editEphemeralMessageMedia — Botlify Cloud Docs

Use this method to edit the media of an ephemeral message. Note that it is not guaranteed that the user will receive the message edit event, especially if they are offline. On success, True is returned.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`chat_id`	Integer or String	Yes	Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target supergroup in the format `@username`
`receiver_user_id`	Integer	Yes	Identifier of the user who received the message
`ephemeral_message_id`	Integer	Yes	Identifier of the ephemeral message to edit
`media`	InputMedia	Yes	A JSON-serialized object for the new media content of the message
`reply_markup`	InlineKeyboardMarkup	Optional	A JSON-serialized object for an inline keyboard

Example

PHP — Call editEphemeralMessageMedia on Botlify Cloud

<?php
// ── Botlify Cloud .env — auto-injected, never hardcode secrets ──
$BOT_TOKEN     = getenv('BOT_TOKEN');     // Telegram bot token from @BotFather
$ADMIN_CHAT_ID = getenv('ADMIN_CHAT_ID'); // Your numeric admin Telegram user ID
$BOT_USERNAME  = getenv('BOT_USERNAME');  // Bot username without @

$resp = bot('editEphemeralMessageMedia', [
    'chat_id' => $chatId,
    'receiver_user_id' => $userId,
    'ephemeral_message_id' => $messageId,
    'media' => 'value',
]);

if ($resp['ok'] ?? false) {
    $result = $resp['result']; // handle the response
}

Botlify Cloud Runtime
Credentials are auto-injected in .env — always load them with getenv(): BOT_TOKEN, ADMIN_CHAT_ID, BOT_USERNAME. Main database: database.db (SQLite, WAL mode). Runtime errors: error.log. Quick test: send to $ADMIN_CHAT_ID. Full details: Runtime Reference.