--- title: checkAuthPassword description: Checks password for correctness. Works only when authGetState returns authStateWaitPassword. Returns authStateOk on success --- ## Method: checkAuthPassword [Back to methods index](index.md) YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO Checks password for correctness. Works only when authGetState returns authStateWaitPassword. Returns authStateOk on success ### Params: | Name | Type | Required | Description | |----------|:-------------:|:--------:|------------:| |password|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|Password to check| ### Return type: [AuthState](../types/AuthState.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); } $AuthState = $MadelineProto->checkAuthPassword(['password' => 'string', ]); ``` Or, if you're using [PWRTelegram](https://pwrtelegram.xyz): ### As a bot: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline` Parameters: * method - checkAuthPassword * params - `{"password": "string", }` ### As a user: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/checkAuthPassword` Parameters: password - Json encoded string Or, if you're into Lua: ``` AuthState = checkAuthPassword({password='string', }) ```