Telegram - Send message action
The Send message action sends a text message to a chat in Telegram.
Input
| Input field | Description |
|---|---|
| Chat ID | Enter the unique identifier for the target chat or the username of the target channel, for example @channelusername. |
| Message to send | Enter the text of the message. Maximum 4096 characters. |
| Parse mode | Optional. Select the mode to format the message text with bold, italic, or other styling. Options are Markdown, MarkdownV2, or HTML. Leave blank for plain text. |
| Disable web page preview | Optional. Select whether to disable link previews for links in this message. |
| Disable notification | Optional. Select whether to send the message silently. |
| Protect content | Optional. Select whether to protect the message content from forwarding and saving. |
| Allow sending without reply | Optional. Select whether to send the message even if the message being replied to is deleted or doesn't exist. |
| Reply to message ID | Optional. Enter the ID of the message this message is replying to. |
| Reply markup | Optional. Enter a JSON-serialized inline keyboard, custom reply keyboard, or other reply markup object. |
Output
This action returns the sent message. Refer to the Telegram Bot API Message documentation for more information on available output fields.
| Output field | Description |
|---|---|
| Message ID | The message's unique identifier inside the chat. |
| From | The bot that sent the message. |
| Chat | The chat the message was sent to. |
| Date | The Unix timestamp the message was sent. |
| Text | The text of the message that was sent. |
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