The customizations can be easily done in middleware. You can install your own properties on the context object if you want. If you are new to context objects, you don’t need to worry about the rest of this page. The same context object for one update will be shared by all installed middleware ( docs) on the bot. Contexts for different updates are completely unrelated objects, they only reference the same bot information via ctx. In fact, update objects can not only contain new messages, but also all other sorts of things, such as edits to messages, poll answers, and much more open in new window.Ī fresh context object is created exactly once for every incoming update. Whenever your bot receives a new message from Telegram, it is wrapped in an update object.

send Message and specify the chat identifier of Bob. reply because it will always send messages to the chat with Alice. For example, if you receive a message from Alice and want to react by sending a message to Bob, then you cannot use ctx.

api methods, and specify all options when calling them. In this case, you can just fall back to using ctx. Note that you may not want to react in the same chat always. If you want to get an overview over what shortcuts exist, then auto-complete is your friend, along with the grammY API Reference open in new window.

export Chat Invite Link to get an invite link for the respective chat. reply With Photo to reply with a photo, or ctx. api has a shortcut with the correct pre-filled values, such as ctx. Use auto-complete to see the available options right in your code editor. The same options object can be passed to bot.

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