import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
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# Generate keyboard from array of buttons
Generates a simple JSON keyboard from an array of buttons for a message or bottom panel
`Function FormKeyboardFromButtonArray(Val ButtonArray, Val UnderMessage = False, Val OneByOne = True) Export`
| Parameter | CLI option | Type | Description |
|-|-|-|-|
| ButtonArray | --buttons | Array of String | Array of buttons |
| UnderMessage | --under | Boolean | Keyboard under the message or on the bottom panel |
| OneByOne | --column | Boolean | True > buttons are displayed in a column, False > in a row |
Returns: String - Keyboard JSON
:::tip
About keyboards in the API documentation: [InlineKeyboardMarkup](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#inlinekeyboardmarkup)
:::
```bsl title="Code example"
ButtonArray = New Array;
ButtonArray.Add("Button1");
ButtonArray.Add("Button2");
ButtonArray.Add("Button3");
Result = OPI_Telegram.FormKeyboardFromButtonArray(ButtonArray);
```
```json title="Result"
"{\r\n \"keyboard\": [\r\n [\r\n {\r\n \"text\": \"Button1\",\r\n \"callback_data\": \"Button1\"\r\n }\r\n ],\r\n [\r\n {\r\n \"text\": \"Button2\",\r\n \"callback_data\": \"Button2\"\r\n }\r\n ],\r\n [\r\n {\r\n \"text\": \"Button3\",\r\n \"callback_data\": \"Button3\"\r\n }\r\n ]\r\n ],\r\n \"resize_keyboard\": true\r\n}"
```