MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v72/methods/messages.setTyping.md

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Method: messages.setTyping

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Sends a current user typing event (see SendMessageAction for all event types) to a conversation partner or group.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
peer	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer	Target user or group	Optional
action	SendMessageAction	Type of action Parameter added in Layer 17.	Yes

Return type: Bool

Can bots use this method: YES

MadelineProto Example (now async for huge speed and parallelism!):

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();

$Bool = $MadelineProto->messages->setTyping(['peer' => InputPeer, 'action' => SendMessageAction, ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

Bool = messages.setTyping({peer=InputPeer, action=SendMessageAction, })

Errors

Code	Type	Description
400	CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
400	CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
400	CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this
400	CHAT_ID_INVALID	The provided chat id is invalid
400	INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED	The specified user was deleted
400	PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid
400	USER_BANNED_IN_CHANNEL	You're banned from sending messages in supergroups/channels
400	USER_IS_BLOCKED	You were blocked by this user
400	USER_IS_BOT	Bots can't send messages to other bots
406	AUTH_KEY_DUPLICATED	An auth key with the same ID was already generated
403	CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN	You can't write in this chat