MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/methods/downloadFile.md

title	description
downloadFile	Asynchronously downloads file from cloud. Updates updateFileProgress will notify about download progress. Update updateFile will notify about successful download

Method: downloadFile

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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO

Asynchronously downloads file from cloud. Updates updateFileProgress will notify about download progress. Update updateFile will notify about successful download

Params:

Name	Type	Required	Description
file_id	int	Yes	Identifier of file to download

Return type: Ok

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->downloadFile(['file_id' => int, ]);

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

As a bot:

POST/GET to https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline

Parameters:

• method - downloadFile
• params - {"file_id": int, }

As a user:

POST/GET to https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/downloadFile

Parameters:

file_id - Json encoded int

Or, if you're into Lua:

Ok = downloadFile({file_id=int, })