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Telegram Bot API Errors

Error Code API Description Human Description Methods
400 Bad Request: message can’t be deleted   deleteMessage
400 Bad Request: not enough rights to export chat invite link   exportChatInviteLink
400 Bad Request: have no rights to send a message   sendMessage
400 Bad Request: message to delete not found   deleteMessage
400 Bad Request: CHANNEL_PRIVATE   getChatAdministrators
400 Bad Request: reply message not found   sendMessage
400 Bad Request: CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN   sendMessage
400 Bad Request: group chat was upgraded to a supergroup chat   sendMessage
400 Bad Request: chat not found   sendMessage
401 Unauthorized The bot token is incorrect all
403 Forbidden: bot was blocked by the user Bot was blocked by the user sendMessage
403 Forbidden: user is deactivated The specified user was deleted unknown
403 Forbidden: bot was kicked from the supergroup chat   sendMessage, exportChatInviteLink, getChatAdministrators
403 Forbidden: MESSAGE_DELETE_FORBIDDEN   deleteMessage
403 Forbidden: bot is not a member of the supergroup chat   sendMessage
403 Forbidden: bot is not a member of the channel chat   deleteMessage
403 Forbidden: bot was kicked from the group chat   sendMessage
403 Forbidden: bot can’t initiate conversation with a user The user needs to start the bot before you can send them a message sendMessage
429 Too Many Requests: retry after \d+   all