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MessagesForwardMessages

Forwards messages by their IDs.

method Users Bots
messages.forwardMessages#13704a7c flags:# silent:flags.5?true background:flags.6?true with_my_score:flags.8?true drop_author:flags.11?true drop_media_captions:flags.12?true noforwards:flags.14?true allow_paid_floodskip:flags.19?true from_peer:InputPeer id:Vector<int> random_id:Vector<long> to_peer:InputPeer top_msg_id:flags.9?int reply_to:flags.22?InputReplyTo schedule_date:flags.10?int schedule_repeat_period:flags.24?int send_as:flags.13?InputPeer quick_reply_shortcut:flags.17?InputQuickReplyShortcut effect:flags.18?long video_timestamp:flags.20?int allow_paid_stars:flags.21?long suggested_post:flags.23?SuggestedPost = Updates;

Parameters

Name Type Description
Silent flags .5? true Whether to send messages silently (no notification will be triggered on the destination clients)
Background flags .6? true Whether to send the message in background
WithMyScore flags .8? true When forwarding games, whether to include your score in the game
DropAuthor flags .11? true Whether to forward messages without quoting the original author
DropMediaCaptions flags .12? true Whether to strip captions from media
Noforwards flags .14? true Only for bots, disallows further re-forwarding and saving of the messages, even if the destination chat doesn't have content protection enabled
AllowPaidFloodskip flags .19? true Bots only: if set, allows sending up to 1000 messages per second, ignoring broadcasting limits for a fee of 0.1 Telegram Stars per message. The relevant Stars will be withdrawn from the bot's balance.
FromPeer InputPeer Source of messages
Id Vector < int > IDs of messages
RandomId Vector < long > Random ID to prevent resending of messages
ToPeer InputPeer Destination peer
TopMsgId flags .9? int Destination forum topic
ReplyTo flags .22? InputReplyTo Can only contain an input Reply To Mono Forum, to forward messages to a monoforum topic (mutually exclusive with top_msg_id ).
ScheduleDate flags .10? int Scheduled message date for scheduled messages
ScheduleRepeatPeriod flags .24? 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.
SendAs flags .13? InputPeer Forward the messages as the specified peer
QuickReplyShortcut flags .17? InputQuickReplyShortcut Add the messages to the specified quick reply shortcut, instead.
Effect flags .18? long Specifies a message effect to use for the message.
VideoTimestamp flags .20? int Start playing the video at the specified timestamp (seconds).
AllowPaidStars flags .21? long For paid messages, specifies the amount of Telegram Stars the user has agreed to pay in order to send the message.
SuggestedPost flags .23? SuggestedPost Used to suggest a post to a channel, see here for more info on the full flow.

Returns

Updates

Gogram Example

// MessagesForwardMessages - using Params struct
result, err := client.MessagesForwardMessages(&tg.MessagesForwardMessagesParams{
    Silent: nil,
    Background: nil,
    WithMyScore: nil,
    DropAuthor: nil,
    DropMediaCaptions: nil,
    Noforwards: nil,
    AllowPaidFloodskip: nil,
    FromPeer: &tg.InputPeerUser{UserID: int64(777000)},
    // ...
})
if err != nil {
    // handle error
}
// result is *tg.Updates

