Alias for ctx.update.business_connection

Get the business connection identifier from wherever possible. Alias for this.msg?.business_connection_id ?? this.businessConnection?.id ?? this.deletedBusinessMessages?.business_connection_id.

Alias for ctx.update.business_message

Alias for ctx.update.callback_query

Alias for ctx.update.channel_post

Get the chat object from wherever possible. Alias for (this.msg ?? this.deletedBusinessMessages ?? this.messageReaction ?? this.messageReactionCount ?? this.myChatMember ?? this.chatMember ?? this.chatJoinRequest ?? this.chatBoost ?? this.removedChatBoost)?.chat.

Alias for ctx.update.chat_boost

Gets the chat identifier from wherever possible. Alias for this.chat?.id ?? this.businessConnection?.user_chat_id.

Alias for ctx.update.chat_join_request

Alias for ctx.update.chat_member

Alias for ctx.update.chosen_inline_result

Alias for ctx.update.deleted_business_messages

Alias for ctx.update.edited_business_message

Alias for ctx.update.edited_channel_post

Alias for ctx.update.edited_message

Get the user object from wherever possible. Alias for (this.businessConnection ?? this.messageReaction ?? (this.chatBoost?.boost ?? this.removedChatBoost)?.source)?.user ?? (this.callbackQuery ?? this.msg ?? this.inlineQuery ?? this.chosenInlineResult ?? this.shippingQuery ?? this.preCheckoutQuery ?? this.myChatMember ?? this.chatMember ?? this.chatJoinRequest ?? this.purchasedPaidMedia)?.from.

Get the inline message identifier from wherever possible. Alias for (ctx.callbackQuery ?? ctx.chosenInlineResult)?.inline_message_id.

Alias for ctx.update.inline_query

Used by some middleware to store information about how a certain string or regular expression was matched.

Alias for ctx.update.message

Alias for ctx.update.message_reaction

Alias for ctx.update.message_reaction_count

Get the message object from wherever possible. Alias for this.message ?? this.editedMessage ?? this.channelPost ?? this.editedChannelPost ?? this.businessMessage ?? this.editedBusinessMessage ?? this.callbackQuery?.message.

Get the message identifier from wherever possible. Alias for this.msg?.message_id ?? this.messageReaction?.message_id ?? this.messageReactionCount?.message_id.

Alias for ctx.update.my_chat_member

Alias for ctx.update.poll

Alias for ctx.update.poll_answer

Alias for ctx.update.pre_checkout_query

Alias for ctx.update.purchased_paid_media

Alias for ctx.update.removed_chat_boost

Get the sender chat object from wherever possible. Alias for ctx.msg?.sender_chat.

Alias for ctx.update.shipping_query

Context-aware alias for api.answerCallbackQuery. Use this method to send answers to callback queries sent from inline keyboards. The answer will be displayed to the user as a notification at the top of the chat screen or as an alert. On success, True is returned.

Alternatively, the user can be redirected to the specified Game URL. For this option to work, you must first create a game for your bot via @BotFather and accept the terms. Otherwise, you may use links like t.me/your_bot?start=XXXX that open your bot with a parameter.

Context-aware alias for api.answerInlineQuery. Use this method to send answers to an inline query. On success, True is returned. No more than 50 results per query are allowed.

Example: An inline bot that sends YouTube videos can ask the user to connect the bot to their YouTube account to adapt search results accordingly. To do this, it displays a 'Connect your YouTube account' button above the results, or even before showing any. The user presses the button, switches to a private chat with the bot and, in doing so, passes a start parameter that instructs the bot to return an OAuth link. Once done, the bot can offer a switch_inline button so that the user can easily return to the chat where they wanted to use the bot's inline capabilities.

Context-aware alias for api.answerPreCheckoutQuery. Once the user has confirmed their payment and shipping details, the Bot API sends the final confirmation in the form of an Update with the field pre_checkout_query. Use this method to respond to such pre-checkout queries. On success, True is returned. Note: The Bot API must receive an answer within 10 seconds after the pre-checkout query was sent.

Context-aware alias for api.answerShippingQuery. If you sent an invoice requesting a shipping address and the parameter is_flexible was specified, the Bot API will send an Update with a shipping_query field to the bot. Use this method to reply to shipping queries. On success, True is returned.

