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
CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid

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.