sendMessage

Send a text message.

Parameters

chatId: ID

The chat to send the message to.

text: string

The message’s text.

parseMode?: ParseMode

The parse mode to use. If not provided, the default parse mode will be used.

entities?: MessageEntity[]

The message’s entities.

linkPreview?: LinkPreview

The message’s link preview.

disableNotification?: boolean

Whether to send the message in a silent way without making a sound on the recipients’ clients.

protectContent?: boolean

Whether to protect the contents of the message from copying and forwarding.

replyTo?: ReplyTo

Information on what the message is replying to.

messageThreadId?: number

The identifier of a thread to send the message to.

sendAs?: ID

The identifier of a chat to send the message on behalf of. User-only.

effectId?: number

The identifier of a message effect to be attached to the message.

sendAt?: Date

If specified, the message will be scheduled to be sent at that date. User-only.

businessConnectionId?: string

The identifier of a business connection ID to perform the action on. Bot-only.

paidBroadcast?: boolean
replyMarkup?: ReplyMarkup

The reply markup of the message. Bot-only.

Result

MessageText

The sent text message.

Syntax

// Required parameters only.
await client.sendMessage(chatId, text);

// Required parameters + optional parameters.
// Any of the optional parameters can be omitted.
await client.sendMessage(chatId, text, {
    parseMode,
    entities,
    linkPreview,
    disableNotification,
    protectContent,
    replyTo,
    messageThreadId,
    sendAs,
    effectId,
    sendAt,
    businessConnectionId,
    paidBroadcast,
    replyMarkup,
});