--- title: "stickers.checkShortName" description: "Check whether the given short name is available" grand_parent: "Telegram RPC API" parent: "Methods" image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/stickers_checkShortName.html --- # Method: stickers.checkShortName [Back to methods index](index.html) Check whether the given short name is available ### Parameters: | Name | Type | Description | Required | |----------|---------------|-------------|----------| |short\_name|[string](/API_docs/types/string.html) | Short name | Optional| ### Return type: [Bool](/API_docs/types/Bool.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(); $Bool = $MadelineProto->stickers->checkShortName(short_name: 'string', ); ```