--- title: sendChatAction description: Sends notification about user activity in a chat --- ## Method: sendChatAction [Back to methods index](index.md) YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO Sends notification about user activity in a chat ### Params: | Name | Type | Required | Description | |----------|:-------------:|:--------:|------------:| |chat\_id|[InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | Yes|Chat identifier| |action|[SendMessageAction](../types/SendMessageAction.md) | Yes|Action description| ### Return type: [Ok](../types/Ok.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); } $Ok = $MadelineProto->sendChatAction(['chat_id' => InputPeer, 'action' => SendMessageAction, ]); ``` Or, if you're into Lua: ``` Ok = sendChatAction({chat_id=InputPeer, action=SendMessageAction, }) ```