: channels.editAdmin * Notifies the sender about the recipient having listened a voice message or watched a video: messages.readMessageContents * Notify the other user in a private chat that a screenshot of the chat was taken: messages.sendScreenshotNotification * Obtain configuration for two-factor authorization with password: account.getPassword * Once the user has confirmed their payment and shipping details, the bot receives an updateBotPrecheckoutQuery update. : messages.setBotPrecheckoutResults * Optional: notify the server that the user is currently busy in a call: this will automatically refuse all incoming phone calls until the current phone call is ended: phone.receivedCall * Pin/unpin a dialog: messages.toggleDialogPin * Press an inline callback button and get a callback answer from the bot: messages.getBotCallbackAnswer * Query an inline bot: messages.getInlineBotResults * Rate a call: phone.setCallRating * Refuse or end running call: phone.discardCall * Register device to receive PUSH notifications: account.registerDevice * Registers a validated phone number in the system: auth.signUp * Remove a sticker from the set where it belongs, bots only. The sticker set must have been created by the bot: stickers.removeStickerFromSet * Reorder installed stickersets: messages.reorderStickerSets * Reorder pinned dialogs: messages.reorderPinnedDialogs * Report a new incoming chat for spam, if the peer settings of the chat allow us to do that: messages.reportSpam * Report a peer for violation of telegram's Terms of Service: account.reportPeer * Report a secret chat for spam: messages.reportEncryptedSpam * Reports some messages from a user in a supergroup as spam; requires administrator rights in the supergroup: channels.reportSpam * Request a reupload of a certain file to a CDN DC: upload.reuploadCdnFile * Request recovery code of a 2FA password, only for accounts with a recovery email configured: auth.requestPasswordRecovery * Resend the login code via another medium, the phone code type is determined by the return value of the previous auth.sendCode/auth.resendCode: see login for more info: auth.resendCode * Reset rating of top peer: contacts.resetTopPeerRating * Reset the 2FA password using the recovery code sent using auth.requestPasswordRecovery: auth.recoverPassword * Resets all notification settings from users and groups: account.resetNotifySettings * Resolve a @username to get peer info: contacts.resolveUsername * Returns a current state of updates: updates.getState * Returns a list of available wallpapers: account.getWallPapers * Returns basic user info according to their identifiers: users.getUsers * Returns chat basic info on their IDs: messages.getChats * Returns configuration parameters for Diffie-Hellman key generation. Can also return a random sequence of bytes of required length: messages.getDhConfig * Returns content of a whole file or its part: upload.getFile * Returns content of an HTTP file or a part, by proxying the request through telegram: upload.getWebFile * Returns current configuration, including data center configuration: help.getConfig * Returns data for copying authorization to another data-centre: auth.exportAuthorization * Returns extended user info by ID: users.getFullUser * Returns full chat info according to its ID: messages.getFullChat * Returns info on data centre nearest to the user: help.getNearestDc * Returns information on update availability for the current application: help.getAppUpdate * Returns localized text of a text message with an invitation: help.getInviteText * Returns the current user dialog list: messages.getDialogs * Returns the current user's contact list: contacts.getContacts * Returns the difference between the current state of updates of a certain channel and transmitted: updates.getChannelDifference * Returns the list of blocked users: contacts.getBlocked * Returns the list of contact statuses: contacts.getStatuses * Returns the list of messages by their IDs: messages.getMessages * Returns the list of user photos: photos.getUserPhotos * Returns the support user for the 'ask a question' feature: help.getSupport * Returns users found by username substring: contacts.search * Save a message draft associated to a chat: messages.saveDraft * Save get all message drafts: messages.getAllDrafts * Saves a part of a large file (over 10Mb in size) to be later passed to one of the methods: upload.saveBigFilePart * Saves a part of file for futher sending to one of the methods: upload.saveFilePart * Saves logs of application on the server: help.saveAppLog * Search for GIFs: messages.searchGifs * Search for messages and peers globally: messages.searchGlobal * Send a media: messages.sendMedia * Send a result obtained using messages.getInlineBotResults: messages.sendInlineBotResult * Send an album of media: messages.sendMultiMedia * Send compiled payment form: payments.sendPaymentForm * Send confirmation code to cancel account deletion, for more info click here »: account.sendConfirmPhoneCode * Send phone call debug data to server: phone.saveCallDebug * Send the verification code for login: auth.sendCode * Send typing event by the current user to a secret chat: messages.setEncryptedTyping * Sends a current user typing event (see SendMessageAction for all event types) to a conversation partner or group: messages.setTyping * Sends a custom request; for bots only: bots.sendCustomRequest * Sends a message to a chat: messages.sendMessage * Sends a message with a file attachment to a secret chat: messages.sendEncryptedFile * Sends a request to start a secret chat to the user: messages.requestEncryption * Sends a service message to a secret chat: messages.sendEncryptedService * Sends a text message to a secret chat: messages.sendEncrypted * Set a new 2FA password: account.updatePasswordSettings * Set account self-destruction period: account.setAccountTTL * Set the callback answer to a user button press (bots only): messages.setBotCallbackAnswer * Signs in a user with a validated phone number: auth.signIn * Start a conversation with a bot using a deep linking parameter: messages.startBot * Start a telegram phone call: phone.requestCall * Submit requested order information for validation: payments.validateRequestedInfo * Terminates all user's authorized sessions except for the current one: auth.resetAuthorizations * Try logging to an account protected by a 2FA password: auth.checkPassword * Turn a legacy group into a supergroup: messages.migrateChat * Uninstall a stickerset: messages.uninstallStickerSet * Updates current user profile photo: photos.uploadProfilePhoto * Updates online user status: account.updateStatus * Updates user profile: account.updateProfile * Upload a file and associate it to a chat (without actually sending it to the chat): messages.uploadMedia * Upload encrypted file and associate it to a secret chat: messages.uploadEncryptedFile * Use this method to set the score of the specified user in a game sent as a normal message (bots only): messages.setGameScore * Use this method to set the score of the specified user in a game sent as an inline message (bots only): messages.setInlineGameScore * Validates a username and checks availability: account.checkUsername * Verify a new phone number to associate to the current account: account.sendChangePhoneCode * When client-side passcode lock feature is enabled, will not show message texts in incoming PUSH notifications: account.updateDeviceLocked * Complete phone call E2E encryption key exchange »: phone.confirmCall