Telegram · JSON Structure
Telegram Message Structure
Structure of a Telegram Message object returned by the Bot API
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Telegram Message is a JSON Structure definition published by Telegram.
Meta-schema:
JSON Structure
{
"name": "Telegram Message",
"description": "Structure of a Telegram Message object returned by the Bot API",
"fields": [
{
"name": "message_id",
"type": "integer",
"required": true,
"description": "Unique message identifier inside the chat"
},
{
"name": "from",
"type": "User",
"required": false,
"description": "Sender of the message; empty for messages sent to channels",
"fields": [
{ "name": "id", "type": "integer", "required": true },
{ "name": "is_bot", "type": "boolean", "required": true },
{ "name": "first_name", "type": "string", "required": true },
{ "name": "last_name", "type": "string", "required": false },
{ "name": "username", "type": "string", "required": false },
{ "name": "language_code", "type": "string", "required": false },
{ "name": "is_premium", "type": "boolean", "required": false }
]
},
{
"name": "chat",
"type": "Chat",
"required": true,
"description": "Conversation the message belongs to",
"fields": [
{ "name": "id", "type": "integer", "required": true },
{ "name": "type", "type": "string", "required": true, "enum": ["private", "group", "supergroup", "channel"] },
{ "name": "title", "type": "string", "required": false },
{ "name": "username", "type": "string", "required": false },
{ "name": "first_name", "type": "string", "required": false },
{ "name": "last_name", "type": "string", "required": false },
{ "name": "description", "type": "string", "required": false }
]
},
{
"name": "date",
"type": "integer",
"required": true,
"description": "Date the message was sent in Unix time"
},
{
"name": "text",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "For text messages, the actual UTF-8 text (max 4096 characters)"
},
{
"name": "entities",
"type": "array<MessageEntity>",
"required": false,
"description": "Special entities like usernames, URLs, bot commands in the text"
},
{
"name": "caption",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Caption for animation, audio, document, photo, video or voice (max 1024 characters)"
},
{
"name": "reply_to_message",
"type": "Message",
"required": false,
"description": "For replies, the original message"
},
{
"name": "edit_date",
"type": "integer",
"required": false,
"description": "Date the message was last edited in Unix time"
},
{
"name": "forward_from",
"type": "User",
"required": false,
"description": "For forwarded messages, sender of the original message"
},
{
"name": "new_chat_members",
"type": "array<User>",
"required": false,
"description": "New members added to the group or supergroup"
},
{
"name": "left_chat_member",
"type": "User",
"required": false,
"description": "A member removed from the group"
},
{
"name": "pinned_message",
"type": "Message",
"required": false,
"description": "Specified message was pinned"
}
]
}