General Methods

General utility methods for the bot.

get_me

Get information about the bot.

me = await bot.get_me()
print(f"Bot username: @{me.username}")
print(f"Bot name: {me.first_name}")
print(f"Bot ID: {me.id}")

get_updates

Get updates from the server (for manual polling).

updates = await bot.get_updates(
    offset=0,
    limit=100,
    timeout=30,
    allowed_updates=["message", "callback_query"]
)

for update in updates:
    await bot.process_update(update)

delete_message

Delete a message.

await bot.delete_message(
    chat_id=chat_id,
    message_id=message_id
)

# Or using Message object
await message.delete()

copy_message

Copy a message to another chat.

await bot.copy_message(
    chat_id=dest_chat_id,
    from_chat_id=source_chat_id,
    message_id=message_id
)

forward_message

Forward a message to another chat.

await bot.forward_message(
    chat_id=dest_chat_id,
    from_chat_id=source_chat_id,
    message_id=message_id
)

send_chat_action

Send typing or other status.

from aiomax.enums import ChatAction

await bot.send_chat_action(
    chat_id=chat_id,
    action=ChatAction.TYPING  # or UPLOAD_PHOTO, RECORD_VIDEO, etc.
)