Sends a message to a chat
messages.sentMessage#d1f4d35c id:int date:int pts:int seq:int = messages.SentMessage;
messages.sentMessageLink#e9db4a3f id:int date:int pts:int seq:int links:Vector<contacts.Link> = messages.SentMessage;
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messages.sendMessage#4cde0aab peer:InputPeer message:string random_id:long = messages.SentMessage;
| Name | Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| flags | # | Flags, see TL conditional fields | 
| no_webpage | flags.1?true | Set this flag to disable generation of the webpage preview | 
| silent | flags.5?true | Send this message silently (no notifications for the receivers) | 
| background | flags.6?true | Send this message as background message | 
| clear_draft | flags.7?true | Clear the draft field | 
| noforwards | flags.14?true | Only for bots, disallows forwarding and saving of the messages, even if the destination chat doesn't have content protection enabled | 
| peer | InputPeer | The destination where the message will be sent | 
| reply_to_msg_id | flags.0?int | The message ID to which this message will reply to | 
| message | string | The message | 
| random_id | long | Unique client message ID required to prevent message resending | 
| reply_markup | flags.2?ReplyMarkup | Reply markup for sending bot buttons | 
| entities | flags.3?Vector<MessageEntity> | Message entities for sending styled text | 
| schedule_date | flags.10?int | Scheduled message date for scheduled messages | 
| send_as | flags.13?InputPeer | Send this message as the specified peer | 
| Code | Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| 400 | BOT_DOMAIN_INVALID | Bot domain invalid. | 
| 400 | BOT_INVALID | This is not a valid bot. | 
| 400 | BUTTON_DATA_INVALID | The data of one or more of the buttons you provided is invalid. | 
| 400 | BUTTON_TYPE_INVALID | The type of one or more of the buttons you provided is invalid. | 
| 400 | BUTTON_URL_INVALID | Button URL invalid. | 
| 400 | CHANNEL_INVALID | The provided channel is invalid. | 
| 400 | CHANNEL_PRIVATE | You haven't joined this channel/supergroup. | 
| 400 | CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED | You must be an admin in this chat to do this. | 
| 400 | CHAT_ID_INVALID | The provided chat id is invalid. | 
| 400 | CHAT_RESTRICTED | You can't send messages in this chat, you were restricted. | 
| 403 | CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN | You can't write in this chat. | 
| 400 | ENCRYPTION_DECLINED | The secret chat was declined. | 
| 400 | ENTITIES_TOO_LONG | You provided too many styled message entities. | 
| 400 | ENTITY_MENTION_USER_INVALID | You mentioned an invalid user. | 
| 400 | FROM_MESSAGE_BOT_DISABLED | Bots can't use fromMessage min constructors. | 
| 400 | INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED | The specified user was deleted. | 
| 400 | MESSAGE_EMPTY | The provided message is empty. | 
| 400 | MESSAGE_TOO_LONG | The provided message is too long. | 
| 400 | MSG_ID_INVALID | Invalid message ID provided. | 
| 400 | PEER_ID_INVALID | The provided peer id is invalid. | 
| 400 | PINNED_DIALOGS_TOO_MUCH | Too many pinned dialogs. | 
| 400 | POLL_OPTION_INVALID | Invalid poll option provided. | 
| 500 | RANDOM_ID_DUPLICATE | You provided a random ID that was already used. | 
| 400 | REPLY_MARKUP_INVALID | The provided reply markup is invalid. | 
| 400 | REPLY_MARKUP_TOO_LONG | The specified reply_markup is too long. | 
| 400 | SCHEDULE_BOT_NOT_ALLOWED | Bots cannot schedule messages. | 
| 400 | SCHEDULE_DATE_TOO_LATE | You can't schedule a message this far in the future. | 
| 400 | SCHEDULE_STATUS_PRIVATE | Can't schedule until user is online, if the user's last seen timestamp is hidden by their privacy settings. | 
| 400 | SCHEDULE_TOO_MUCH | There are too many scheduled messages. | 
| 400 | SEND_AS_PEER_INVALID | You can't send messages as the specified peer. | 
| 420 | SLOWMODE_WAIT_%d | Slowmode is enabled in this chat: wait %d seconds before sending another message to this chat. | 
| 400 | USER_BANNED_IN_CHANNEL | You're banned from sending messages in supergroups/channels. | 
| 403 | USER_IS_BLOCKED | You were blocked by this user. | 
| 400 | USER_IS_BOT | Bots can't send messages to other bots. | 
| 400 | YOU_BLOCKED_USER | You blocked this user. | 
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