telegram.MessageEntity#

class telegram.MessageEntity(*args, **kwargs)[source]#

Bases: telegram.TelegramObject

This object represents one special entity in a text message. For example, hashtags, usernames, URLs, etc.

Objects of this class are comparable in terms of equality. Two objects of this class are considered equal, if their type, offset and length are equal.

Parameters

type (str) – Type of the entity. Can be MENTION (@username), HASHTAG, BOT_COMMAND, URL, EMAIL, PHONE_NUMBER, BOLD (bold text), ITALIC (italic text), STRIKETHROUGH, SPOILER (spoiler message), CODE (monowidth string), PRE (monowidth block), TEXT_LINK (for clickable text URLs), TEXT_MENTION (for users without usernames).
offset (int) – Offset in UTF-16 code units to the start of the entity.
length (int) – Length of the entity in UTF-16 code units.
url (str, optional) – For TEXT_LINK only, url that will be opened after user taps on the text.
user (telegram.User, optional) – For TEXT_MENTION only, the mentioned user.
language (str, optional) – For PRE only, the programming language of the entity text.

type[source]#

Type of the entity.

Type: str

offset[source]#

Offset in UTF-16 code units to the start of the entity.

Type: int

length[source]#

Length of the entity in UTF-16 code units.

Type: int

url[source]#

Optional. Url that will be opened after user taps on the text.

Type: str

user[source]#

Optional. The mentioned user.

Type: telegram.User

language[source]#

Optional. Programming language of the entity text.

Type: str

ALL_TYPES = [<MessageEntityType.MENTION>, <MessageEntityType.HASHTAG>, <MessageEntityType.CASHTAG>, <MessageEntityType.PHONE_NUMBER>, <MessageEntityType.BOT_COMMAND>, <MessageEntityType.URL>, <MessageEntityType.EMAIL>, <MessageEntityType.BOLD>, <MessageEntityType.ITALIC>, <MessageEntityType.CODE>, <MessageEntityType.PRE>, <MessageEntityType.TEXT_LINK>, <MessageEntityType.TEXT_MENTION>, <MessageEntityType.UNDERLINE>, <MessageEntityType.STRIKETHROUGH>, <MessageEntityType.SPOILER>][source]#