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  <h1 id="dev_page_title">messages.sendMessage</h1>
  
  <div id="dev_page_content"><p>Sends a message to a chat</p>
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        <li><a href="?layer=1">1 &ndash; Base layer</a></li><li><a href="?layer=2">2 &ndash; New userpic notifications</a></li><li><a href="?layer=3">3 &ndash; Send message can trigger link change</a></li><li><a href="?layer=4">4 &ndash; Check-in chats</a></li><li><a href="?layer=5">5 &ndash; Localized SMS, localized notifications</a></li><li><a href="?layer=6">6 &ndash; Foursquare integration</a></li><li><a href="?layer=7">7 &ndash; Added wallPaperSolid</a></li><li><a href="?layer=8">8 &ndash; Added end-to-end encryption</a></li><li><a href="?layer=9">9 &ndash; Improved big files upload perfomance</a></li><li><a href="?layer=10">10 &ndash; Improved chat participants updates</a></li><li><a href="?layer=11">11 &ndash;  Improved secret chats</a></li><li><a href="?layer=12">12 &ndash; New dynamic support</a></li><li><a href="?layer=13">13 &ndash; Audio, video MIME; contacts import retry; new secret actions</a></li><li><a href="?layer=14">14 &ndash; Notify settings sync, blacklist sync</a></li><li><a href="?layer=15">15 &ndash; Modified getHistory offset behaviour</a></li><li><a href="?layer=16">16 &ndash; Split sendCode into 2 parts</a></li><li><a href="?layer=17">17 &ndash; Added custom typing, introduced message flags</a></li><li><a href="?layer=18">18 &ndash; Added usernames</a></li><li><a href="?layer=23">23 &ndash;  Stickers for secret chats</a></li><li><a href="?layer=105">105 &ndash;  Scheduled messages, Cloud themes</a></li><li><a href="?layer=108">108 &ndash; Login with QR code</a></li><li><a href="?layer=109">109 &ndash;  Polls v2</a></li><li><a href="?layer=110">110 &ndash;  People Nearby 2.0, Bank card entity</a></li><li><a href="?layer=111">111 &ndash;  Folders, Broadcast Stats</a></li><li><a href="?layer=112">112 &ndash;  Old featured stickers, generic dice, poll timer, poll solution</a></li><li><a href="?layer=113">113 &ndash;  PSA</a></li><li><a href="?layer=114">114 &ndash;  Video thumbs for GIFs</a></li><li><a href="?layer=115">115 &ndash;  Peek Channel Invite</a></li><li><a href="?layer=116">116 &ndash;  Group Stats, Profile Videos</a></li><li><a href="?layer=117">117 &ndash;  WebRTC Phone Calls</a></li><li><a href="?layer=118">118 &ndash;  Callback with 2FA, Countries list</a></li><li><a href="?layer=119">119 &ndash;  Comments in channels, Threads, Anonymous Admins</a></li><li><a href="?layer=120">120 &ndash;  Multipins, Message Stats, GeoLive v2</a></li><li><a href="?layer=121">121 &ndash;  SVG-based Outlines for Stickers</a></li><li><a href="?layer=122">122 &ndash;  Voice Chats</a></li><li><a href="?layer=123">123 &ndash;  Voice Chat improvements</a></li><li><a href="?layer=124">124 &ndash;  Expiring Invite links</a></li><li><a href="?layer=125">125 &ndash;  Voice Chats in Broadcasts</a></li><li><a href="?layer=126">126 &ndash;  Ban channels in channels</a></li><li><a href="?layer=127">127 &ndash;  Payments in channels</a></li><li><a href="?layer=128">128 &ndash;  Microthumbs for User/Chat profile photos</a></li><li><a href="?layer=129">129 &ndash;  Video Chats</a></li><li><a href="?layer=130">130 &ndash;  Custom placeholder for bot reply keyboards</a></li><li><a href="?layer=131">131 &ndash;  Reset 2FA Password after a week</a></li><li><a href="?layer=132">132 &ndash;  Chat themes</a></li><li><a href="?layer=133">133 &ndash;  64-bit IDs for User/Chat</a></li><li><a href="?layer=134">134 &ndash;  Chat Requests, Shared Media Calendar</a></li><li><a href="?layer=135">135 &ndash;  Send Message As a Channel</a></li><li><a href="?layer=136">136 &ndash;  Reactions</a></li><li><a href="?layer=137">137 &ndash;  Translations</a></li><li><a href="?layer=138">138 &ndash;  GIF Sticker Packs</a></li><li><a href="?layer=139">139 &ndash;  RTMP streaming</a></li><li><a href="?layer=140">140 &ndash;  WebApps, Cloud Ringtones</a></li><li><a href="?layer=142">142 &ndash;   TCP Reflectors</a></li><li><a href="?layer=143">143 &ndash;  Premium Subscription, Cloud Invoices</a></li><li><a href="?layer=144">144 &ndash;  Premium as a Gift, Custom Emoji</a></li><li><a href="?layer=145">145 &ndash;  Custom Reactions, Statuses, Sign In with email</a></li><li><a href="?layer=147">147 &ndash;  Keywords for stickers and emojis</a></li><li><a href="?layer=148">148 &ndash;  Forums, collectible usernames</a></li><li><a href="?layer=150">150 &ndash;  Pinned forum topics, general topic</a></li><li><a href="?layer=151">151 &ndash;  Media spoilers, suggested profile photos</a></li><li><a href="?layer=152">152 &ndash;  Real-time translations, Firebase SMS authentication</a></li><li><a href="?layer=153">153 &ndash;  Modify created stickersets</a></li><li><a href="?layer=155">155 &ndash;  Dates for reactions</a></li><li><a href="?layer=158"><strong>158 &ndash;  Shared folders, per-chat wallpapers</strong></a></li>
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<pre class="page_scheme"><code><a  href="/constructor/updatesTooLong" >updatesTooLong</a>#e317af7e = <a  href="/type/Updates" >Updates</a>;
