# messages.sendMessage Sends a message to a chat ## Example {% tabs %} {% tab title="Javascript" %} ```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 })(); ``` {% endtab %} {% tab title="TypeScript" %} ```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 })(); ``` {% endtab %} {% endtabs %} ## 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 = 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 = Updates; updateShort#78d4dec1 update:Update date:int = Updates; updatesCombined#725b04c3 updates:Vector users:Vector chats:Vector date:int seq_start:int seq:int = Updates; updates#74ae4240 updates:Vector users:Vector chats:Vector 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 = 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 schedule_date:flags.10?int = Updates; ``` ## Parameters | Name | Type | Description | | :--------------------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **flags** | [#](https://core.telegram.org/type/%23) | Flags, see [TL conditional fields](https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields) | | **no\_webpage** | [flags](https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields).1?[true](https://core.telegram.org/constructor/true) | Set this flag to disable generation of the webpage preview | | **silent** | [flags](https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields).5?[true](https://core.telegram.org/constructor/true) | Send this message silently (no notifications for the receivers) | | **background** | [flags](https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields).6?[true](https://core.telegram.org/constructor/true) | Send this message as background message | | **clear\_draft** | [flags](https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields).7?[true](https://core.telegram.org/constructor/true) | Clear the draft field | | **peer** | [InputPeer](https://core.telegram.org/type/InputPeer) | The destination where the message will be sent | | **reply\_to\_msg\_id** | [flags](https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields).0?[int](https://core.telegram.org/type/int) | The message ID to which this message will reply to | | **message** | [string](https://core.telegram.org/type/string) | The message | | **random\_id** | [long](https://core.telegram.org/type/long) | Unique client message ID required to prevent message resending | | **reply\_markup** | [flags](https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields).2?[ReplyMarkup](https://core.telegram.org/type/ReplyMarkup) | Reply markup for sending bot buttons | | **entities** | [flags](https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields).3?[Vector](https://core.telegram.org/type/Vector%20t) < [MessageEntity](https://core.telegram.org/type/MessageEntity) > | Message [entities](https://core.telegram.org/api/entities) for sending styled text | | **schedule\_date** | [flags](https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields).10?[int](https://core.telegram.org/type/int) | Scheduled message date for [scheduled messages](https://core.telegram.org/api/scheduled-messages) | ## Result [Updates](https://core.telegram.org/type/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](https://core.telegram.org/api/entities) How to create styled text with message entities ### [Scheduled messages](https://core.telegram.org/api/scheduled-messages) Telegram allows scheduling messages --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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