sendMessage: Send text messages

In telegram.bot: Develop a 'Telegram Bot' with R

Send text messages

Description

Use this method to send text messages.

Usage

sendMessage(
  chat_id,
  text,
  parse_mode = NULL,
  disable_web_page_preview = NULL,
  disable_notification = FALSE,
  reply_to_message_id = NULL,
  reply_markup = NULL
)

Arguments

chat_id	Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target channel.
text	Text of the message to be sent.
parse_mode	(Optional). Send 'Markdown' or 'HTML', if you want Telegram apps to show bold, italic, fixed-width text or inline URLs in your bot's message.
disable_web_page_preview	(Optional). Disables link previews for links in this message.
disable_notification	(Optional). Sends the message silently. Users will receive a notification with no sound.
reply_to_message_id	(Optional). If the message is a reply, ID of the original message.
reply_markup	(Optional). A Reply Markup parameter object, it can be either: ReplyKeyboardMarkup InlineKeyboardMarkup ReplyKeyboardRemove ForceReply

Details

You can also use it's snake_case equivalent send_message.

Examples

## Not run: 
bot <- Bot(token = bot_token("RTelegramBot"))
chat_id <- user_id("Me")

bot$sendMessage(
  chat_id = chat_id,
  text = "foo *bold* _italic_",
  parse_mode = "Markdown"
)

## End(Not run)

telegram.bot documentation built on Sept. 7, 2022, 5:07 p.m.