# Animated Message Reactions

> React to incoming user messages with animated emojis (👍, 🔥, 🎉, ❤️, ⚡) using setMessageReaction.

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

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## The setMessageReaction Method

   

Telegram Bot API supports adding emoji reactions directly to user messages. This provides instant visual feedback before sending text replies.

   
```php
function react(string|int $chatId, int $messageId, string $emoji = '👍', bool $isBig = true): array {
    return bot('setMessageReaction', [
        'chat_id'    => $chatId,
        'message_id' => $messageId,
        'reaction'   => [
            ['type' => 'emoji', 'emoji' => $emoji]
        ],
        'is_big'     => $isBig
    ]);
}

// Usage Example on user message
if (!empty($msg['text'])) {
    react($chatId, $msg['message_id'], '🔥', true);
}
```

   

## Popular Supported Emojis

   

Standard Unicode emojis supported by Telegram reactions: 👍, 👎, ❤️, 🔥, 🎉, 🤩, 👏, 😁, 🤔, 🤯, 😱, 🤬, 💩, ⚡, 🍌, 🍓, 🍾.

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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.