messages.sendMessage

Sends a message to a chat

Example

Javascript

const {Api, TelegramClient} = require('telegram');
const {StringSession} = require('telegram/sessions');

const session = new StringSession('');
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
    const result = await client.invoke(new Api.messages.sendMessage({
        noWebpage: true,
        silent: true,
        background: true,
        clearDraft: true,
        peer: new Api.InputPeer({...}),
        replyToMsgId: 6872073,
        message: 'random string here',
        randomId: 1848690,
        replyMarkup: new Api.ReplyMarkup({...}),
        entities: [new Api.MessageEntity({...})],
        scheduleDate: 789917,
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TypeScript

import {Api, TelegramClient} from 'telegram';
import {StringSession} from 'telegram/sessions';

const session = new StringSession('');
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
    const result: Api.Updates = await client.invoke(new Api.messages.sendMessage({
        noWebpage: true,
        silent: true,
        background: true,
        clearDraft: true,
        peer: new Api.InputPeer({...}),
        replyToMsgId: 6872073,
        message: 'random string here',
        randomId: 1848690,
        replyMarkup: new Api.ReplyMarkup({...}),
        entities: [new Api.MessageEntity({...})],
        scheduleDate: 789917,
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TL schema

updatesTooLong#e317af7e = Updates;
updateShortMessage#2296d2c8 flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int user_id:int message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?int reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> = Updates;
updateShortChatMessage#402d5dbb flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int from_id:int chat_id:int message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?int reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> = Updates;
updateShort#78d4dec1 update:Update date:int = Updates;
updatesCombined#725b04c3 updates:Vector<Update> users:Vector<User> chats:Vector<Chat> date:int seq_start:int seq:int = Updates;
updates#74ae4240 updates:Vector<Update> users:Vector<User> chats:Vector<Chat> date:int seq:int = Updates;
updateShortSentMessage#11f1331c flags:# out:flags.1?true id:int pts:int pts_count:int date:int media:flags.9?MessageMedia entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> = Updates;
---functions---
messages.sendMessage#520c3870 flags:# no_webpage:flags.1?true silent:flags.5?true background:flags.6?true clear_draft:flags.7?true peer:InputPeer reply_to_msg_id:flags.0?int message:string random_id:long reply_markup:flags.2?ReplyMarkup entities:flags.3?Vector<MessageEntity> schedule_date:flags.10?int = Updates;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
flags	#	Flags, see TL conditional fields
no_webpage	flags.1?true	Set this flag to disable generation of the webpage preview
silent	flags.5?true	Send this message silently (no notifications for the receivers)
background	flags.6?true	Send this message as background message
clear_draft	flags.7?true	Clear the draft field
peer	InputPeer	The destination where the message will be sent
reply_to_msg_id	flags.0?int	The message ID to which this message will reply to
message	string	The message
random_id	long	Unique client message ID required to prevent message resending
reply_markup	flags.2?ReplyMarkup	Reply markup for sending bot buttons
entities	flags.3?Vector < MessageEntity >	Message entities for sending styled text
schedule_date	flags.10?int	Scheduled message date for scheduled messages

Result

Updates

Possible errors

Code	Type	Description
401	AUTH_KEY_PERM_EMPTY	The temporary auth key must be binded to the permanent auth key to use these methods.
400	BOT_DOMAIN_INVALID	Bot domain invalid
400	BOT_INVALID	This is not a valid bot
400	BUTTON_DATA_INVALID	The data of one or more of the buttons you provided is invalid
400	BUTTON_TYPE_INVALID	The type of one or more of the buttons you provided is invalid
400	BUTTON_URL_INVALID	Button URL invalid
400	CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
400	CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
400	CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this
400	CHAT_ID_INVALID	The provided chat id is invalid
400	CHAT_RESTRICTED	You can't send messages in this chat, you were restricted
403	CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN	You can't write in this chat
400	ENCRYPTION_DECLINED	The secret chat was declined
400	ENTITY_MENTION_USER_INVALID	You mentioned an invalid user
400	FROM_MESSAGE_BOT_DISABLED	Bots can't use fromMessage min constructors
400	INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED	The specified user was deleted
400	MESSAGE_EMPTY	The provided message is empty
400	MESSAGE_TOO_LONG	The provided message is too long
400	MSG_ID_INVALID	Provided reply_to_msg_id is invalid
400	PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid
400	PINNED_DIALOGS_TOO_MUCH	Too many pinned dialogs
400	REPLY_MARKUP_INVALID	The provided reply markup is invalid
400	SCHEDULE_BOT_NOT_ALLOWED	Bots cannot schedule messages
400	SCHEDULE_DATE_TOO_LATE	You can't schedule a message this far in the future
400	SCHEDULE_TOO_MUCH	There are too many scheduled messages
420	SLOWMODE_WAIT_X	Slowmode is enabled in this chat: you must wait for the specified number of seconds before sending another message to the chat.
400	USER_BANNED_IN_CHANNEL	You're banned from sending messages in supergroups/channels
400	USER_IS_BLOCKED	You were blocked by this user
400	USER_IS_BOT	Bots can't send messages to other bots
400	YOU_BLOCKED_USER	You blocked this user

Can bots use this methd ?

yes

Related pages

Styled text with message entities

How to create styled text with message entities

Scheduled messages

Telegram allows scheduling messages