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Telegram Message Editing API

Methods for editing and deleting messages

Telegram Message Editing API is one of 10 APIs that Telegram publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Message Editing. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, a GitHub repository, authentication docs, and a changelog.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 9.5.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}.

3 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
9.5
Base URL
https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Telegram Message Editing API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the path as token (BotToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • BotToken — Bot authentication token obtained from @BotFather (embedded in URL path)

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Message Editing 3

Methods for editing and deleting messages

POST
/editMessageText
Edit Message Text
editMessageText body → 200
POST
/editMessageCaption
Edit Message Caption
editMessageCaption body → 200
POST
/deleteMessage
Delete Message
deleteMessage body → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Chat (9 properties), User (7 properties), Message (6 properties), BooleanResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

User
object
7 properties 3 required
Chat
object
9 properties 2 required
MessageResponse
object
2 properties
BooleanResponse
object
2 properties
Message
object
6 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

telegram-message-editing-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Telegram publishes across the network.

Telegram TDLib (Telegram Database Library)
Telegram Bot Info API
Telegram Chat Management API
Telegram Getting Updates API
Telegram Invites API
Telegram Member Management API
Telegram Messaging API
Telegram Payments API
Telegram Stickers API