---
title: requestSecretChat
description: requestSecretChat parameters, return type and example
redirect_from: /request_secret_chat.html
grand_parent: "Telegram RPC API"
parent: "Methods"
## Method: requestSecretChat
### Parameters:
| Name | Type |
|----------|---------------|
|id| A username, a bot API chat id, a [User](API_docs/types/User.html), an [InputPeer](API_docs/types/InputPeer.html), an [InputUser](API_docs/types/InputUser.html), a [Peer](API_docs/types/Peer.html)|
### Return type: Number
Returns the secret chat ID
### Example ([now fully async!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):
```php
$secret_chat_id = $MadelineProto->requestSecretChat('@danogentili');
```
