send_message()#

Client.send_message()#

Send text messages.

Usable by ✅ Users ✅ Bots
Parameters:

  • chat_id (int | str) – Unique identifier (int) or username (str) of the target chat. For your personal cloud (Saved Messages) you can simply use “me” or “self”. For a contact that exists in your Telegram address book you can use his phone number (str).

  • text (str) – Text of the message to be sent.

  • parse_mode (ParseMode, optional) – By default, texts are parsed using both Markdown and HTML styles. You can combine both syntaxes together.

  • entities (List of MessageEntity) – List of special entities that appear in message text, which can be specified instead of parse_mode.

  • link_preview_options (LinkPreviewOptions, optional) – Link preview generation options for the message

  • disable_notification (bool, optional) – Sends the message silently. Users will receive a notification with no sound.

  • protect_content (bool, optional) – Pass True if the content of the message must be protected from forwarding and saving; for bots only.

  • message_thread_id (int, optional) – If the message is in a thread, ID of the original message.

  • business_connection_id (str, optional) – Unique identifier of the business connection on behalf of which the message will be sent.

  • message_effect_id (int 64-bit, optional) – Unique identifier of the message effect to be added to the message; for private chats only.

  • reply_parameters (ReplyParameters, optional) – Description of the message to reply to

  • reply_markup (InlineKeyboardMarkup | ReplyKeyboardMarkup | ReplyKeyboardRemove | ForceReply, optional) – Additional interface options. An object for an inline keyboard, custom reply keyboard, instructions to remove reply keyboard or to force a reply from the user.

  • schedule_date (datetime, optional) – Date when the message will be automatically sent.

Returns:

Message – On success, the sent text message is returned.

Example

# Simple example
await app.send_message(chat_id="me", text="Message sent with **Pyrogram**!")

# Disable web page previews
await app.send_message(
    chat_id="me", text="https://docs.pyrogram.org",
    link_preview_options=types.LinkPreviewOptions(
        is_disabled=True
    )
)

# Reply to a message using its id
await app.send_message(chat_id="me", text="this is a reply", reply_parameters=types.ReplyParameters(message_id=123))

# For bots only, send messages with keyboards attached

from pyrogram.types import (
    ReplyKeyboardMarkup, InlineKeyboardMarkup, InlineKeyboardButton)

# Send a normal keyboard
await app.send_message(
    chat_id=chat_id, text="Look at that button!",
    reply_markup=ReplyKeyboardMarkup([["Nice!"]]))

# Send an inline keyboard
await app.send_message(
    chat_id=chat_id, text="These are inline buttons",
    reply_markup=InlineKeyboardMarkup(
        [
            [InlineKeyboardButton("Data", callback_data="callback_data")],
            [InlineKeyboardButton("Docs", url="https://docs.pyrogram.org")]
        ]))