message

A message

Layer 170

message#76bec211 flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true post:flags.14?true from_scheduled:flags.18?true legacy:flags.19?true edit_hide:flags.21?true pinned:flags.24?true noforwards:flags.26?true invert_media:flags.27?true id:int from_id:flags.8?Peer peer_id:Peer saved_peer_id:flags.28?Peer fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?long reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader date:int message:string media:flags.9?MessageMedia reply_markup:flags.6?ReplyMarkup entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> views:flags.10?int forwards:flags.10?int replies:flags.23?MessageReplies edit_date:flags.15?int post_author:flags.16?string grouped_id:flags.17?long reactions:flags.20?MessageReactions restriction_reason:flags.22?Vector<RestrictionReason> ttl_period:flags.25?int = Message;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
flags	#	Flags, see TL conditional fields
out	flags.1?true	Is this an outgoing message
mentioned	flags.4?true	Whether we were mentioned in this message
media_unread	flags.5?true	Whether there are unread media attachments in this message
silent	flags.13?true	Whether this is a silent message (no notification triggered)
post	flags.14?true	Whether this is a channel post
from_scheduled	flags.18?true	Whether this is a scheduled message
legacy	flags.19?true	This is a legacy message: it has to be refetched with the new layer
edit_hide	flags.21?true	Whether the message should be shown as not modified to the user, even if an edit date is present
pinned	flags.24?true	Whether this message is pinned
noforwards	flags.26?true	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	flags.27?true	If set, any eventual webpage preview will be shown on top of the message instead of at the bottom.
id	int	ID of the message
from_id	flags.8?Peer	ID of the sender of the message
peer_id	Peer	Peer ID, the chat where this message was sent
saved_peer_id	flags.28?Peer	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	flags.2?MessageFwdHeader	Info about forwarded messages
via_bot_id	flags.11?long	ID of the inline bot that generated the message
reply_to	flags.3?MessageReplyHeader	Reply information
date	int	Date of the message
message	string	The message
media	flags.9?MessageMedia	Media attachment
reply_markup	flags.6?ReplyMarkup	Reply markup (bot/inline keyboards)
entities	flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity>	Message entities for styled text
views	flags.10?int	View count for channel posts
forwards	flags.10?int	Forward counter
replies	flags.23?MessageReplies	Info about post comments (for channels) or message replies (for groups)
edit_date	flags.15?int	Last edit date of this message
post_author	flags.16?string	Name of the author of this message for channel posts (with signatures enabled)
grouped_id	flags.17?long	Multiple media messages sent using messages.sendMultiMedia with the same grouped ID indicate an album or media group
reactions	flags.20?MessageReactions	Reactions to this message
restriction_reason	flags.22?Vector<RestrictionReason>	Contains the reason why access to this message must be restricted.
ttl_period	flags.25?int	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.

Type

Message

Mentions

Telegram allows mentioning other users in case of urgent duckling matters, and quickly navigating to those mentions in order to read them as swiftly as possible.

Scheduled messages

Telegram allows scheduling messages

Pinned messages

Telegram allows pinning multiple messages on top of a specific chat.

Saved messages

The Saved Messages chat allows users to bookmark messages and media: it's a personal cloud storage for any messages or media you may want to send or forward there.