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# Forward message
 Forwards a message between chats or within a chat


*Function ForwardMessage(Val Token, Val OriginalID, Val FromID, Val ToID) Export*

 | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Destination |
 |-|-|-|-|
 | Token | --token | String | Bot token |
 | OriginalID | --message | String, Number | Original message ID |
 | FromID | --from | String, Number | Chat ID of the original message |
 | ToID | --to | String, Number | Target chat ID or ChatID*TopicID |

 
 Returns: Map Of KeyAndValue - Serialized JSON response from Telegram

```bsl title="Code example"
	
 Token = "6129457865:AAFyzNYOAFbu...";
 ChatID = "461699897";
 ChannelID = "@testsichee";
 MessageID = "4951";
 
 Result = OPI_Telegram.ForwardMessage(Token, MessageID, ChannelID, ChatID);
	
```

```sh title="CLI command example"
 
 oint telegram ForwardMessage --token "6129457865:AAFyzNYOAFbu..." --message %message% --from %from% --to %to%

```


```json title="Result"

{
 "ok": true,
 "result": {
 "message_id": 4649,
 "from": {
 "id": 6129457865,
 "is_bot": true,
 "first_name": "Vitaly The Bot",
 "username": "sicheebot"
 },
 "chat": {
 "id": 461699897,
 "first_name": "Anton",
 "last_name": "Titowets",
 "username": "JKIee",
 "type": "private"
 },
 "date": 1717072482,
 "forward_origin": {
 "type": "channel",
 "chat": {
 "id": -1001893407333,
 "title": "Test channel",
 "username": "testsichee",
 "type": "channel"
 },
 "message_id": 4686,
 "date": 1717072354
 },
 "forward_from_chat": {
 "id": -1001893407333,
 "title": "Test channel",
 "username": "testsichee",
 "type": "channel"
 },
 "forward_from_message_id": 4686,
 "forward_date": 1717072354,
 "text": "String value"
 }
}

```
