MadelineProtoDocs/docs/API_docs/methods/phone.startScheduledGroupCall.md

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title: "phone.startScheduledGroupCall"
description: "Start a scheduled group call."
grand_parent: "Telegram RPC API"
parent: "Methods"
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/phone_startScheduledGroupCall.html
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# Method: phone.startScheduledGroupCall
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Start a scheduled group call.

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|call|[InputGroupCall](/API_docs/types/InputGroupCall.html) | The scheduled group call | Yes|


### Return type: [Updates](/API_docs/types/Updates.html)

### Can bots use this method: **NO**


### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):


```php
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();

$Updates = $MadelineProto->phone->startScheduledGroupCall(call: $InputGroupCall, );
```