Context-aware alias for api.approveChatJoinRequest. Use this method to approve a chat join request. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the can_invite_users administrator right. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.banChatMember. Use this method to ban a user in a group, a supergroup or a channel. In the case of supergroups and channels, the user will not be able to return to the chat on their own using invite links, etc., unless unbanned first. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.banChatMember. Use this method to ban a user in a group, a supergroup or a channel. In the case of supergroups and channels, the user will not be able to return to the chat on their own using invite links, etc., unless unbanned first. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.banChatSenderChat. Use this method to ban a channel chat in a supergroup or a channel. Until the chat is unbanned, the owner of the banned chat won't be able to send messages on behalf of any of their channels. The bot must be an administrator in the supergroup or channel for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.closeForumTopic. Use this method to close an open topic in a forum supergroup chat. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the can_manage_topics administrator rights, unless it is the creator of the topic. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.closeGeneralForumTopic. Use this method to close an open 'General' topic in a forum supergroup chat. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the can_manage_topics administrator rights. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.copyMessage. Use this method to copy messages of any kind. Service messages, paid media messages, giveaway messages, giveaway winners messages, and invoice messages can't be copied. A quiz poll can be copied only if the value of the field correct_option_id is known to the bot. The method is analogous to the method forwardMessage, but the copied message doesn't have a link to the original message. Returns the MessageId of the sent message on success.

Context-aware alias for api.copyMessages. Use this method to copy messages of any kind. If some of the specified messages can't be found or copied, they are skipped. Service messages, paid media messages, giveaway messages, giveaway winners messages, and invoice messages can't be copied. A quiz poll can be copied only if the value of the field correct_option_id is known to the bot. The method is analogous to the method forwardMessages, but the copied messages don't have a link to the original message. Album grouping is kept for copied messages. On success, an array of MessageId of the sent messages is returned.

Context-aware alias for api.createChatInviteLink. Use this method to create an additional invite link for a chat. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights. The link can be revoked using the method revokeChatInviteLink. Returns the new invite link as ChatInviteLink object.

Context-aware alias for api.createChatSubscriptionInviteLink. Use this method to create a subscription invite link for a channel chat. The bot must have the can_invite_users administrator rights. The link can be edited using the method editChatSubscriptionInviteLink or revoked using the method revokeChatInviteLink. Returns the new invite link as a ChatInviteLink object.

Context-aware alias for api.createForumTopic. Use this method to create a topic in a forum supergroup chat. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the can_manage_topics administrator rights. Returns information about the created topic as a ForumTopic object.

Context-aware alias for api.declineChatJoinRequest. Use this method to decline a chat join request. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the can_invite_users administrator right. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.deleteChatPhoto. Use this method to delete a chat photo. Photos can't be changed for private chats. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.deleteChatStickerSet. Use this method to delete a group sticker set from a supergroup. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights. Use the field can_set_sticker_set ly returned in getChat requests to check if the bot can use this method. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.deleteForumTopic. Use this method to delete a forum topic along with all its messages in a forum supergroup chat. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the can_delete_messages administrator rights. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.deleteMessage. Use this method to delete a message, including service messages, with the following limitations:

• A message can only be deleted if it was sent less than 48 hours ago.
• A dice message in a private chat can only be deleted if it was sent more than 24 hours ago.
• Bots can delete outgoing messages in private chats, groups, and supergroups.
• Bots can delete incoming messages in private chats.
• Bots granted can_post_messages permissions can delete outgoing messages in channels.
• If the bot is an administrator of a group, it can delete any message there.
• If the bot has can_delete_messages permission in a supergroup or a channel, it can delete any message there. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.deleteMessages. Use this method to delete multiple messages simultaneously. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.editChatInviteLink. Use this method to edit a non-primary invite link created by the bot. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights. Returns the edited invite link as a ChatInviteLink object.

Context-aware alias for api.editChatSubscriptionInviteLink. Use this method to edit a subscription invite link created by the bot. The bot must have the can_invite_users administrator rights. Returns the edited invite link as a ChatInviteLink object.

Context-aware alias for api.editForumTopic. Use this method to edit name and icon of a topic in a forum supergroup chat. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the can_manage_topics administrator rights, unless it is the creator of the topic. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.editGeneralForumTopic. Use this method to edit the name of the 'General' topic in a forum supergroup chat. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the can_manage_topics administrator rights. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.editMessageCaption. Use this method to edit captions of messages. On success, if the edited message is not an inline message, the edited Message is returned, otherwise True is returned. Note that business messages that were not sent by the bot and do not contain an inline keyboard can only be edited within 48 hours from the time they were sent.

Context-aware alias for api.editMessageLiveLocation. Use this method to edit live location messages. A location can be edited until its live_period expires or editing is explicitly disabled by a call to stopMessageLiveLocation. On success, if the edited message is not an inline message, the edited Message is returned, otherwise True is returned.