<a  href="/constructor/updateShortMessage" >updateShortMessage</a>#313bc7f8 flags:<a  href="/type/%23" >#</a> out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> user_id:<a  href="/type/long" >long</a> message:<a  href="/type/string" >string</a> pts:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> pts_count:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> date:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> fwd_from:flags.2?<a  href="/type/MessageFwdHeader" >MessageFwdHeader</a> via_bot_id:flags.11?<a  href="/type/long" >long</a> reply_to:flags.3?<a  href="/type/MessageReplyHeader" >MessageReplyHeader</a> entities:flags.7?<a  href="/type/Vector%20t" >Vector</a>&lt;<a  href="/type/MessageEntity" >MessageEntity</a>&gt; ttl_period:flags.25?<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> = <a  href="/type/Updates" >Updates</a>;
<a  href="/constructor/updateShortChatMessage" >updateShortChatMessage</a>#4d6deea5 flags:<a  href="/type/%23" >#</a> out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> from_id:<a  href="/type/long" >long</a> chat_id:<a  href="/type/long" >long</a> message:<a  href="/type/string" >string</a> pts:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> pts_count:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> date:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> fwd_from:flags.2?<a  href="/type/MessageFwdHeader" >MessageFwdHeader</a> via_bot_id:flags.11?<a  href="/type/long" >long</a> reply_to:flags.3?<a  href="/type/MessageReplyHeader" >MessageReplyHeader</a> entities:flags.7?<a  href="/type/Vector%20t" >Vector</a>&lt;<a  href="/type/MessageEntity" >MessageEntity</a>&gt; ttl_period:flags.25?<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> = <a  href="/type/Updates" >Updates</a>;
<a  href="/constructor/updateShort" >updateShort</a>#78d4dec1 update:<a  href="/type/Update" >Update</a> date:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> = <a  href="/type/Updates" >Updates</a>;
<a  href="/constructor/updatesCombined" >updatesCombined</a>#725b04c3 updates:<a  href="/type/Vector%20t" >Vector</a>&lt;<a  href="/type/Update" >Update</a>&gt; users:<a  href="/type/Vector%20t" >Vector</a>&lt;<a  href="/type/User" >User</a>&gt; chats:<a  href="/type/Vector%20t" >Vector</a>&lt;<a  href="/type/Chat" >Chat</a>&gt; date:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> seq_start:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> seq:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> = <a  href="/type/Updates" >Updates</a>;
<a  href="/constructor/updates" >updates</a>#74ae4240 updates:<a  href="/type/Vector%20t" >Vector</a>&lt;<a  href="/type/Update" >Update</a>&gt; users:<a  href="/type/Vector%20t" >Vector</a>&lt;<a  href="/type/User" >User</a>&gt; chats:<a  href="/type/Vector%20t" >Vector</a>&lt;<a  href="/type/Chat" >Chat</a>&gt; date:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> seq:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> = <a  href="/type/Updates" >Updates</a>;
<a  href="/constructor/updateShortSentMessage" >updateShortSentMessage</a>#9015e101 flags:<a  href="/type/%23" >#</a> out:flags.1?true id:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> pts:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> pts_count:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> date:<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> media:flags.9?<a  href="/type/MessageMedia" >MessageMedia</a> entities:flags.7?<a  href="/type/Vector%20t" >Vector</a>&lt;<a  href="/type/MessageEntity" >MessageEntity</a>&gt; ttl_period:flags.25?<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> = <a  href="/type/Updates" >Updates</a>;
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<a  href="/method/messages.sendMessage"  class="current_page_link" >messages.sendMessage</a>#1cc20387 flags:<a  href="/type/%23" >#</a> no_webpage:flags.1?true silent:flags.5?true background:flags.6?true clear_draft:flags.7?true noforwards:flags.14?true update_stickersets_order:flags.15?true peer:<a  href="/type/InputPeer" >InputPeer</a> reply_to_msg_id:flags.0?<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> top_msg_id:flags.9?<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> message:<a  href="/type/string" >string</a> random_id:<a  href="/type/long" >long</a> reply_markup:flags.2?<a  href="/type/ReplyMarkup" >ReplyMarkup</a> entities:flags.3?<a  href="/type/Vector%20t" >Vector</a>&lt;<a  href="/type/MessageEntity" >MessageEntity</a>&gt; schedule_date:flags.10?<a  href="/type/int" >int</a> send_as:flags.13?<a  href="/type/InputPeer" >InputPeer</a> = <a  href="/type/Updates" >Updates</a>;</code></pre></p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="#parameters" id="parameters" name="parameters"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Parameters</h3>
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<th>Name</th>
<th style="text-align: center;">Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td><strong>flags</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/type/%23">#</a></td>
<td>Flags, see <a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">TL conditional fields</a></td>
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<td><strong>no_webpage</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.1?<a href="/constructor/true">true</a></td>
<td>Set this flag to disable generation of the webpage preview</td>
