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• Logout

• Login

• Change 2FA password

• Get all chats, broadcast a message to all chats

• Get the full participant list of a channel/group/supergroup

• Get full info about a user/chat/supergroup/channel

• Get info about a user/chat/supergroup/channel

• Get info about the currently logged-in user

• Upload or download files up to 1.5 GB

• Make a phone call and play a song

• Create a secret chat bot

• Accept the new terms of service: help.acceptTermsOfService

• 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

• Cancel the code that was sent to verify an email to use as 2FA recovery method: account.cancelPasswordEmail

• Cancel the login verification code: auth.cancelCode

• Chanages chat name and sends a service message on it: messages.editChatTitle

• Change media autodownload settings: account.saveAutoDownloadSettings

• 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 all drafts: messages.clearAllDrafts

• 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 receipt of messages by a client, cancels PUSH-notification sending: messages.receivedMessages

• Create a supergroup/channel: channels.createChannel

• Create a stickerset, bots only: stickers.createStickerSet

• Create and upload a new wallpaper: account.uploadWallPaper

• Creates a new chat: messages.createChat

• Delete a channel/supergroup: channels.deleteChannel

• Delete a contact: contacts.deleteContact

• 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 contacts by phone number: contacts.deleteByPhones

• Delete installed wallpapers: account.resetWallPapers

• Delete messages in a channel/supergroup: channels.deleteMessages

• Delete saved contacts: contacts.resetSaved

• Delete stored Telegram Passport documents, for more info see the passport docs »: account.deleteSecureValue

• 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

• Edit an inline bot message: messages.editInlineBotMessage

• Edit message: messages.editMessage

• Edit the default banned rights of a channel/supergroup/group: messages.editChatDefaultBannedRights

• Edit the description of a group/supergroup/channel: messages.editChatAbout

• 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 top peers: contacts.toggleTopPeers

• 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

• Finish account takeout session: account.finishTakeoutSession

• Forwards messages by their IDs: messages.forwardMessages

• 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 passport configuration: help.getPassportConfig

• Get a document by its SHA256 hash, mainly used for gifs: messages.getDocumentByHash

• Get a list of channels/supergroups we left: channels.getLeftChannels

• Get a payment form: payments.getPaymentForm

• Get all archived stickers: messages.getArchivedStickers

• Get all chats, channels and supergroups: messages.getAllChats

• Get all contacts: contacts.getSaved

• Get all installed stickers: messages.getAllStickers

• Get all saved Telegram Passport documents, for more info see the passport docs »: account.getAllSecureValues

• Get and increase the view counter of a message sent or forwarded from a channel: messages.getMessagesViews

• Get app-specific configuration: help.getAppConfig

• Get changed emoji keywords: messages.getEmojiKeywordsDifference

• 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 contact by telegram IDs: contacts.getContactIDs

• Get count of online users in a chat: messages.getOnlines

• Get days to live of account: account.getAccountTTL

• Get dialog info of specified peers: messages.getPeerDialogs

• Get dialogs manually marked as unread: messages.getDialogUnreadMarks

• Get faved stickers: messages.getFavedStickers

• Get featured stickers: messages.getFeaturedStickers

• 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 t.me link: help.getDeepLinkInfo

• Get info about a certain wallpaper: account.getWallPaper

• Get info about a stickerset: messages.getStickerSet

• Get information about a language in a localization pack: langpack.getLanguage

• 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 localized emoji keywords: messages.getEmojiKeywords

• Get localized name of the telegram support user: help.getSupportName

• Get logged-in sessions: account.getAuthorizations

• Get media autodownload settings: account.getAutoDownloadSettings

• Get message ranges for saving the user's chat history: messages.getSplitRanges

• Get most used peers: contacts.getTopPeers

• 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 poll results: messages.getPollResults

• Get preview of webpage: messages.getWebPagePreview

• Get privacy settings of current account: account.getPrivacy

• Get promotion info of the currently-used MTProxy: help.getProxyData

• Get recent stickers: messages.getRecentStickers

• Get recently used t.me links: help.getRecentMeUrls

• Get saved GIFs: messages.getSavedGifs

• Get saved Telegram Passport document, for more info see the passport docs »: account.getSecureValue

• Get saved payment information: payments.getSavedInfo

• Get stickers attached to a photo or video: messages.getAttachedStickers

• Get stickers by emoji: messages.getStickers

• 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 channel: channels.getParticipants

• Get unread messages where we were mentioned: messages.getUnreadMentions

• Get web login widget authorizations: account.getWebAuthorizations

• 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 report spam popup: messages.hideReportSpam

