sendMessage

Sends a message.
Returns the sent message.

sendMessage(chat_id, reply_to_message_id, input_message_content, parse_mode, 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.
input_message_content	InputMessageContent	The content of the message to be sent.
parse_mode	string	Text parse mode.
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

• Sends an HTML formatted text message to chat 1234567890.

  sendMessage(1234567890, 0, '{["@type"] = "inputMessageText",text = {text = "<b>BOLD</b>"}}', 'html')

• Sends a GIF animation message to chat 1234567890, and give it a caption formatted in Markdown.

  sendMessage(1234567890, 0, '{["@type"]="inputMessageAnimation",animation={["@type"]="inputFileRemote",id="CgADBAAD9oEAAu4cZAdMVj7qI9SY5gI"},caption={text="*This is a caption*"},thumbnail={["@type"]="inputThumbnail",thumbnail={["@type"]="inputFileRemote"}}}, 'md')