deleteMessages()

Use this method to delete multiple messages simultaneously. If some of the specified messages can't be found, they are skipped. Returns True on success.

parameters

parameter	type	required	description
`chat_id`	number \| string	required	Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target bot, supergroup or channel in the format `@username`
`message_ids`	number[]	required	A JSON-serialized list of 1-100 identifiers of messages to delete. See deleteMessage for limitations on which messages can be deleted.

returns

boolean

usage in yaebal

not (yet) hard-typed on Api — call it through the generic .call<T>() escape hatch documented in @yaebal/types.

bot.ts

import type { DeleteMessagesParams } from "@yaebal/types";

await bot.api.call<boolean>("deleteMessages", {
  chat_id: 123456789,
  message_ids: [],
} satisfies DeleteMessagesParams);

context shortcut

also available as ctx.deleteMessages() on 16 context types — see @yaebal/contexts.

context shortcut

/** Use this method to delete multiple messages simultaneously. If some of the specified messages can't be found, they are skipped. Returns *True* on success. */
ctx.deleteMessages(params: Omit<DeleteMessagesParams, "chat_id">)

official Bot API docs: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api/#deletemessages