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title: "updateChatUserTyping"
description: "The user is preparing a message in a group; typing, recording, uploading, etc. This update is valid for 6 seconds. If no further updates of this kind are received after 6 seconds, it should be considered that the user stopped doing whatever they were doing"
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# Constructor: updateChatUserTyping  
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The user is preparing a message in a group; typing, recording, uploading, etc. This update is valid for 6 seconds. If no further updates of this kind are received after 6 seconds, it should be considered that the user stopped doing whatever they were doing

### Attributes:

| Name     |    Type       | Required | Description |
|----------|---------------|----------|-------------|
|chat\_id|[long](/API_docs/types/long.html) | Yes|Group id|
|from\_id|[Peer](/API_docs/types/Peer.html) | Yes|Peer that started typing (can be the chat itself, in case of anonymous admins).|
|action|[SendMessageAction](/API_docs/types/SendMessageAction.html) | Yes|Type of action|



### Type: [Update](/API_docs/types/Update.html)


### Example:

```
$updateChatUserTyping = ['_' => 'updateChatUserTyping', 'chat_id' => long, 'from_id' => Peer, 'action' => SendMessageAction];
```