# Send a Text Message or Reply — Telegram

> Sends a text message or a reply to your Telegram Desktop application. See the docs for more information

- Key: `telegram_bot_api-send-text-message-or-reply`
- Type: Action (Write)
- Version: 0.0.8
- App: Telegram (`telegram_bot_api`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/telegram-bot-api.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/telegram-bot-api/actions/send-text-message-or-reply
- Hints: open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/telegram_bot_api/actions/send-text-message-or-reply/send-text-message-or-reply.mjs

## Description

Sends a text message or a reply to your Telegram Desktop application. [See the docs](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendmessage) for more information

## Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `chatId` | `string` | Yes | Enter the unique identifier for the target chat (e.g. 1035597319) or username of the target public chat (in the format @channelusername or @supergroupusername). For example, if the group's public link is t.me/mygroup, the username is @mygroup. |
| `text` | `string` | No | Enter or map the message text to send. |
| `parse_mode` | `string` | No | Select MarkdownV2-style, HTML-style, or Markdown-style of the text if you want Telegram apps to show bold, italic, fixed-width text or inline URLs in your bot's message. |
| `disable_notification` | `boolean` | No | Choose if to send the message silently. iOS users will not receive a notification, Android users will receive a notification with no sound. |
| `link_preview_options` | `string` | No | Link preview generation options for the message. Enter additional interface options that are a JSON-serialized object, e.g. {"is_disabled":false,"url":"https://botpress.org","prefer_small_media":true,"prefer_large_media":false,"show_above_text":false} |
| `reply_to_message_id` | `string` | No | Enter the ID of the original message. |
| `reply_markup` | `string` | No | Enter additional interface options that are a JSON-serialized object including an inline keyboard, a custom reply keyboard, instructions to remove the reply keyboard or instructions to force a reply from the user, e.g. {"inline_keyboard":[[{"text":"Some button text 2","url":"https://botpress.org"}]]} or {"keyboard":[["Yes","No"],["Maybe"]]}. Note: keyboard cannot be used with channels. See the docs for more information. |

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "telegram_bot_api",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "telegram_bot_api-send-text-message-or-reply",
  arguments: {
    chatId: "Chat ID",
    text: "Text",
  },
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "telegram_bot_api-send-text-message-or-reply",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    telegram_bot_api: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    chatId: "Chat ID",
    text: "Text",
  },
})

console.log(result)
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "telegram_bot_api-send-text-message-or-reply",
    "configured_props": {
      "telegram_bot_api": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "chatId": "Chat ID",
      "text": "Text"
    }
  }'
```

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- App: https://pipedream.com/apps/telegram-bot-api.md · All apps: https://pipedream.com/apps