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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"add `random_id` optional parameter to `send_message` method to ensure idempotency","articleBody":"### Checklist\n\n- [x] I believe the idea is awesome and would benefit the framework\n- [x] I have searched in the issue tracker for similar requests, including closed ones\n\n### Description\n\nWhen working with messaging services, it is crucial that listeners have idempotent logic, which ensures that no operations will be duplicated if the service fails and tries to reprocess.\n\nMTProto has a parameter where you can define an ID, which will ensure that the message is sent only once:\n\n\u003e **random_id**\t\tlong\n\u003e \"Unique client message ID required to prevent message resending\"\n\u003e\n\u003e https://core.telegram.org/method/messages.sendMessage\n\nIt exists in the raw functions, but the abstraction that wraps it doesn't have a parameter that we can pass to it:\n\n- https://github.com/hydrogram/hydrogram/blob/dev/hydrogram/methods/messages/send_message.py#L149\n- https://github.com/hydrogram/hydrogram/blob/dev/hydrogram/methods/messages/send_photo.py#L192\n- https://github.com/hydrogram/hydrogram/blob/dev/hydrogram/methods/messages/send_poll.py#L216\n- https://github.com/hydrogram/hydrogram/blob/dev/hydrogram/methods/messages/send_sticker.py#L166\n- https://github.com/hydrogram/hydrogram/blob/dev/hydrogram/methods/messages/send_venue.py#L127\n- https://github.com/hydrogram/hydrogram/blob/dev/hydrogram/methods/messages/send_video.py#L265\n- https://github.com/hydrogram/hydrogram/blob/dev/hydrogram/methods/messages/send_video_note.py#L191\n- https://github.com/hydrogram/hydrogram/blob/dev/hydrogram/methods/messages/send_voice.py#L183\n\nAlternatively I am calling the raw function directly.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/d3cryptofc","@type":"Person","name":"d3cryptofc"},"datePublished":"2025-09-02T13:54:46.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/70/hydrogram/issues/70"}