Send a text message to a chat. Supports HTML, Markdown, MarkdownV2 formatting.

Send a photo. Pass file_id, HTTP URL, or absolute file path.

Send an audio file. Telegram clients display it in the music player.

Send a general file (document).

Send a video file. Telegram clients support MPEG4 videos.

Send an animation (GIF or H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video without sound).

Send a voice message (.OGG encoded with OPUS).

Send a video note (round video message, max 1 minute).

Send paid media that requires Stars payment to view.

Send a group of photos, videos, documents, or audios as an album (2-10 items).

Send a point on the map.

Send information about a venue.

Send a phone contact.

Send a poll or quiz. Supports v9.6 features: revoting, shuffle, user-added options, descriptions, multiple correct answers.

Send an animated emoji that displays a random value.

Tell the user that the bot is performing an action (typing, uploading, etc).

Set a reaction on a message. Use emoji or custom emoji.

Send an interactive checklist (v9.1).

Forward a message from one chat to another.

Forward multiple messages at once (maintains album grouping).

Copy a message (sends without 'Forwarded from' header). Can change caption.

Copy multiple messages at once.

Edit the text of a message sent by the bot or via inline mode.

Edit the caption of a media message.

Edit the media content of a message (photo, video, animation, document, audio).

Edit the inline keyboard of a message.

Edit a live location message.

Stop updating a live location message.

Edit a checklist message (v9.1).

Delete a message. Bot must have delete rights in the chat.

Delete multiple messages at once. Max 100 messages.

Stop a poll in a chat.

Get full information about a chat (title, description, photo, member count, permissions, etc).

Get a list of administrators in a chat.

Get the number of members in a chat.

Get information about a member in a chat.

Ban a user from a chat. In supergroups/channels, the user cannot return without being unbanned.

Unban a previously banned user.

Restrict a user's permissions in a supergroup.

Promote or demote a user in a supergroup or channel.

Set a custom title for an administrator.

Set or remove a tag for a chat member (v9.5).

Ban a channel chat from sending messages in a supergroup.

Unban a previously banned channel chat.

Set default permissions for all members in a group/supergroup.

Set a new chat photo.

Delete a chat photo.

Change the title of a chat.

Change the description of a chat.

Set the sticker set for a supergroup.

Delete the sticker set from a supergroup.

Bot leaves a group, supergroup, or channel.

Pin a message in a chat.

Unpin a message in a chat.

Unpin all messages in a chat.

Generate a new primary invite link (revokes previous one).

Create an additional invite link.

Edit a non-primary invite link.

Revoke an invite link.

Approve a chat join request.

Decline a chat join request.

Get a user's boosts in a chat.

Get basic information about the bot (id, name, username, etc).

Log out from the cloud Bot API server. Use before moving to a local server.

Close the bot instance. Use before moving between local servers.

Set the bot's command list shown in the menu.

Delete the bot's command list for a given scope and language.

Get the bot's current command list.

Set the bot's name.

Get the bot's name for a given language.

Set the bot's description (shown in empty chat).

Get the bot's description.

Set the bot's short description (shown on profile page).

Get the bot's short description.

Set default admin rights requested when adding bot to groups/channels.

Get default admin rights.

Set the bot's profile photo (v9.4).

Remove the bot's profile photo (v9.4).

Get a user's profile photos.

Get a user's profile audio tracks (v9.4).

Get file info for downloading. Returns file_path — use https://api.telegram.org/file/bot/ to download.

Get custom emoji stickers that can be used as forum topic icons.

Create a topic in a forum supergroup or private chat (v9.4+).

Edit name and icon of a forum topic.

Close an open topic in a forum supergroup.

Reopen a closed topic.

Delete a forum topic along with all its messages.

Unpin all messages in a forum topic.

Edit the name of the 'General' forum topic.

Close the 'General' topic.

Reopen the 'General' topic.

Hide the 'General' topic.

Unhide the 'General' topic.

Unpin all messages in the 'General' topic.

Send a sticker.

Get a sticker set by name.

Get information about custom emoji stickers by their identifiers.

Upload a sticker file to Telegram for later use in createNewStickerSet.

Create a new sticker set owned by a user.

Add a sticker to an existing set.