postStory — Botlify Cloud Docs

Posts a story on behalf of a managed business account. Requires the can_manage_stories business bot right. Returns Story on success.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`business_connection_id`	String	Yes	Unique identifier of the business connection
`content`	InputStoryContent	Yes	Content of the story
`active_period`	Integer	Yes	Period after which the story is moved to the archive, in seconds; must be one of `6 3600`, `12` `3600`, `86400`, or `2 * 86400`
`caption`	String	Optional	Caption of the story, 0-2048 characters after entities parsing
`parse_mode`	String	Optional	Mode for parsing entities in the story caption. See formatting options for more details.
`caption_entities`	Array of MessageEntity	Optional	A JSON-serialized list of special entities that appear in the caption, which can be specified instead of parse_mode
`areas`	Array of StoryArea	Optional	A JSON-serialized list of clickable areas to be shown on the story
`post_to_chat_page`	Boolean	Optional	Pass True to keep the story accessible after it expires
`protect_content`	Boolean	Optional	Pass True if the content of the story must be protected from forwarding and screenshotting

Example

PHP — Call postStory 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('postStory', [
    'business_connection_id' => $userId,
    'content' => 'value',
    'active_period' => '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.