sendText

Sends a text message.

sendText(chat_id, reply_to_message_id, disable_notification, from_background, reply_markup, text, disable_web_page_preview, parse_mode)  

Returns sent message.
UpdateChatTopMessage will not be sent, so returned message should be used to update chat top message.

Option	Description
chat_id	Chat to send message.
reply_to_message_id	Identifier of a message to reply to or 0.
disable_notification	Pass true, to disable notification about the message.
from_background	Pass true, if the message is sent from background.
reply_markup	Bots only. Markup for replying to message.
text	Text to send.
disable_web_page_preview	Pass true to disable rich preview for link in the message text.
clear_draft	Pass true if chat draft message should be deleted.
entities	Bold, Italic, Code, Pre, PreCode and TextUrl entities contained in the text. Non-bot users can't use TextUrl entities. Can't be used with non-null parse_mode.
parse_mode	Text parse mode, nullable. Can't be used along with entities.

Example

• Send HTML formatted text message.

  sendText(-1001120734798, 0, 0, 1, nil, '<b>bold</b>\n<i>italic</i>\n<code>monospace</code>', 1, 'html')  

  Returns:

  {
    ID = "Message",
    can_be_deleted_ = true,
    can_be_edited_ = false,
    chat_id_ = "-1001120734798",
    content_ = {
      ID = "MessageText",
      entities_ = {
        {
          ID = "MessageEntityItalic",
          length_ = 6,
          offset_ = 5
        },
        {
          ID = "MessageEntityCode",
          length_ = 9,
          offset_ = 12
        },
        [0] = {
          ID = "MessageEntityBold",
          length_ = 4,
          offset_ = 0
        }
      },
      text_ = "bold\nitalic\nmonospace",
      web_page_ = false
    },
    date_ = 1497539303,
    edit_date_ = 0,
    forward_info_ = false,
    id_ = "1572864000000001",
    is_post_ = false,
    reply_markup_ = false,
    reply_to_message_id_ = 0,
    send_state_ = {
      ID = "MessageIsBeingSent"
    },
    sender_user_id_ = 194211431,
    ttl_ = 0,
    ttl_expires_in_ = 0,
    via_bot_user_id_ = 0,
    views_ = 0
  }

• Send Markdown formatted text message.

  sendText(-1001120734798, 0, 0, 1, nil, '*bold*\n_italic_\n`monospace`', 1, 'md')  

  Returns:

  {
    ID = "Message",
    can_be_deleted_ = true,
    can_be_edited_ = false,
    chat_id_ = "-1001120734798",
    content_ = {
      ID = "MessageText",
      entities_ = {
        {
          ID = "MessageEntityItalic",
          length_ = 6,
          offset_ = 5
        },
        {
          ID = "MessageEntityCode",
          length_ = 9,
          offset_ = 12
        },
        [0] = {
          ID = "MessageEntityBold",
          length_ = 4,
          offset_ = 0
        }
      },
      text_ = "bold\nitalic\nmonospace",
      web_page_ = false
    },
    date_ = 1497539339,
    edit_date_ = 0,
    forward_info_ = false,
    id_ = "1572864001048577",
    is_post_ = false,
    reply_markup_ = false,
    reply_to_message_id_ = 0,
    send_state_ = {
      ID = "MessageIsBeingSent"
    },
    sender_user_id_ = 194211431,
    ttl_ = 0,
    ttl_expires_in_ = 0,
    via_bot_user_id_ = 0,
    views_ = 0
  }

• Reply message 28311552.

  sendText(-1001120734798, 28311552, 0, 1, nil, 'Replied this message', 1, 'md')  

  Returns:

  {
    ID = "Message",
    can_be_deleted_ = true,
    can_be_edited_ = false,
    chat_id_ = "-1001120734798",
    content_ = {
      ID = "MessageText",
      entities_ = {},
      text_ = "Replied this message",
      web_page_ = false
    },
    date_ = 1497539452,
    edit_date_ = 0,
    forward_info_ = false,
    id_ = "1572864000000001",
    is_post_ = false,
    reply_markup_ = false,
    reply_to_message_id_ = 28311552,
    send_state_ = {
      ID = "MessageIsBeingSent"
    },
    sender_user_id_ = 194211431,
    ttl_ = 0,
    ttl_expires_in_ = 0,
    via_bot_user_id_ = 0,
    views_ = 0
  }