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# ForceReply

class telegram.ForceReply(selective=None, input_field_placeholder=None, *, api_kwargs=None)

  Bases: `telegram.TelegramObject`

  Upon receiving a message with this object, Telegram clients will display a reply interface to the user (act as if the user has selected the bot’s message and tapped ‘Reply’). This can be extremely useful if you want to create user-friendly step-by-step interfaces without having to sacrifice privacy mode. Not supported in channels and for messages sent on behalf of a user account.

  Objects of this class are comparable in terms of equality. Two objects of this class are considered equal, if their `selective` is equal.

  Use In

  - `telegram.Bot.copy_message()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_animation()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_audio()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_contact()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_dice()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_document()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_live_photo()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_location()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_message()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_paid_media()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_photo()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_poll()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_sticker()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_venue()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_video_note()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_video()`

  - `telegram.Bot.send_voice()`

  Changed in version 20.0: The (undocumented) argument `force_reply` was removed and instead `force_reply` is now always set to `True` as expected by the Bot API.

  Parameters:

    - selective (`bool`, optional) –

      Use this parameter if you want to force reply from specific users only. Targets:

      1. Users that are @mentioned in the `text` of the `telegram.Message` object.

      2. If the bot’s message is a reply to a message in the same chat and forum topic, sender of the original message.

    - input_field_placeholder (`str`, optional) –

      The placeholder to be shown in the input field when the reply is active; `1`- `64` characters.

      Added in version 13.7.

  force_reply

    Shows reply interface to the user, as if they manually selected the bots message and tapped ‘Reply’.

    Type:

      `True`

  selective

    Optional. Force reply from specific users only. Targets:

    1. Users that are @mentioned in the `text` of the `telegram.Message` object.

    2. If the bot’s message is a reply to a message in the same chat and forum topic,

         sender of the original message.

    Type:

      `bool`

  input_field_placeholder

    Optional. The placeholder to be shown in the input field when the reply is active; `1`- `64` characters.

    Added in version 13.7.

    Type:

      `str`

  MAX_INPUT_FIELD_PLACEHOLDER = 64

    `telegram.constants.ReplyLimit.MAX_INPUT_FIELD_PLACEHOLDER`

    Added in version 20.0.

  MIN_INPUT_FIELD_PLACEHOLDER = 1

    `telegram.constants.ReplyLimit.MIN_INPUT_FIELD_PLACEHOLDER`

    Added in version 20.0.