Reply (API Reference)

class Reply<TContext extends Context = Context>

Properties

Property	Type	Description
text	string | undefined	Message text
parseMode	ParseMode | undefined	Parse mode used
entities	MessageEntity[] | undefined	Text entities
buttons	ReplyButton[]	Inline keyboard buttons (empty if no keyboard)
replyMarkup	unknown	Raw reply_markup from the payload
chat	AnyChat<TContext>	Target chat
messageId	number	Synthetic message ID
raw	Message	Full raw Message object
replyingTo	Reply<TContext> | undefined	Referenced earlier reply (if any)
media	ReplyMedia | undefined	Media type and file ID (if media message)

Methods

clickButton(matcher): Promise<void>

Dispatches a callback query as if the user clicked the button.

// By visible text:
await reply.clickButton('Yes');

// By callback data:
await reply.clickButton({ callbackData: 'answer:yes' });

ReplyButton

interface ReplyButton {
  text: string;
  callbackData?: string;
  url?: string;
  raw: InlineKeyboardButton;
}

ReplyMedia

type MediaType = 'animation' | 'audio' | 'document' | 'photo' | 'sticker' | 'video' | 'video_note' | 'voice';

interface ReplyMedia {
  type: MediaType;
  fileId: string;
}

ReplyClickButtonMatcher

interface ReplyClickButtonMatcher {
  callbackData: string;
}

clickButton accepts either a string (matched against button text) or a ReplyClickButtonMatcher (matched against callbackData).

See also

• Reply guide