What's the proper way to message a user through my Telegram bot?

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Hey everyone! I’m working on a Telegram bot and I’m stuck on something. I need to figure out how to send a text message to someone who’s using my bot. I tried this code:

send_user_message(user_id, 'Hello there!')

But it’s not working. I’m not sure if I’m using the right function or if I need to set something up differently. Can anyone help me out with the correct way to do this? I’ve been looking through the Telegram Bot API docs, but I’m a bit confused. Thanks in advance for any tips or advice!

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I’ve been through this exact situation with my Telegram bot project. The key is using the right method from the Telegram Bot API. Here’s what worked for me:

bot.send_message(chat_id=user_id, text='Hello there!')

Make sure you’ve properly initialized your bot with the API token. Also, the user_id should be the chat ID of the user you’re messaging. You can usually get this from the update object when a user interacts with your bot.

One gotcha to watch out for: ensure the user has actually started a chat with your bot first. Telegram won’t let you message users who haven’t interacted with your bot to prevent spam.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you run into any other issues.

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hey samuel, i’ve been there! try using the bot.send_message() method. it goes like this:

bot.send_message(chat_id=user_id, text=‘Hello there!’)

make sure you’ve got the telegram.Bot instance set up first. good luck with ur bot!

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To send a message through your Telegram bot, you’ll need to use the sendMessage method from the Telegram Bot API. Here’s the correct approach:

from telegram.ext import Updater, CommandHandler

def send_message(update, context):
context.bot.send_message(chat_id=update.effective_chat.id, text=‘Hello there!’)

updater = Updater(‘YOUR_BOT_TOKEN’, use_context=True)
updater.dispatcher.add_handler(CommandHandler(‘start’, send_message))
updater.start_polling()

Replace ‘YOUR_BOT_TOKEN’ with your actual bot token. This code sets up a command handler for ‘/start’ that sends a message when triggered. Ensure you’ve installed the python-telegram-bot library for this to work.