Constructor: message

A message

Attributes:

Name	Type	Required	Description
out	Bool	Optional	Is this an outgoing message
mentioned	Bool	Optional	Whether we were mentioned in this message
media_unread	Bool	Optional	Whether there are unread media attachments in this message
silent	Bool	Optional	Whether this is a silent message (no notification triggered)
post	Bool	Optional	Whether this is a channel post
from_scheduled	Bool	Optional	Whether this is a scheduled message
legacy	Bool	Optional	This is a legacy message: it has to be refetched with the new layer
edit_hide	Bool	Optional	Whether the message should be shown as not modified to the user, even if an edit date is present
pinned	Bool	Optional	Whether this message is pinned
noforwards	Bool	Optional	Whether this message is protected and thus cannot be forwarded; clients should also prevent users from saving attached media (i.e. videos should only be streamed, photos should be kept in RAM, et cetera).
invert_media	Bool	Optional	If set, any eventual webpage preview will be shown on top of the message instead of at the bottom.
offline	Bool	Optional
id	int	Yes	ID of the message
from_id	Peer	Optional	ID of the sender of the message
from_boosts_applied	int	Optional
peer_id	Peer	Yes	Peer ID, the chat where this message was sent
saved_peer_id	Peer	Optional	Messages fetched from a saved messages dialog » will have `peer`=inputPeerSelf and the `saved_peer_id` flag set to the ID of the saved dialog.
fwd_from	MessageFwdHeader	Optional	Info about forwarded messages
via_bot_id	long	Optional	ID of the inline bot that generated the message
via_business_bot_id	long	Optional
reply_to	MessageReplyHeader	Optional	Reply information
date	int	Yes	Date of the message
message	string	Yes	The message
media	MessageMedia	Optional	Media attachment
reply_markup	ReplyMarkup	Optional	Reply markup (bot/inline keyboards)
entities	Array of MessageEntity	Optional	Message entities for styled text
parse_mode	string	Whether to parse HTML or Markdown markup in the message	Optional
views	int	Optional	View count for channel posts
forwards	int	Optional	Forward counter
replies	MessageReplies	Optional	Info about post comments (for channels) or message replies (for groups)
edit_date	int	Optional	Last edit date of this message
post_author	string	Optional	Name of the author of this message for channel posts (with signatures enabled)
grouped_id	long	Optional	Multiple media messages sent using messages.sendMultiMedia with the same grouped ID indicate an album or media group
reactions	MessageReactions	Optional	Reactions to this message
restriction_reason	Array of RestrictionReason	Optional	Contains the reason why access to this message must be restricted.
ttl_period	int	Optional	Time To Live of the message, once message.date+message.ttl_period === time(), the message will be deleted on the server, and must be deleted locally as well.
quick_reply_shortcut_id	int	Optional

Type: Message

Usage of parse_mode:

Set parse_mode to html to enable HTML parsing of the message.

Set parse_mode to Markdown to enable markdown parsing of the message.

The following tags are currently supported:

<br>a newline
<b><i>bold works ok, internal tags are stripped</i> </b>
<strong>bold</strong>
<em>italic</em>
<i>italic</i>
<u>underline</u>
<s>strikethrough</s>
<del>strikethrough</del>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<code>inline fixed-width code</code>
<pre>pre-formatted fixed-width code block</pre>
<blockquote>pre-formatted fixed-width code block</blockquote>
<a href="https://github.com">URL</a>
<a href="mention:@danogentili">Mention by username</a>
<a href="mention:186785362">Mention by user id</a>
<a href="tg://user?id=186785362">Mention by user id</a>
Custom emoji: <emoji id="5368324170671202286">👍</emoji>
Custom emoji: <tg-emoji emoji-id="5368324170671202286">👍</tg-emoji>
<pre language="json">Pre tags can have a language attribute</pre>
<spoiler>Spoiler</spoiler>
<tg-spoiler>Spoiler</tg-spoiler>

You can also use normal markdown (bot API MarkdownV2 syntax), note that to create mentions you can also use the mention: syntax like in html:

*bold \*text*
_italic \*text_
__underline__
~strikethrough~
||spoiler||
*bold _italic bold ~italic bold strikethrough ||italic bold strikethrough spoiler||~ __underline italic bold___ bold*
[inline URL](http://www.example.com/)
[inline mention of a user](tg://user?id=123456789)
![👍](tg://emoji?id=5368324170671202286)
\`inline fixed-width code\`
\`\`\`
pre-formatted fixed-width code block
\`\`\`
\`\`\`php
pre-formatted fixed-width code block written in the PHP programming language
\`\`\`

[Mention by username](mention:@danogentili)
[Mention by user id](mention:186785362)
[Mention by user id](tg://user?id=186785362)
[👍](emoji:5368324170671202286)
[👍](tg://emoji?id=5368324170671202286)

Example:

$message = ['_' => 'message', 'out' => Bool, 'mentioned' => Bool, 'media_unread' => Bool, 'silent' => Bool, 'post' => Bool, 'from_scheduled' => Bool, 'legacy' => Bool, 'edit_hide' => Bool, 'pinned' => Bool, 'noforwards' => Bool, 'invert_media' => Bool, 'offline' => Bool, 'id' => int, 'from_id' => Peer, 'from_boosts_applied' => int, 'peer_id' => Peer, 'saved_peer_id' => Peer, 'fwd_from' => MessageFwdHeader, 'via_bot_id' => long, 'via_business_bot_id' => long, 'reply_to' => MessageReplyHeader, 'date' => int, 'message' => 'string', 'media' => MessageMedia, 'reply_markup' => ReplyMarkup, 'entities' => [MessageEntity, MessageEntity]parse_mode: 'string', , 'views' => int, 'forwards' => int, 'replies' => MessageReplies, 'edit_date' => int, 'post_author' => 'string', 'grouped_id' => long, 'reactions' => MessageReactions, 'restriction_reason' => [RestrictionReason, RestrictionReason], 'ttl_period' => int, 'quick_reply_shortcut_id' => int];