sendGame

Send a message with a game; not supported for channels or secret chats.

sendGame(chat_id, reply_to_message_id, bot_user_id, gameshortname, disable_notification, from_background, reply_markup, callback, data)

Field	Type	Description
chat_id	int53	Target chat.
reply_to_message_id	int53	Identifier of the message to reply to.
bot_user_id	int32	User identifier of the bot that owns the game.
game_short_name	string	Short name of the game.
disable_notification	Bool	Pass true to disable notification for the message. Not supported in secret chats.
from_background	Bool	Pass true if the message is sent from the background.
reply_markup	ReplyMarkup	Markup for replying to the message; for bots only.

Example

• Send message with a game Math Battle from bot id 166035794 to chat 1234567890.

  sendGame(1234567890, 0, 166035794, 'MathBattle')

  Response:

  {
    ["@type"] = "message",
    author_signature = "",
    can_be_deleted_for_all_users = true,
    can_be_deleted_only_for_self = false,
    can_be_edited = false,
    can_be_forwarded = true,
    chat_id = "1234567890",
    contains_unread_mention = false,
    content = {
      ["@type"] = "messageGame",
      game = {
        ["@type"] = "game",
        description = "",
        id = "0",
        photo = {
          ["@type"] = "photo",
          has_stickers = false,
          id = "0",
          sizes = {}
        },
        short_name = "MathBattle",
        text = {
          ["@type"] = "formattedText",
          entities = {},
          text = ""
        },
        title = ""
      }
    },
    date = 1529659580,
    edit_date = 0,
    id = "16072572937",
    is_channel_post = false,
    is_outgoing = true,
    media_album_id = "0",
    reply_to_message_id = 0,
    sender_user_id = 44444444,
    sending_state = {
      ["@type"] = "messageSendingStatePending"
    },
    ttl = 0,
    ttl_expires_in = 0,
    via_bot_user_id = 166035794,
    views = 0
  }