botapi

Use this method to delete a message

POST /deleteMessage

Use this method to delete a message, including service messages, with the following limitations:
- A message can only be deleted if it was sent less than 48 hours ago.
- A dice message in a private chat can only be deleted if it was sent more than 24 hours ago.
- Bots can delete outgoing messages in private chats, groups, and supergroups.
- Bots can delete incoming messages in private chats.
- Bots granted can_post_messages permissions can delete outgoing messages in channels.
- If the bot is an administrator of a group, it can delete any message there.
- If the bot has can_delete_messages permission in a supergroup or a channel, it can delete any message there.
Returns True on success.

Body Required

  • chat_id integer | string Required

    Any of:
    integer-1 integer string-2 string

    Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target channel (in the format @channelusername)

    Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target channel (in the format @channelusername)

  • message_id integer Required

    Identifier of the message to delete

Responses

  • default
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    • ok boolean Required

      Default value is false.

    • error_code integer Required
    • description string Required
    • parameters object

      Contains information about why a request was unsuccessful.

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      • migrate_to_chat_id integer

        Optional. The group has been migrated to a supergroup with the specified identifier. This number may be greater than 32 bits and some programming languages may have difficulty/silent defects in interpreting it. But it is smaller than 52 bits, so a signed 64 bit integer or double-precision float type are safe for storing this identifier.

      • retry_after integer

        Optional. In case of exceeding flood control, the number of seconds left to wait before the request can be repeated
  • 200
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    • ok boolean Required

      Default value is true.

    • result boolean Required

      Default value is true.
POST /deleteMessage 
curl \
 -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot123456:ABC-DEF1234ghIkl-zyx57W2v1u123ew11/deleteMessage \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"chat_id":42,"message_id":42}'
Request example 
{
  "chat_id": 42,
  "message_id": 42
}
Request examples 
{
  "chat_id": 42,
  "message_id": 42
}
Response examples (default) 
{
  "ok": false,
  "error_code": 42,
  "description": "string",
  "parameters": {
    "migrate_to_chat_id": 42,
    "retry_after": 42
  }
}
Response examples (default) 
{
  "ok": false,
  "error_code": 42,
  "description": "string",
  "parameters": {
    "migrate_to_chat_id": 42,
    "retry_after": 42
  }
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "ok": true,
  "result": true
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "ok": true,
  "result": true
}