--- title: createNewSecretChat description: Creates new secret chat, returns created chat --- ## Method: createNewSecretChat [Back to methods index](index.md) YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO Creates new secret chat, returns created chat ### Params: | Name | Type | Required | Description | |----------|:-------------:|:--------:|------------:| |user\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|Identifier of a user to create secret chat with| ### Return type: [Chat](../types/Chat.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); } $Chat = $MadelineProto->createNewSecretChat(['user_id' => int, ]); ``` Or, if you're using [PWRTelegram](https://pwrtelegram.xyz): ### As a bot: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline` Parameters: * method - createNewSecretChat * params - `{"user_id": int, }` ### As a user: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/createNewSecretChat` Parameters: user_id - Json encoded int Or, if you're into Lua: ``` Chat = createNewSecretChat({user_id=int, }) ```