--- title: message description: message attributes, type and example --- ## Constructor: message [Back to constructors index](index.md) ### Attributes: | Name | Type | Required | |----------|:-------------:|---------:| |id|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes| |from\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Optional| |to\_id|[Peer](../types/Peer.md) | Yes| |fwd\_from\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Optional| |fwd\_date|[int](../types/int.md) | Optional| |reply\_to\_msg\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Optional| |date|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes| |message|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes| |media|[MessageMedia](../types/MessageMedia.md) | Optional| |reply\_markup|[ReplyMarkup](../types/ReplyMarkup.md) | Optional| |entities|Array of [MessageEntity](../types/MessageEntity.md) | Optional| ### Type: [Message](../types/Message.md) ### Example: ``` $message = ['_' => 'message', 'id' => int, 'from_id' => int, 'to_id' => Peer, 'fwd_from_id' => int, 'fwd_date' => int, 'reply_to_msg_id' => int, 'date' => int, 'message' => string, 'media' => MessageMedia, 'reply_markup' => ReplyMarkup, 'entities' => [MessageEntity], ]; ``` [PWRTelegram](https://pwrtelegram.xyz) json-encoded version: ``` {"_":"message","id":"int","from_id":"int","to_id":"Peer","fwd_from_id":"int","fwd_date":"int","reply_to_msg_id":"int","date":"int","message":"string","media":"MessageMedia","reply_markup":"ReplyMarkup","entities":["MessageEntity"]} ``` Or, if you're into Lua: ``` message={_='message', id=int, from_id=int, to_id=Peer, fwd_from_id=int, fwd_date=int, reply_to_msg_id=int, date=int, message=string, media=MessageMedia, reply_markup=ReplyMarkup, entities={MessageEntity}, } ``` ## Usage of reply_markup You can provide bot API reply_markup objects here.