{ "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", "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", "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" } ] }