# inputrichmessage

> Describes a rich message to be sent

**Category:** Telegram Bot API — Types (A-Z)  
**URL:** https://docs.botlify.cloud/inputrichmessage  
**Platform:** Botlify Cloud (https://botlify.cloud)  

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Describes a rich message to be sent. Exactly **one** of the fields *html*, *markdown*, or *blocks* must be used.

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| blocks | Array of InputRichBlock | Optional | Content of the rich message to send described as a list of blocks |
| html | String | Optional | Content of the rich message to send described using HTML formatting. See rich message formatting options for more details. Use media field to specify the media used in the message. |
| markdown | String | Optional | Content of the rich message to send described using Markdown formatting. See rich message formatting options for more details. Use media field to specify the media used in the message. |
| media | Array of InputRichMessageMedia | Optional | List of media that are specified in the markdown or html fields using tg://photo?id=, tg://video?id=, tg://document?id=, and tg://audio?id= links |
| is_rtl | Boolean | Optional | Pass True if the rich message must be shown right-to-left |
| skip_entity_detection | Boolean | Optional | Pass True to skip automatic detection of entities (e.g., URLs, email addresses, username mentions, hashtags, cashtags, bot commands, or phone numbers) in the text |

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> **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.