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Constructor: draftMessage

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Represents a message draft.

Attributes:

NameTypeRequiredDescription
no_webpageBoolOptionalWhether no webpage preview will be generated
invert_mediaBoolOptionalIf set, any eventual webpage preview will be shown on top of the message instead of at the bottom.
reply_toInputReplyToOptionalIf set, indicates that the message should be sent in reply to the specified message or story.
messagestringYesThe draft
entitiesArray of MessageEntityOptionalMessage entities for styled text.
parse_modestringWhether to parse HTML or Markdown markup in the messageOptional
mediaInputMediaOptionalMedia.
dateintYesDate of last update of the draft.
effectlongOptional

Type: DraftMessage

Usage of parse_mode:

Set parse_mode to html to enable HTML parsing of the message.

Set parse_mode to Markdown to enable markdown parsing of the message.

The following tags are currently supported:

<br>a newline
<b><i>bold works ok, internal tags are stripped</i> </b>
<strong>bold</strong>
<em>italic</em>
<i>italic</i>
<u>underline</u>
<s>strikethrough</s>
<del>strikethrough</del>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<code>inline fixed-width code</code>
<pre>pre-formatted fixed-width code block</pre>
<blockquote>pre-formatted fixed-width code block</blockquote>
<a href="https://github.com">URL</a>
<a href="mention:@danogentili">Mention by username</a>
<a href="mention:186785362">Mention by user id</a>
<a href="tg://user?id=186785362">Mention by user id</a>
Custom emoji: <emoji id="5368324170671202286">๐Ÿ‘</emoji>
Custom emoji: <tg-emoji emoji-id="5368324170671202286">๐Ÿ‘</tg-emoji>
<pre language="json">Pre tags can have a language attribute</pre>
<spoiler>Spoiler</spoiler>
<tg-spoiler>Spoiler</tg-spoiler>

You can also use normal markdown (bot API MarkdownV2 syntax), note that to create mentions you can also use the mention: syntax like in html:

*bold \*text*
_italic \*text_
__underline__
~strikethrough~
||spoiler||
*bold _italic bold ~italic bold strikethrough ||italic bold strikethrough spoiler||~ __underline italic bold___ bold*
[inline URL](http://www.example.com/)
[inline mention of a user](tg://user?id=123456789)
![๐Ÿ‘](tg://emoji?id=5368324170671202286)
\`inline fixed-width code\`
\`\`\`
pre-formatted fixed-width code block
\`\`\`
\`\`\`php
pre-formatted fixed-width code block written in the PHP programming language
\`\`\`

[Mention by username](mention:@danogentili)
[Mention by user id](mention:186785362)
[Mention by user id](tg://user?id=186785362)
[๐Ÿ‘](emoji:5368324170671202286)
[๐Ÿ‘](tg://emoji?id=5368324170671202286)

Example:

$draftMessage = ['_' => 'draftMessage', 'no_webpage' => Bool, 'invert_media' => Bool, 'reply_to' => InputReplyTo, 'message' => 'string', 'entities' => [MessageEntity, MessageEntity]parse_mode: 'string', , 'media' => InputMedia, 'date' => int, 'effect' => long];