• 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

• Install wallpaper: account.installWallPaper

• Install/uninstall wallpaper: account.saveWallPaper

• Installs a previously uploaded photo as a profile photo: photos.updateProfilePhoto

• Internal use: help.editUserInfo

• Internal use: help.getUserInfo

• Intialize account takeout session: account.initTakeoutSession

• Invite users to a channel/supergroup: channels.inviteToChannel

• Invoke a method within a takeout session: invokeWithTakeout

• 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

• Invoke with the given message range: invokeWithMessagesRange

• 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

• Log out an active web telegram login session: account.resetWebAuthorization

• Look for updates of telegram's terms of service: help.getTermsOfServiceUpdate

• Make a user admin in a legacy group: messages.editChatAdmin

• Manually mark dialog as unread: messages.markDialogUnread

• 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

• Notify the user that the sent passport data contains some errors The user will not be able to re-submit their Passport data to you until the errors are fixed (the contents of the field for which you returned the error must change): users.setSecureValueErrors

• 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 a message: messages.updatePinnedMessage

• 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

• Register device to receive PUSH notifications: account.registerDevice

• 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 message in a chat for violation of telegram's Terms of Service: messages.report

• 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 recovery code of a 2FA password, only for accounts with a recovery email configured: auth.requestPasswordRecovery

• Resend the code to verify an email to use as 2FA recovery method: account.resendPasswordEmail

• 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 all active web telegram login sessions: account.resetWebAuthorizations

• 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 URL with the chat statistics. Currently this method can be used only for channels: messages.getStatsURL

• Returns a Telegram Passport authorization form for sharing data with a service: account.getAuthorizationForm

• Returns a list of available wallpapers: account.getWallPapers

• Returns an HTTP URL which can be used to automatically log in into translation platform and suggest new emoji replacements. The URL will be valid for 30 seconds after generation: messages.getEmojiURL

• Returns basic user info according to their identifiers: users.getUsers

• Returns chat basic info on their IDs: messages.getChats

• Returns content of an HTTP file or a part, by proxying the request through telegram: upload.getWebFile

• 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 list of chats with non-default notification settings: account.getNotifyExceptions

• 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

• Save a message draft associated to a chat: messages.saveDraft

• Save get all message drafts: messages.getAllDrafts

• Saves logs of application on the server: help.saveAppLog

• Search for GIFs: messages.searchGifs

• Search for messages and peers globally: messages.searchGlobal

• Search for stickersets: messages.searchStickerSets

• Securely save Telegram Passport document, for more info see the passport docs »: account.saveSecureValue

• 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 email code for telegram passport: account.sendVerifyEmailCode

• Send the verification phone code for telegram passport: account.sendVerifyPhoneCode

• Send typing event by the current user to a secret chat: messages.setEncryptedTyping

• Sends a Telegram Passport authorization form, effectively sharing data with the service: account.acceptAuthorization

• 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 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

• Set the callback answer to a user button press (bots only): messages.setBotCallbackAnswer

• Start a conversation with a bot using a deep linking parameter: messages.startBot

• Submit requested order information for validation: payments.validateRequestedInfo

• Terminates all user's authorized sessions except for the current one: auth.resetAuthorizations

• Toggle contact sign up notifications: account.setContactSignUpNotification

• 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

• Verify a phone number for telegram passport: account.verifyPhone

• Verify an email address for telegram passport: account.verifyEmail

• Verify an email to use as 2FA recovery method: account.confirmPasswordEmail

• Vote in a poll: messages.sendVote

• When client-side passcode lock feature is enabled, will not show message texts in incoming PUSH notifications: account.updateDeviceLocked

• Whether the user will receive notifications when contacts sign up: account.getContactSignUpNotification

• 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, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz#calls for more info on handling calls: phone.acceptCall

• You cannot use this method directly, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz#calls for more info on handling calls: phone.confirmCall

• You cannot use this method directly, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz#calls for more info on handling calls: phone.discardCall

• You cannot use this method directly, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz#calls for more info on handling calls: phone.requestCall

• 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): channels.getFullChannel

• 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.getCdnFile

• You cannot use this method directly, use the upload, downloadToStream, downloadToFile, downloadToDir methods instead; see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info: upload.getCdnFileHashes

• 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.getFileHashes

• You cannot use this method directly, use the upload, downloadToStream, downloadToFile, downloadToDir methods instead; see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info: upload.reuploadCdnFile

• 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