---
sidebar_position: 10
---

# Send poll
 Sends a poll with answer options



`Function SendPoll(Val Token, Val ChatID, Val Question, Val AnswersArray, Val Anonymous = True) Export`

  | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Description |
  |-|-|-|-|
  | Token | --token | String | Bot token |
  | ChatID | --chat | String, Number | Target chat ID or ChatID*TopicID |
  | Question | --question | String | Poll question |
  | AnswersArray | --options | Array of String | Array of answer options |
  | Anonymous | --anonymous | Boolean | Poll anonymity |

  
  Returns:  Map Of KeyAndValue - Serialized JSON response from Telegram

<br/>




```bsl title="Code example"
    Token     = "6129457865:AAFyzNYOAFbu...";
    ChatID    = "461699897";
    ChannelID = "@testsichee";
    Question  = "What's your favorite color?";

    AnswersArray = New Array;
    AnswersArray.Add("Red");
    AnswersArray.Add("Yellow");
    AnswersArray.Add("Green");
    AnswersArray.Add("Blue");

    Result = OPI_Telegram.SendPoll(Token, ChatID , Question, AnswersArray, False);

    Result = OPI_Telegram.SendPoll(Token, ChannelID, Question, AnswersArray, True);
```



```sh title="CLI command example"
    
  oint telegram SendPoll --token "6129457865:AAFyzNYOAFbu..." --chat "461699897" --question "What's your favorite color?" --options %options% --anonymous %anonymous%

```

```json title="Result"
{
  "ok": true,
  "result": {
  "message_id": 4648,
  "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": 1717072475,
  "poll": {
  "id": "5388601346930772585",
  "question": "What's your favorite color?",
  "options": [
  {
  "text": "Red",
  "voter_count": 0
  },
  {
  "text": "Yellow",
  "voter_count": 0
  },
  {
  "text": "Green",
  "voter_count": 0
  },
  {
  "text": "Blue",
  "voter_count": 0
  }
  ],
  "total_voter_count": 0,
  "is_closed": false,
  "is_anonymous": false,
  "type": "regular",
  "allows_multiple_answers": false
  }
  }
  }
```
