--- title: ping description: ping parameters, return type and example --- ## Method: ping [Back to methods index](index.md) ### Parameters: | Name | Type | Required | |----------|:-------------:|---------:| |ping\_id|[long](../types/long.md) | Yes| ### Return type: [Pong](../types/Pong.md) ### Example: ``` $MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API(); if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot $MadelineProto->bot_login($token); } if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user $sentCode = $MadelineProto->phone_login($number); echo 'Enter the code you received: '; $code = ''; for ($x = 0; $x < $sentCode['type']['length']; $x++) { $code .= fgetc(STDIN); } $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code); } $Pong = $MadelineProto->ping(['ping_id' => long, ]); ``` Or, if you're using [PWRTelegram](https://pwrtelegram.xyz): ### As a bot: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline` Parameters: * method - ping * params - {"ping_id": long, } ### As a user: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/ping` Parameters: ping_id - Json encoded long ``` Or, if you're into Lua: ``` Pong = ping({ping_id=long, }) ```