MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v72/methods/account_updateUsername.md

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account.updateUsername	account.updateUsername parameters, return type and example

Method: account.updateUsername

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Parameters:

Name	Type	Required
username	string	Yes

Return type: User

Can bots use this method: NO

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
USERNAME_INVALID	The provided username is not valid
USERNAME_NOT_MODIFIED	The username was not modified
USERNAME_OCCUPIED	The provided username is already occupied

Example:

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
$MadelineProto->session = 'mySession.madeline';
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
    $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
    $code = readline('Enter the code you received: '); // Or do this in two separate steps in an HTTP API
    $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}

$User = $MadelineProto->account->updateUsername(['username' => 'string', ]);

Or, if you're using the PWRTelegram HTTP API:

As a user:

POST/GET to https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/account.updateUsername

Parameters:

username - Json encoded string

Or, if you're into Lua:

User = account.updateUsername({username='string', })