Telegram - Node api. How do I get the userID of the user to whom im replying to when I trigger a specific regex match?

Question

Imagine that theres one user message in the chat, and I, as another user, do the following

Answer to his text with: /tip 50

I basically want to somehow receive , the user to whom I have answered to, (his id) , and the second parameter. I cant seem how to do so since msg doesnt contain the id of the user who you answered to

I dont really have anything right now, this is my code

    `bot.onText(/\/tip/,(msg,res) => {
    var tg_chat_id = msg.chat.id
    var tg_ser_id = msg.from.id
    console.log(res)
    console.log(msg)
    // bot.onReplyToMessage(msg.chat.id, msg.from.id)

})`

I was thinking about logging the msg and finding there the userID to whom I answered. But I cant see it. Maybe I can use bot.onReplyToMessage to achieve it, but I dont understand it.

mouchin777, could you please mark the answer as accepted if it helped you. Thanks — Bandantonio, Jun 19 '20 at 15:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 04 '20 at 16:06

To capture the passed parameter within the onText method, you need to compose your regexp properly and pass the match to the callback function. To reply to a specific message, pass the reply_to_message_id option to the sendMessage method, like this:

bot.onText(/\/tip (.+)/, (msg, match) => {
    let chatId = msg.chat.id;
    let messageId = msg.message_id;
    let tipValue = match[1];
    bot.sendMessage(chatId, `You tipped with value: ${tipValue}`, {
        reply_to_message_id: messageId
    });
});

This will result in the following bot's reply:

Telegram - Node api. How do I get the userID of the user to whom im replying to when I trigger a specific regex match?

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