---
title: "messages.acceptEncryption"
description: "You cannot use this method directly, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info on handling secret chats"
grand_parent: "Telegram RPC API"
parent: "Methods"
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/messages_acceptEncryption.html
---
# Method: messages.acceptEncryption
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You cannot use this method directly, see https://docs.madelineproto.xyz for more info on handling secret chats

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|peer|[Secret chat ID, Update, EncryptedMessage or InputEncryptedChat](/API_docs/types/InputEncryptedChat.html) | Secret chat ID | Yes|
|g\_b|[bytes](/API_docs/types/bytes.html) | `B = g ^ b mod p`, see [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffie%E2%80%93Hellman_key_exchange) | Yes|
|key\_fingerprint|[strlong](/API_docs/constructors/strlong.html) |  | Yes|


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

$EncryptedChat = $MadelineProto->messages->acceptEncryption(peer: $InputEncryptedChat, g_b: 'bytes', key_fingerprint: $strlong, );
```