send_phone_number_code()

async Client.send_phone_number_code()

Sends a code to the specified phone number. Aborts previous phone number verification if there was one.

Usable by Users Bots

Parameters:

• phone_number (str) – Phone number in international format (includes the country prefix).

• settings (PhoneNumberAuthenticationSettings, optional) – Settings for the authentication of the user’s phone number.

• type (PhoneNumberCodeType, optional) – Type of the request for which the code is sent. Defaults to authentication.

• current_number (bool, optional) – Deprecated, use settings instead. Pass True if the phone number is the one the client is already signed in with.

• allow_flashcall (bool, optional) – Deprecated, use settings instead. Pass True if the code may be delivered as a flash call.

• allow_app_hash (bool, optional) – Deprecated, use settings instead. Pass True if the code may be delivered through the app hash.

• allow_missed_call (bool, optional) – Deprecated, use settings instead. Pass True if the code may be delivered as a missed call.

• allow_firebase (bool, optional) – Deprecated, use settings instead. Pass True if the code may be delivered through Firebase.

• logout_tokens (List of bytes, optional) – Deprecated, use settings instead. Tokens of the sessions the user was signed out of, so the server can offer a faster sign-in.

• token (str, optional) – Deprecated, use settings instead. Push notification token the code may be delivered to.

• app_sandbox (bool, optional) – Deprecated, use settings instead. Pass True to use the sandbox push service rather than the production one.

Returns:

SentCode – On success, returns information about the sent code.

Raises:

BadRequest – In case the phone number is invalid.