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<td><strong>silent</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.5?<a href="/constructor/true">true</a></td>
<td>Send this message silently (no notifications for the receivers)</td>
</tr>
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<td><strong>background</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.6?<a href="/constructor/true">true</a></td>
<td>Send this message as background message</td>
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<td><strong>clear_draft</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.7?<a href="/constructor/true">true</a></td>
<td>Clear the draft field</td>
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<td><strong>noforwards</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.14?<a href="/constructor/true">true</a></td>
<td>Only for bots, disallows forwarding and saving of the messages, even if the destination chat doesn't have <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/protected-content-delete-by-date-and-more">content protection</a> enabled</td>
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<td><strong>update_stickersets_order</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.15?<a href="/constructor/true">true</a></td>
<td>Whether to move used stickersets to top, <a href="/api/stickers#recent-stickersets">see here for more info on this flag »</a></td>
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<td><strong>peer</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/type/InputPeer">InputPeer</a></td>
<td>The destination where the message will be sent</td>
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<td><strong>reply_to_msg_id</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.0?<a href="/type/int">int</a></td>
<td>The message ID to which this message will reply to</td>
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<td><strong>top_msg_id</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.9?<a href="/type/int">int</a></td>
<td>This field must contain the topic ID <strong>only</strong> when replying to messages in <a href="/api/forum#forum-topics">forum topics</a> different from the "General" topic (i.e. <code>reply_to_msg_id</code> is set and <code>reply_to_msg_id != topicID</code> and <code>topicID != 1</code>). <br>If the replied-to message is deleted before the method finishes execution, the value in this field will be used to send the message to the correct topic, instead of the "General" topic.</td>
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<td><strong>message</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/type/string">string</a></td>
<td>The message</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong>random_id</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/type/long">long</a></td>
<td>Unique client message ID required to prevent message resending</td>
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<td><strong>reply_markup</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.2?<a href="/type/ReplyMarkup">ReplyMarkup</a></td>
<td>Reply markup for sending bot buttons</td>
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<td><strong>entities</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.3?<a href="/type/Vector%20t">Vector</a>&lt;<a href="/type/MessageEntity">MessageEntity</a>&gt;</td>
<td>Message <a href="/api/entities">entities</a> for sending styled text</td>
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<td><strong>schedule_date</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.10?<a href="/type/int">int</a></td>
<td>Scheduled message date for <a href="/api/scheduled-messages">scheduled messages</a></td>
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<td><strong>send_as</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.13?<a href="/type/InputPeer">InputPeer</a></td>
<td>Send this message as the specified peer</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="#result" id="result" name="result"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Result</h3>
<p><a href="/type/Updates">Updates</a></p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="#possible-errors" id="possible-errors" name="possible-errors"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Possible errors</h3>
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<th>Code</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td>400</td>
<td>BOT_DOMAIN_INVALID</td>
<td>Bot domain invalid.</td>
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<td>400</td>
<td>BOT_INVALID</td>
<td>This is not a valid bot.</td>
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<td>400</td>
<td>BUTTON_DATA_INVALID</td>
<td>The data of one or more of the buttons you provided is invalid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>BUTTON_TYPE_INVALID</td>
<td>The type of one or more of the buttons you provided is invalid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>BUTTON_URL_INVALID</td>
<td>Button URL invalid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>BUTTON_USER_PRIVACY_RESTRICTED</td>
<td>The privacy setting of the user specified in a <a href="/constructor/inputKeyboardButtonUserProfile">inputKeyboardButtonUserProfile</a> button do not allow creating such a button.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>CHANNEL_INVALID</td>
