telegram.bot (version 3.0.2)

sendChatAction: Send a chat action

Description

Use this method when you need to tell the user that something is happening on the bot's side. The status is set for 5 seconds or less (when a message arrives from your bot, Telegram clients clear its typing status).

Usage

sendChatAction(chat_id, action)

Arguments

chat_id

Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target channel.

action

Type of action to broadcast. Choose one, depending on what the user is about to receive:

typing

for text messages

upload_photo

for photos

upload_video

for videos

record_video

for video recording

upload_audio

for audio files

record_audio

for audio file recording

upload_document

for general files

find_location

for location data

upload_video_note

for video notes

record_video_note

for video note recording

Details

You can also use it's snake_case equivalent send_chat_action.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
bot <- Bot(token = bot_token("RTelegramBot"))
chat_id <- user_id("Me")

bot$sendChatAction(
  chat_id = chat_id,
  action = "typing"
)
}