Possible Errors

Code Type Description
406 ALLOW_PAYMENT_REQUIRED This peer only accepts paid messages: this error is only emitted for older layers without paid messages support, so the client must be updated in order to use paid messages..
403 ALLOW_PAYMENT_REQUIRED_%d This peer charges <number> Telegram Stars per message, but the allow_paid_stars was not set or its value is smaller than <number>.
400 BROADCAST_PUBLIC_VOTERS_FORBIDDEN You can't forward polls with public voters.
400 CHANNEL_INVALID The provided channel is invalid.
406 CHANNEL_PRIVATE You haven't joined this channel/supergroup.
403 CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED You must be an admin in this chat to do this.
406 CHAT_FORWARDS_RESTRICTED You can't forward messages from a protected chat.
403 CHAT_GUEST_SEND_FORBIDDEN You join the discussion group before commenting, see here for more info.
400 CHAT_ID_INVALID The provided chat id is invalid.
400 CHAT_RESTRICTED You can't send messages in this chat, you were restricted.
403 CHAT_SEND_AUDIOS_FORBIDDEN You can't send audio messages in this chat.
403 CHAT_SEND_DOCS_FORBIDDEN You can't send documents in this chat.
403 CHAT_SEND_GAME_FORBIDDEN You can't send a game to this chat.
403 CHAT_SEND_GIFS_FORBIDDEN You can't send gifs in this chat.
403 CHAT_SEND_INLINE_FORBIDDEN You can't send inline messages in this group.
403 CHAT_SEND_MEDIA_FORBIDDEN You can't send media in this chat.
403 CHAT_SEND_PHOTOS_FORBIDDEN You can't send photos in this chat.
403 CHAT_SEND_PLAIN_FORBIDDEN You can't send non-media (text) messages in this chat.
403 CHAT_SEND_POLL_FORBIDDEN You can't send polls in this chat.
403 CHAT_SEND_STICKERS_FORBIDDEN You can't send stickers in this chat.
403 CHAT_SEND_VIDEOS_FORBIDDEN You can't send videos in this chat.
403 CHAT_SEND_VOICES_FORBIDDEN You can't send voice recordings in this chat.
403 CHAT_SEND_WEBPAGE_FORBIDDEN You can't send webpage previews to this chat.
403 CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN You can't write in this chat.
400 GROUPED_MEDIA_INVALID Invalid grouped media.
400 INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED The specified user was deleted.
400 MEDIA_EMPTY The provided media object is invalid.
400 MEDIA_FILE_INVALID The specified media file is invalid.
400 MESSAGE_IDS_EMPTY No message ids were provided.
400 MESSAGE_ID_INVALID The provided message id is invalid.
400 MSG_ID_INVALID Invalid message ID provided.
500 NEED_DOC_INVALID
406 PAYMENT_UNSUPPORTED A detailed description of the error will be received separately as described here.
406 PEER_ID_INVALID The provided peer id is invalid.
403 PREMIUM_ACCOUNT_REQUIRED A premium account is required to execute this action.
406 PRIVACY_PREMIUM_REQUIRED You need a Telegram Premium subscription to send a message to this user.
400 QUICK_REPLIES_BOT_NOT_ALLOWED Quick replies cannot be used by bots.
400 QUICK_REPLIES_TOO_MUCH A maximum of app Config. quick_replies_limit shortcuts may be created, the limit was reached.
400 QUIZ_ANSWER_MISSING You can forward a quiz while hiding the original author only after choosing an option in the quiz.
500 RANDOM_ID_DUPLICATE You provided a random ID that was already used.
400 RANDOM_ID_INVALID A provided random ID is invalid.
400 REPLY_MESSAGES_TOO_MUCH Each shortcut can contain a maximum of app Config. quick_reply_messages_limit messages, the limit was reached.
400 REPLY_TO_MONOFORUM_PEER_INVALID The specified input Reply To Mono Forum. monoforum_peer_id is invalid.
400 SCHEDULE_BOT_NOT_ALLOWED Bots cannot schedule messages.
400 SCHEDULE_DATE_TOO_LATE You can't schedule a message this far in the future.
400 SCHEDULE_TOO_MUCH There are too many scheduled messages.
400 SEND_AS_PEER_INVALID You can't send messages as the specified peer.
400 SLOWMODE_MULTI_MSGS_DISABLED Slowmode is enabled, you cannot forward multiple messages to this group.
420 SLOWMODE_WAIT_%d Slowmode is enabled in this chat: wait <number> seconds before sending another message to this chat.
400 SUGGESTED_POST_PEER_INVALID You cannot send suggested posts to non- monoforum peers.
406 TOPIC_CLOSED This topic was closed, you can't send messages to it anymore.
406 TOPIC_DELETED The specified topic was deleted.
400 USER_BANNED_IN_CHANNEL You're banned from sending messages in supergroups/channels.
400 USER_BOT_TO_BOT_DISABLED
403 USER_IS_BLOCKED You were blocked by this user.
400 USER_IS_BOT Bots can't send messages to other bots.
403 VOICE_MESSAGES_FORBIDDEN This user's privacy settings forbid you from sending voice messages.
400 YOU_BLOCKED_USER You blocked this user.