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# What do you want to do?
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* [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)
* Adds a user to a chat and sends a service message on it: messages.addChatUser
* Adds the user to the blacklist: contacts.block
* 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
* Changes chat photo and sends a service message on it: messages.editChatPhoto
* Changes username for the current user: account.updateUsername
* Check if this phone number is registered on telegram: auth.checkPhone
* Check the validity of a chat invite link and get basic info about it: messages.checkChatInvite
* Confirms receipt of messages by a client, cancels PUSH-notification sending: messages.receivedMessages
* Create channel: messages.createChannel
* Creates a new chat: messages.createChat
* Delete a contact: contacts.deleteContact
* Delete channel messages: messages.deleteChannelMessages
* 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
* Edits notification settings from a given user/group, from all users/all groups: account.updateNotifySettings
* Export an invite link for a chat: messages.exportChatInvite
* Export contact as card: contacts.exportCard
* Forward message: messages.forwardMessage
* Forwards messages by their IDs: messages.forwardMessages
* Get all installed stickers: messages.getAllStickers
* Get changelog of current app: help.getAppChangelog
* Get channel/supergruop dialogs: messages.getChannelDialogs
* Get days to live of account: account.getAccountTTL
* Get important message history: messages.getImportantHistory
* Get info about a stickerset: messages.getStickerSet
* Get logged-in sessions: account.getAuthorizations
* Get preview of webpage: messages.getWebPagePreview
* Get privacy settings of current account: account.getPrivacy
* Get stickers by emoji: messages.getStickers
* Get suggested contacts: contacts.getSuggested
* 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
* Import a chat invite and join a private chat/supergroup/channel: messages.importChatInvite
* Import card as contact: contacts.importCard
* 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
* Initialize connection: initConnection
* Install a stickerset: messages.installStickerSet
* Installs a previously uploaded photo as a profile photo: photos.updateProfilePhoto
* Invite friends to telegram!: auth.sendInvites
* 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
* Log out an active authorized session by its hash: account.resetAuthorization
* Mark channel/supergroup history as read: messages.readChannelHistory
* Marks message history as read: messages.readHistory
* Marks message history within a secret chat as read: messages.readEncryptedHistory
* Notifies the sender about the recipient having listened a voice message or watched a video: messages.readMessageContents
* Obtain configuration for two-factor authorization with password: account.getPassword
* Register device to receive PUSH notifications: account.registerDevice
* Request recovery code of a 2FA password, only for accounts with a recovery email configured: auth.requestPasswordRecovery
* Reset the 2FA password using the recovery code sent using auth.requestPasswordRecovery: auth.recoverPassword
* Resets all notification settings from users and groups: account.resetNotifySettings
* 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 current configuration, icluding data center configuration: help.getConfig
* Returns info on data centre nearest to the user: help.getNearestDc
* Returns information on update availability for the current application: help.getAppUpdate
* Returns 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 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
* Saves logs of application on the server: help.saveAppLog
* Send SMS verification code: auth.sendSms
* Send a media: messages.sendMedia
* Send a message to all users in the chat list: messages.sendBroadcast
* Send typing event by the current user to a secret chat: messages.setEncryptedTyping
* Send verification phone call: auth.sendCall
* Sends a current user typing event (see SendMessageAction for all event types) to a conversation partner or group: messages.setTyping
* Sends a message to a chat: messages.sendMessage
* Sends a message with a file attachment to a secret chat: messages.sendEncryptedFile
* Sends a service message to a secret chat: messages.sendEncryptedService
* Sends a text message to a secret chat: messages.sendEncrypted
* Set account self-destruction period: account.setAccountTTL
* Start a conversation with a bot using a deep linking parameter: messages.startBot
* Terminates all user's authorized sessions except for the current one: auth.resetAuthorizations
* Uninstall a stickerset: messages.uninstallStickerSet
* Updates current user profile photo: photos.uploadProfilePhoto
* Updates online user status: account.updateStatus
* Updates user profile: account.updateProfile
* 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
* You cannot use this method directly, instead modify the PFS and default_temp_auth_key_expires_in settings, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/SETTINGS.html for more info: auth.bindTempAuthKey
* You cannot use this method directly, instead use $MadelineProto->getDhConfig();: messages.getDhConfig
* You cannot use this method directly, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info on handling secret chats: messages.acceptEncryption
* You cannot use this method directly, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info on handling secret chats: messages.discardEncryption
* You cannot use this method directly, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info on handling secret chats: messages.requestEncryption
* You cannot use this method directly, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info on handling updates: updates.getChannelDifference
* You cannot use this method directly, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info on handling updates: updates.getDifference
* You cannot use this method directly, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info on handling updates: updates.getState
* You cannot use this method directly, use $MadelineProto->exportAuthorization() instead, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/LOGIN.html: auth.exportAuthorization
* You cannot use this method directly, use $MadelineProto->importAuthorization($authorization) instead, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/LOGIN.html: auth.importAuthorization
* You cannot use this method directly, use the botLogin method instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info): auth.importBotAuthorization
* You cannot use this method directly, use the complete2falogin method instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info): auth.checkPassword
* You cannot use this method directly, use the completePhoneLogin method instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info): auth.signIn
* You cannot use this method directly, use the completeSignup method instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info): auth.signUp
* You cannot use this method directly, use the getPwrChat, getInfo, getFullInfo methods instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info): messages.getFullChat
* You cannot use this method directly, use the getPwrChat, getInfo, getFullInfo methods instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info): users.getFullUser
* You cannot use this method directly, use the logout method instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info): auth.logOut
* You cannot use this method directly, use the phoneLogin method instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info): auth.sendCode
* You cannot use this method directly, use the resolveUsername, getPwrChat, getInfo, getFullInfo methods instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info): contacts.resolveUsername
* You cannot use this method directly, use the upload, downloadToStream, downloadToFile, downloadToDir methods instead; see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info: upload.getFile
* You cannot use this method directly, use the upload, downloadToStream, downloadToFile, downloadToDir methods instead; see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info: upload.saveBigFilePart
* You cannot use this method directly, use the upload, downloadToStream, downloadToFile, downloadToDir methods instead; see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info: upload.saveFilePart
* You cannot use this method directly: messages.receivedQueue
* You cannot use this method directly; use $MadelineProto->update2fa($params), instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info): account.getPasswordSettings
* You cannot use this method directly; use $MadelineProto->update2fa($params), instead (see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info): account.updatePasswordSettings