<td>The provided channel is invalid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>406</td>
<td>CHANNEL_PRIVATE</td>
<td>You haven't joined this channel/supergroup.</td>
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<tr>
<td>403</td>
<td>CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED</td>
<td>You must be an admin in this chat to do this.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>403</td>
<td>CHAT_GUEST_SEND_FORBIDDEN</td>
<td>You join the discussion group before commenting, see <a href="/api/discussion#requiring-users-to-join-the-group">here »</a> for more info.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>CHAT_ID_INVALID</td>
<td>The provided chat id is invalid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>CHAT_RESTRICTED</td>
<td>You can't send messages in this chat, you were restricted.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>403</td>
<td>CHAT_SEND_PLAIN_FORBIDDEN</td>
<td>You can't send non-media (text) messages in this chat.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>403</td>
<td>CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN</td>
<td>You can't write in this chat.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>ENCRYPTION_DECLINED</td>
<td>The secret chat was declined.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>ENTITIES_TOO_LONG</td>
<td>You provided too many styled message entities.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>ENTITY_BOUNDS_INVALID</td>
<td>A specified <a href="/api/entities#entity-length">entity offset or length</a> is invalid, see <a href="/api/entities#entity-length">here »</a> for info on how to properly compute the entity offset/length.</td>
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<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>ENTITY_MENTION_USER_INVALID</td>
<td>You mentioned an invalid user.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>FROM_MESSAGE_BOT_DISABLED</td>
<td>Bots can't use fromMessage min constructors.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED</td>
<td>The specified user was deleted.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>MESSAGE_EMPTY</td>
<td>The provided message is empty.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>MESSAGE_TOO_LONG</td>
<td>The provided message is too long.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>MSG_ID_INVALID</td>
<td>Invalid message ID provided.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>406</td>
<td>PAYMENT_UNSUPPORTED</td>
<td>A detailed description of the error will be received separately as described <a href="/api/errors#406-not-acceptable">here »</a>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>PEER_ID_INVALID</td>
<td>The provided peer id is invalid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>PINNED_DIALOGS_TOO_MUCH</td>
<td>Too many pinned dialogs.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>POLL_OPTION_INVALID</td>
<td>Invalid poll option provided.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>500</td>
<td>RANDOM_ID_DUPLICATE</td>
<td>You provided a random ID that was already used.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>REPLY_MARKUP_INVALID</td>
<td>The provided reply markup is invalid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>REPLY_MARKUP_TOO_LONG</td>
<td>The specified reply_markup is too long.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>SCHEDULE_BOT_NOT_ALLOWED</td>
<td>Bots cannot schedule messages.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>SCHEDULE_DATE_TOO_LATE</td>
<td>You can't schedule a message this far in the future.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>SCHEDULE_STATUS_PRIVATE</td>
<td>Can't schedule until user is online, if the user's last seen timestamp is hidden by their privacy settings.</td>
</tr>
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<td>400</td>
<td>SCHEDULE_TOO_MUCH</td>
<td>There are too many scheduled messages.</td>
</tr>
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<td>400</td>
<td>SEND_AS_PEER_INVALID</td>
<td>You can't send messages as the specified peer.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>420</td>
<td>SLOWMODE_WAIT_%d</td>
<td>Slowmode is enabled in this chat: wait %d seconds before sending another message to this chat.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>406</td>
<td>TOPIC_CLOSED</td>
<td>This topic was closed, you can't send messages to it anymore.</td>
</tr>
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<td>406</td>
<td>TOPIC_DELETED</td>
<td>The specified topic was deleted.</td>
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<td>400</td>
<td>USER_BANNED_IN_CHANNEL</td>
<td>You're banned from sending messages in supergroups/channels.</td>
</tr>
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<td>403</td>
<td>USER_IS_BLOCKED</td>
<td>You were blocked by this user.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>USER_IS_BOT</td>
<td>Bots can't send messages to other bots.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>WC_CONVERT_URL_INVALID</td>
<td>WC convert URL invalid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>YOU_BLOCKED_USER</td>
<td>You blocked this user.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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