Recent changes

Bot API 7.10

Test fixture; not a real release.

Available types

User

This object represents a Telegram user or bot.

Field	Type	Description
id	Integer	Unique identifier.
is_bot	Boolean	True, if this user is a bot.
first_name	String	User's or bot's first name.
last_name	String	Optional. User's or bot's last name.

ChatMember

This object contains information about one member of a chat. Currently, the following 6 types of chat members are supported:

• ChatMemberOwner
• ChatMemberAdministrator

Available methods

getMe

A simple method for testing your bot's authentication token. Requires no parameters. Returns basic information about the bot in form of a User object.

sendMessage

Use this method to send text messages. On success, the sent Message is returned.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
chat_id	Integer or String	Yes	Unique identifier for the target chat.
text	String	Yes	Text of the message to be sent.
parse_mode	String	Optional	Mode for parsing entities in the message text.

sendDocument

Use this method to send general files. On success, the sent Message is returned.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
chat_id	Integer	Yes	Unique identifier for the target chat.
document	InputFile or String	Yes	File to send.
caption	String	Optional	Document caption.

getUpdates

Use this method to receive incoming updates using long polling. Returns an Array of Update objects.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
limit	Integer	Optional	Limits the number of updates to be retrieved.