code: def sendMessage(self, chat_id, text,
                      parse_mode=None,
                      disable_web_page_preview=None,
                      disable_notification=None,
                      reply_to_message_id=None,
                      reply_markup=None):
          
          p = _strip(locals())
          return self._api_request('sendMessage', _rectify(p))
docs: See: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendmessage