MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v18/methods/messages_sendEncryptedFile.md

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Method: messages.sendEncryptedFile

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Send a file to a secret chat

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
peer	Secret chat ID, Update, EncryptedMessage or InputEncryptedChat	Yes	The chat where to send the file
message	DecryptedMessage	Yes	The message with the file
file	File path or InputEncryptedFile	Optional	The file (optional)

Return type: messages_SentEncryptedMessage

Can bots use this method: YES

MadelineProto Example:

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();

$messages_SentEncryptedMessage = $MadelineProto->messages->sendEncryptedFile(['peer' => InputEncryptedChat, 'message' => DecryptedMessage, 'file' => InputEncryptedFile, ]);

PWRTelegram HTTP API example (NOT FOR MadelineProto):

As a bot:

POST/GET to https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline

Parameters:

• method - messages.sendEncryptedFile
• params - {"peer": InputEncryptedChat, "message": DecryptedMessage, "file": InputEncryptedFile, }

As a user:

POST/GET to https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/messages.sendEncryptedFile

Parameters:

peer - Json encoded InputEncryptedChat

message - Json encoded DecryptedMessage

file - Json encoded InputEncryptedFile

Or, if you're into Lua:

messages_SentEncryptedMessage = messages.sendEncryptedFile({peer=InputEncryptedChat, message=DecryptedMessage, file=InputEncryptedFile, })

Return value

If the length of the provided message is bigger than 4096, the message will be split in chunks and the method will be called multiple times, with the same parameters (except for the message), and an array of messages_SentEncryptedMessage will be returned instead.

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
MSG_WAIT_FAILED	A waiting call returned an error