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Using HTML in Telegram bot


This is not a duplicated question. I want to use html codes in my telegram bot that is written by c#. I searched in SO but I did not find any answer. How to do that? I used TelegramBotSharp. Here is my code related to the part that I explained:

MessageTarget target = (MessageTarget)update.Chat ?? update.From;     
if(Text.StartsWith("Hello")) {
    bot.SendMessage(target, "Hello <a href='http://google.com'> dear</a>", true);
}

Solution

  • Use the following syntax in your message:
    
    *bold text*
    
    _italic text_
    
    [inline URL](http://www.example.com/)
    
    [inline mention of a user](tg://user?id=123456789)
    
    pre-formatted fixed-width code block
    

    Note: Only the tags mentioned above are currently supported.

    Tags must not be nested.

    All <, > and & symbols that are not a part of a tag or an HTML entity must be replaced with the corresponding HTML entities (< with &lt;, > with &gt; and & with &amp;).

    All numerical HTML entities are supported.

    The API currently supports only the following named HTML entities: &lt;, &gt;, &amp; and &quot;.