send_message

template<class Agent>
api_result<message_t, Agent&&> send_message(Agent &&agent, send_message_args_t args)

agent is any object satisfying agent concept.

Use this method to send text messages. On success, the sent Message is returned.

struct send_message_args_t

Arguments that should be passed to send_message().

variant_t<integer_t, string_t> chat_id

Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target channel (in the format @channelusername)

string_t text

Text of the message to be sent, 1-4096 characters after entities parsing

optional_t<string_t> parse_mode

Mode for parsing entities in the message text. See formatting options for more details.

optional_t<array_t<message_entity_t>> entities

List of special entities that appear in message text, which can be specified instead of parse_mode

optional_t<boolean_t> disable_web_page_preview

Disables link previews for links in this message

optional_t<boolean_t> disable_notification

Sends the message silently. Users will receive a notification with no sound.

optional_t<integer_t> reply_to_message_id

If the message is a reply, ID of the original message

optional_t<boolean_t> allow_sending_without_reply

Pass True, if the message should be sent even if the specified replied-to message is not found

optional_t<variant_t<inline_keyboard_markup_t, reply_keyboard_markup_t, reply_keyboard_remove_t, force_reply_t>> reply_markup

Additional interface options. A JSON-serialized object for an inline keyboard, custom reply keyboard, instructions to remove reply keyboard or to force a reply from the user.