How to respond to bot's last message in Telegram

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I’m trying to make my Telegram bot reply to its own messages. I can reply to user messages, but I’m stuck on replying to the bot’s last message.

Here’s what I’ve got so far:

var bot = new TelegramBotClient("myToken");

bot.OnMessage += async (s, e) =>
{
    await bot.SendTextMessageAsync(e.Message.Chat.Id, "Hey there!");
    
    // This replies to the user's message, but I want to reply to the bot's message
    await bot.SendTextMessageAsync(e.Message.Chat.Id, "How's it going?", replyToMessageId: e.Message.MessageId);
};

bot.StartReceiving();

Do I need to somehow get the bot’s message ID? If so, how can I do that? Any help would be great!

2

I’ve faced this issue before while working on a Telegram bot project. The key is to capture the MessageId of the bot’s sent message. Here’s what worked for me:

When you call SendTextMessageAsync, it actually returns a Message object. You can store this and use its MessageId property for your reply.

var botMessage = await bot.SendTextMessageAsync(e.Message.Chat.Id, “Hey there!”);
await bot.SendTextMessageAsync(e.Message.Chat.Id, “How’s it going?”, replyToMessageId: botMessage.MessageId);

This way, your bot will reply to its own message. Just remember to handle potential exceptions, as network issues could cause the first message to fail sending. Hope this helps!

3

Yo, I got a trick for ya! Try this:

var botMsg = await bot.SendTextMessageAsync(e.Message.Chat.Id, “Sup?”);
await bot.SendTextMessageAsync(e.Message.Chat.Id, “What’s crackin’?”, replyToMessageId: botMsg.MessageId);

This way ur bot’ll reply to itself. Works like a charm, trust me! :sunglasses:

4

To reply to the bot’s last message, you need to capture the message ID of the bot’s sent message. Here’s how you can modify your code:

var bot = new TelegramBotClient("myToken");

bot.OnMessage += async (s, e) =>
{
    var sentMessage = await bot.SendTextMessageAsync(e.Message.Chat.Id, "Hey there!");
    
    await bot.SendTextMessageAsync(e.Message.Chat.Id, "How's it going?", replyToMessageId: sentMessage.MessageId);
};

bot.StartReceiving();

The SendTextMessageAsync method returns a Message object, which includes the MessageId. Store this in a variable and use it in the subsequent SendTextMessageAsync call. This way, your bot will reply to its own message.