Poll
poll#58747131 id:long flags:# closed:flags.0?true public_voters:flags.1?true multiple_choice:flags.2?true quiz:flags.3?true question:TextWithEntities answers:Vector<PollAnswer> close_period:flags.4?int close_date:flags.5?int = Poll;
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | long | ID of the poll |
| flags | # | Flags, see TL conditional fields |
| closed | flags.0?true | Whether the poll is closed and doesn't accept any more answers |
| public_voters | flags.1?true | Whether cast votes are publicly visible to all users (non-anonymous poll) |
| multiple_choice | flags.2?true | Whether multiple options can be chosen as answer |
| quiz | flags.3?true | Whether this is a quiz (with wrong and correct answers, results shown in the return type) |
| open_answers | flags.6?true | Whether users can add new answer options after the poll is created, see polls » |
| revoting_disabled | flags.7?true | If set, users cannot change their vote after casting it |
| shuffle_answers | flags.8?true | Whether answer options are displayed in a randomized order to each user |
| hide_results_until_close | flags.9?true | Whether vote results are hidden from all participants until the poll is closed |
| creator | flags.10?true | Whether the current user created this poll |
| subscribers_only | flags.11?true | Whether only subscribers can vote: a user may vote only if they are currently a member of the channel/supergroup and joined it at least 24 hours before the poll was posted, see subscriber-only polls ». |
| question | TextWithEntities | The question of the poll (only Premium users can use custom emoji entities here). |
| answers | Vector<PollAnswer> | The possible answers (2-poll_answers_max), vote using messages.sendVote. |
| close_period | flags.4?int | Amount of time in seconds the poll will be active after creation, 5-600. Can't be used together with close_date. |
| close_date | flags.5?int | Point in time (Unix timestamp) when the poll will be automatically closed. Must be at least 5 and no more than 600 seconds in the future; can't be used together with close_period. |
| countries_iso2 | flags.12?Vector<string> | If set, only users from the specified ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes may vote, see country-restricted polls »; a user may vote only if the phone_country_iso2 » configuration parameter is contained in this list. |
| hash | long | Hash for use with messages.getPollResults |
Telegram allows sending polls and quizzes, that can be voted on by thousands, if not millions of users in chats and channels.
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Telegram allows including animated and static custom emojis inside of messages.
The MTProto API has multiple configuration parameters that can be fetched with the appropriate methods.
Vote in a poll
Starting from layer 159, the vote will be sent from the peer specified using messages.saveDefaultSendAs.
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