MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v18/methods/messages_sendMessage.md

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messages.sendMessage	messages.sendMessage parameters, return type and example

Method: messages.sendMessage

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Parameters:

Name	Type	Required
peer	InputPeer	Yes
message	string	Yes

Return type: messages_SentMessage

Can bots use this method: YES

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
BUTTON_DATA_INVALID	The provided button data is invalid
BUTTON_TYPE_INVALID	The type of one of the buttons you provided is invalid
CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this
CHAT_ID_INVALID	The provided chat id is invalid
CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN	You can't write in this chat
INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED	The specified user was deleted
MESSAGE_EMPTY	The provided message is empty
MESSAGE_TOO_LONG	The provided message is too long
PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid
RANDOM_ID_DUPLICATE	You provided a random ID that was already used
USER_BANNED_IN_CHANNEL	You're banned from sending messages in supergroups/channels
USER_IS_BLOCKED	User is blocked
USER_IS_BOT	Bots can't send messages to other bots
YOU_BLOCKED_USER	You blocked this user

Example:

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot
    $MadelineProto->bot_login($token);
}
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
    $sentCode = $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
    echo 'Enter the code you received: ';
    $code = '';
    for ($x = 0; $x < $sentCode['type']['length']; $x++) {
        $code .= fgetc(STDIN);
    }
    $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}

$messages_SentMessage = $MadelineProto->messages->sendMessage(['peer' => InputPeer, 'message' => 'string', ]);

Or, if you're using the PWRTelegram HTTP API:

As a bot:

POST/GET to https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline

Parameters:

• method - messages.sendMessage
• params - {"peer": InputPeer, "message": "string", }

As a user:

POST/GET to https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/messages.sendMessage

Parameters:

peer - Json encoded InputPeer

message - Json encoded string

Or, if you're into Lua:

messages_SentMessage = messages.sendMessage({peer=InputPeer, message='string', })

Return value

If the length of the provided message is bigger than 4096, the message will be split in chunks and the method will be called multiple times, with the same parameters (except for the message), and an array of messages_SentMessage will be returned instead.