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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 | Destination |
 |-|-|-|-|
 | 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 = "001.3501506236.091...";
 ChatID = "AoLI0egLWBSLR1Ngn2w";
 Text = "Message text";
 
 Result = OPI_VKTeams.SendTextMessage(Token, ChatID, Text);
 
 ChatID = "689203963@chat.agent";
 ReplyID = "7402287649739767956";
 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 %token% --chatid %chatid% --text %text% --reply %reply% --keyboard %keyboard% --parsemod %parsemod%

```