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# Send text message
 Sends a text message to a chat



`Function SendTextMessage(Val Token, Val ChatID, Val Text, Val ReplyID = 0, Val Keyboard = "", Val Markup = "MarkdownV2") Export`

  | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Description |
  |-|-|-|-|
  | Token | --token | String | Bot token |
  | ChatID | --chatid | String, Number | Chat ID for message sending |
  | Text | --text | String | Message text |
  | ReplyID | --reply | String, Number | Replying message id if necessary |
  | Keyboard | --keyboard | Array Of String | Buttons to the message if necessary |
  | Markup | --parsemod | String | Markup type for message text: MarkdownV2 or HTML |

  
  Returns:  Map Of KeyAndValue - Serialized JSON response from VK Teams

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:::tip
You can mention a user by appending their userId to the text in the following format @[userId]

 Method at API documentation: [GET /messages/sendText](https://teams.vk.com/botapi/#/messages/get_messages_sendText)
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```bsl title="Code example"
  Token  = FunctionParameters["VkTeams_Token"];
  ChatID = FunctionParameters["VkTeams_ChatID"];
  Text   = "Message text";
  
  Result = OPI_VKTeams.SendTextMessage(Token, ChatID, Text);
  
  OPI_TestDataRetrieval.WriteLog(Result, "SendTextMessage)", "VkTeams");
  
  ChatID  = FunctionParameters["VkTeams_ChatID2"];
  ReplyID = FunctionParameters["VkTeams_MessageID"];
  Text    = "<b>Bold text</b>";
  Markup  = "HTML";
  
  Result = OPI_VKTeams.SendTextMessage(Token, ChatID, Text, ReplyID, , Markup);
```



```sh title="CLI command example"
    
  oint vkteams SendTextMessage --token "001.3501506236.091..." --chatid "689203963@chat.agent" --text "<b>Bold text</b>" --reply "7402287649739767956" --keyboard %keyboard% --parsemod "HTML"

```

```json title="Result"

```