Context-aware alias for api.editMessageMedia. Use this method to edit animation, audio, document, photo, or video messages. If a message is part of a message album, then it can be edited only to an audio for audio albums, only to a document for document albums and to a photo or a video otherwise. When an inline message is edited, a new file can't be uploaded; use a previously uploaded file via its file_id or specify a URL. On success, if the edited message is not an inline message, the edited Message is returned, otherwise True is returned. Note that business messages that were not sent by the bot and do not contain an inline keyboard can only be edited within 48 hours from the time they were sent.

Context-aware alias for api.editMessageReplyMarkup. Use this method to edit only the reply markup of messages. On success, if the edited message is not an inline message, the edited Message is returned, otherwise True is returned. Note that business messages that were not sent by the bot and do not contain an inline keyboard can only be edited within 48 hours from the time they were sent.

Context-aware alias for api.editMessageText. Use this method to edit text and game messages. On success, if the edited message is not an inline message, the edited Message is returned, otherwise True is returned. Note that business messages that were not sent by the bot and do not contain an inline keyboard can only be edited within 48 hours from the time they were sent.

Get entities and their text. Extracts the text from ctx.msg.text or ctx.msg.caption. Returns an empty array if one of ctx.msg, ctx.msg.text or ctx.msg.entities is undefined.

You can filter specific entity types by passing the types parameter. Example:

ctx.entities() // Returns all entity types
ctx.entities('url') // Returns only url entities
ctx.enttities(['url', 'email']) // Returns url and email entities

Context-aware alias for api.exportChatInviteLink. Use this method to generate a new primary invite link for a chat; any previously generated primary link is revoked. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights. Returns the new invite link as String on success.

Note: Each administrator in a chat generates their own invite links. Bots can't use invite links generated by other administrators. If you want your bot to work with invite links, it will need to generate its own link using exportChatInviteLink or by calling the getChat method. If your bot needs to generate a new primary invite link replacing its previous one, use exportChatInviteLink again.

Context-aware alias for api.forwardMessage. Use this method to forward messages of any kind. Service messages and messages with protected content can't be forwarded. On success, the sent Message is returned.

Context-aware alias for api.forwardMessages. Use this method to forward multiple messages of any kind. If some of the specified messages can't be found or forwarded, they are skipped. Service messages and messages with protected content can't be forwarded. Album grouping is kept for forwarded messages. On success, an array of MessageId of the sent messages is returned.

Context-aware alias for api.getChatMember. Use this method to get information about a member of a chat. The method is guaranteed to work only if the bot is an administrator in the chat. Returns a ChatMember object on success.

Context-aware alias for api.getBusinessConnection. Use this method to get information about the connection of the bot with a business account. Returns a BusinessConnection object on success.

Context-aware alias for api.getChat. Use this method to get up to date information about the chat (current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or channel, etc.). Returns a Chat object on success.

Context-aware alias for api.getChatAdministrators. Use this method to get a list of administrators in a chat, which aren't bots. Returns an Array of ChatMember objects.

Context-aware alias for api.getChatMember. Use this method to get information about a member of a chat. The method is guaranteed to work only if the bot is an administrator in the chat. Returns a ChatMember object on success.

Context-aware alias for api.getChatMemberCount. Use this method to get the number of members in a chat. Returns Int on success.

Context-aware alias for api.getChatMenuButton. Use this method to get the current value of the bot's menu button in a private chat, or the default menu button. Returns MenuButton on success.

Use this method to get information about custom emoji stickers by their identifiers. Returns an Array of Sticker objects.

Context-aware alias for api.getFile. Use this method to get basic info about a file and prepare it for downloading. For the moment, bots can download files of up to 20MB in size. On success, a File object is returned. The file can then be downloaded via the link https://api.telegram.org/file/bot/<file_path>, where <file_path> is taken from the response. It is guaranteed that the link will be valid for at least 1 hour. When the link expires, a new one can be requested by calling getFile again.

Note: This function may not preserve the original file name and MIME type. You should save the file's MIME type and name (if available) when the File object is received.

Context-aware alias for api.getMyDefaultAdministratorRights. Use this method to get the current default administrator rights of the bot. Returns ChatAdministratorRights on success.

Context-aware alias for api.getUserChatBoosts. Use this method to get the list of boosts added to a chat by a user. Requires administrator rights in the chat. Returns a UserChatBoosts object.

Context-aware alias for api.getUserProfilePhotos. Use this method to get a list of profile pictures for a user. Returns a UserProfilePhotos object.

Returns true if this context object matches the given filter query, and false otherwise. This uses the same logic as bot.on.

