---
title: "messages.requestWebView"
description: "Open a [bot mini app](https://core.telegram.org/bots/webapps), sending over user information after user confirmation."
grand_parent: "Telegram RPC API"
parent: "Methods"
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/messages_requestWebView.html
---
# Method: messages.requestWebView
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Open a [bot mini app](https://core.telegram.org/bots/webapps), sending over user information after user confirmation.

After calling this method, until the user closes the webview, [messages.prolongWebView](../methods/messages.prolongWebView.html) must be called every 60 seconds.

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|from\_bot\_menu|[Bool](/API_docs/types/Bool.html) | Whether the webview was opened by clicking on the bot's [menu button »](https://core.telegram.org/api/bots/menu). | Optional|
|silent|[Bool](/API_docs/types/Bool.html) | Whether the inline message that will be sent by the bot on behalf of the user once the web app interaction is [terminated](../methods/messages.sendWebViewResultMessage.html) should be sent silently (no notifications for the receivers). | Optional|
|peer|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer](/API_docs/types/InputPeer.html) | Dialog where the web app is being opened, and where the resulting message will be sent (see the [docs for more info »](https://core.telegram.org/api/bots/webapps)). | Optional|
|bot|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputUser](/API_docs/types/InputUser.html) | Bot that owns the [web app](https://core.telegram.org/api/bots/webapps) | Optional|
|url|[string](/API_docs/types/string.html) | [Web app URL](https://core.telegram.org/api/bots/webapps) | Optional|
|start\_param|[string](/API_docs/types/string.html) | If the web app was opened from the attachment menu using a [attachment menu deep link](https://core.telegram.org/api/links#bot-attachment-or-side-menu-links), `start_param` should contain the `data` from the `startattach` parameter. | Optional|
|theme\_params|[DataJSON](/API_docs/types/DataJSON.html) | [Theme parameters »](https://core.telegram.org/api/bots/webapps#theme-parameters) | Optional|
|platform|[string](/API_docs/types/string.html) | Short name of the application; 0-64 English letters, digits, and underscores | Optional|
|reply\_to|[InputReplyTo](/API_docs/types/InputReplyTo.html) | If set, indicates that the inline message that will be sent by the bot on behalf of the user once the web app interaction is [terminated](../methods/messages.sendWebViewResultMessage.html) should be sent in reply to the specified message or story. | Optional|
|send\_as|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer](/API_docs/types/InputPeer.html) | Open the web app as the specified peer, sending the resulting the message as the specified peer. | Optional|


### Return type: [WebViewResult](/API_docs/types/WebViewResult.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();

$WebViewResult = $MadelineProto->messages->requestWebView(from_bot_menu: $Bool, silent: $Bool, peer: $InputPeer, bot: $InputUser, url: 'string', start_param: 'string', theme_params: $DataJSON, platform: 'string', reply_to: $InputReplyTo, send_as: $InputPeer, );
```