message

A message

type tg.Message struct { /* ... */ }

Implements Message.

Fields

Name	Type	Required	Description
Out	bool	—	Is this an outgoing message
Mentioned	bool	—	Whether we were mentioned in this message
MediaUnread	bool	—	Whether there are unread media attachments in this message
Silent	bool	—	Whether this is a silent message (no notification triggered)
Post	bool	—	Whether this is a channel post
FromScheduled	bool	—	Whether this is a scheduled message
Legacy	bool	—	This is a legacy message: it has to be refetched with the new layer
EditHide	bool	—	Whether the message should be shown as not modified to the user, even if an edit date is present
Pinned	bool	—	Whether this message is pinned
Noforwards	bool	—	Whether this message is protected and thus cannot be forwarded; clients should also prevent users from saving attached media (i.e. videos should only be streamed, photos should be kept in RAM, et cetera).
InvertMedia	bool	—	If set, any eventual webpage preview will be shown on top of the message instead of at the bottom.
Flags2	bin.Fields	yes	Flags, see TL conditional fields
Offline	bool	—	If set, the message was sent because of a scheduled action by the message sender, for example, as away, or a greeting service message.
VideoProcessingPending	bool	—	The video contained in the message is currently being processed by the server (i.e. to generate alternative qualities, that will be contained in the final messageMediaDocument.alt_document), and will be sent once the video is processed, which will happen approximately at the specified date (i.e. messages with this flag set should be treated similarly to scheduled messages, but instead of the scheduled date, date contains the estimated conversion date). See here » for more info.
PaidSuggestedPostStars	bool	—	Set if this is a suggested channel post » that was paid using Telegram Stars.
PaidSuggestedPostTon	bool	—	Set if this is a suggested channel post » that was paid using Toncoins.
ID	int	yes	ID of the message
FromID	PeerClass	—	ID of the sender of the message
FromBoostsApplied	int	—	Supergroups only, contains the number of boosts this user has given the current supergroup, and should be shown in the UI in the header of the message. Only present for incoming messages from non-anonymous supergroup members that have boosted the supergroup. Note that this counter should be locally overridden for non-anonymous outgoing messages, according to the current value of channelFull.boosts_applied, to ensure the value is correct even for messages sent by the current user before a supergroup was boosted (or after a boost has expired or the number of boosts has changed); do not update this value for incoming messages from other users, even if their boosts have changed.
FromRank	string	—	Only in supergroups » (never basic groups, where this information is contained elsewhere »), contains the sender's tag ».
PeerID	PeerClass	yes	Peer ID, the chat where this message was sent
SavedPeerID	PeerClass	—	Messages from a saved messages dialog » will have peer=inputPeerSelf and the saved_peer_id flag set to the ID of the saved dialog.Messages from a monoforum » will have peer=ID of the monoforum and the saved_peer_id flag set to the ID of a topic.
FwdFrom	MessageFwdHeader	—	Info about forwarded messages
ViaBotID	int64	—	ID of the inline bot that generated the message
ViaBusinessBotID	int64	—	Whether the message was sent by the business bot specified in via_bot_id on behalf of the user.
GuestchatViaFrom	PeerClass	—	GuestchatViaFrom field of Message.
ReplyTo	MessageReplyHeaderClass	—	Reply information
Date	int	yes	Date of the message
Message	string	yes	The message
Media	MessageMediaClass	—	Media attachment
ReplyMarkup	ReplyMarkupClass	—	Reply markup (bot/inline keyboards)
Entities	[]MessageEntityClass	—	Message entities for styled text
Views	int	—	View count for channel posts
Forwards	int	—	Forward counter
Replies	MessageReplies	—	Info about post comments (for channels) or message replies (for groups)
EditDate	int	—	Last edit date of this message
PostAuthor	string	—	Name of the author of this message for channel posts (with signatures enabled)
GroupedID	int64	—	Multiple media messages sent using messages.sendMultiMedia with the same grouped ID indicate an album or media group
Reactions	MessageReactions	—	Reactions to this message
RestrictionReason	[]RestrictionReason	—	Contains the reason why access to this message must be restricted.
TTLPeriod	int	—	Time To Live of the message, once message.date+message.ttl_period === time(), the message will be deleted on the server, and must be deleted locally as well.
QuickReplyShortcutID	int	—	If set, this message is a quick reply shortcut message » (note that quick reply shortcut messages sent to a private chat will not have this field set).
Effect	int64	—	A message effect that should be played as specified here ».
Factcheck	FactCheck	—	Represents a fact-check ».
ReportDeliveryUntilDate	int	—	Used for Telegram Gateway verification messages: if set and the current unixtime is bigger than the specified unixtime, invoke messages.reportMessagesDelivery passing the ID and the peer of this message as soon as it is received by the client (optionally batching requests for the same peer).
PaidMessageStars	int64	—	The amount of stars the sender has paid to send the message, see here » for more info.
SuggestedPost	SuggestedPost	—	Used to suggest a post to a channel, see here » for more info on the full flow.
ScheduleRepeatPeriod	int	—	Once sent, this message will be automatically re-scheduled to be re-sent again this many seconds in the future, see here » for more info on repeating scheduled messages.
SummaryFromLanguage	string	—	SummaryFromLanguage field of Message.
RichMessage	RichMessage	—	RichMessage field of Message.

References

• Official documentation
• Generated Go reference
• TL definition: message#7600b9d3