Returns true if this context object contains the given callback query, or if the contained callback query data matches the given regular expression. It returns false otherwise. This uses the same logic as bot.callbackQuery.

Returns true if this context object belongs to a chat with the given chat type, and false otherwise. This uses the same logic as bot.chatType.

Returns true if this context object contains the chosen inline result, or if the contained chosen inline result matches the given regular expression. It returns false otherwise. This uses the same logic as bot.chosenInlineResult.

Returns true if this context object contains the given command, and false otherwise. This uses the same logic as bot.command.

Returns true if this context object contains the given game query, or if the contained game query matches the given regular expression. It returns false otherwise. This uses the same logic as bot.gameQuery.

Returns true if this context object contains the given inline query, or if the contained inline query matches the given regular expression. It returns false otherwise. This uses the same logic as bot.inlineQuery.

Returns true if this context object contains the given pre-checkout query, or if the contained pre-checkout query matches the given regular expression. It returns false otherwise. This uses the same logic as bot.preCheckoutQuery.

Returns true if this context object contains the given shipping query, or if the contained shipping query matches the given regular expression. It returns false otherwise. This uses the same logic as bot.shippingQuery.

Returns true if this context object contains the given text, or if it contains text that matches the given regular expression. It returns false otherwise. This uses the same logic as bot.hears.

Context-aware alias for api.hideGeneralForumTopic. Use this method to hide the 'General' topic in a forum supergroup chat. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the can_manage_topics administrator rights. The topic will be automatically closed if it was open. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.leaveChat. Use this method for your bot to leave a group, supergroup or channel. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.pinChatMessage. Use this method to add a message to the list of pinned messages in a chat. If the chat is not a private chat, the bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the 'can_pin_messages' administrator right in a supergroup or 'can_edit_messages' administrator right in a channel. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.promoteChatMember. Use this method to promote or demote a user in a supergroup or a channel. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights. Pass False for all boolean parameters to demote a user. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.promoteChatMember. Use this method to promote or demote a user in a supergroup or a channel. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights. Pass False for all boolean parameters to demote a user. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.setMessageReaction. Use this method to change the chosen reactions on a message. Service messages can't be reacted to. Automatically forwarded messages from a channel to its discussion group have the same available reactions as messages in the channel. Bots can't use paid reactions. Returns True on success.

Find out which reactions were added and removed in a message_reaction update. This method looks at ctx.messageReaction and computes the difference between the old reaction and the new reaction. It also groups the reactions by emoji reactions and custom emoji reactions. For example, the resulting object could look like this:

{
  emoji: ['👍', '🎉']
  emojiAdded: ['🎉'],
  emojiKept: ['👍'],
  emojiRemoved: [],
  customEmoji: [],
  customEmojiAdded: [],
  customEmojiKept: [],
  customEmojiRemoved: ['id0123'],
  paid: true,
  paidAdded: false,
  paidRemoved: false,
}

In the above example, a tada reaction was added by the user, and a custom emoji reaction with the custom emoji 'id0123' was removed in the same update. The user had already reacted with a thumbs up reaction and a paid star reaction, which they left both unchanged. As a result, the current reaction by the user is thumbs up, tada, and a paid reaction. Note that the current reaction (all emoji reactions regardless of type in one list) can also be obtained from ctx.messageReaction.new_reaction.

Remember that reaction updates only include information about the reaction of a specific user. The respective message may have many more reactions by other people which will not be included in this update.

Context-aware alias for api.refundStarPayment. Refunds a successful payment in Telegram Stars.

Context-aware alias for api.reopenForumTopic. Use this method to reopen a closed topic in a forum supergroup chat. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the can_manage_topics administrator rights, unless it is the creator of the topic. Returns True on success.

Context-aware alias for api.reopenGeneralForumTopic. Use this method to reopen a closed 'General' topic in a forum supergroup chat. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the can_manage_topics administrator rights. The topic will be automatically unhidden if it was hidden. Returns True on success. *

Context-aware alias for api.sendMessage. Use this method to send text messages. On success, the sent Message is returned.

Context-aware alias for api.sendAnimation. Use this method to send animation files (GIF or H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video without sound). On success, the sent Message is returned. Bots can currently send animation files of up to 50 MB in size, this limit may be changed in the future.

Context-aware alias for api.sendAudio. Use this method to send audio files, if you want Telegram clients to display them in the music player. Your audio must be in the .MP3 or .M4A format. On success, the sent Message is returned. Bots can currently send audio files of up to 50 MB in size, this limit may be changed in the future.

For sending voice messages, use the sendVoice method instead.