How to format a broadcast in the bot
How to format a broadcast in the bot
In graspil, when you create a broadcast, you see a plain text field.
That does not mean your messages cannot look good. You can make text bold, italic, insert links, strike text, etc.
To do this, select a formatting mode (the parse_mode field) and use special characters.
There are two main modes:
HTML (recommended for beginners — simpler and more reliable)
MarkdownV2 (faster to type, but requires careful handling of punctuation)
Method 1: HTML (the simplest)
If you pick HTML in parse_mode, the text works like a constructor.
You “wrap” the needed words with tags.
Main rule: If you opened a tag (for example, <b>), you must close it (</b>).
HTML cheat sheet
Bold text
<b>Important text</b>
Important text
Italic
<i>Italic text</i>
Italic text
Strikethrough
<s>Old price</s>
Old price
Spoiler (hidden text)
<tg-spoiler>Secret</tg-spoiler>
(Hidden noise)
Example of a ready-to-paste message:
Full list of available HTML tags
Underline
<u>Underlined</u>
Spoiler
<span class="tg-spoiler">spoiler</span>
or
<tg-spoiler>spoiler</tg-spoiler>
Custom emoji
<tg-emoji emoji-id="5368324170671202286">👍</tg-emoji>
Code
<code>Code</code>
Preformatted text
<pre>Formatting</pre>
Quote
<blockquote>Quote</blockquote>
Collapsible quote
<blockquote expandable>Collapsible quote</blockquote>
The diagram shows how each tag is rendered
Regular emoji can be copied and pasted directly into the text. If you want to use custom emoji, use this tag:
Emoji and custom emoji
Use @AdsMarkdownBot to get the emoji ID. Just start the bot and send it your emoji. The reply includes the ID.
Testing
Always test your message before sending. Use “send to yourself”. If the message has an error, Telegram will show it.
Read the error, translate it, ask an AI, or contact support. We will help you figure it out.
Method 2: MarkdownV2 (for people who like symbols)
If you select MarkdownV2, formatting is done with special characters (asterisks, underscores, and tildes).
It is faster, but there is a very important nuance (see below).
MarkdownV2 cheat sheet
Bold text
*Bold text*
Bold text
Italic
_Italic text_
Italic text
Strikethrough
~Old price~
Old price
⛔ IMPORTANT: Exclamation mark issue (Bad Request)
In MarkdownV2, many punctuation marks are “service characters”. Telegram treats them as part of the markup.
Bad Request: can't parse entities: Character '!' is reserved...
The message will NOT be sent, and you will get this error:
If you just type:
❌ Hi! or Discounts up to 50%.
Hi\! Discounts up to 50%\. We are live\.
✅ Correct:
What to do? You must add “protection” before punctuation.
That shield is a backslash: \. This is called “escaping”.
(Notice: backslashes before exclamation marks, dots, and the minus sign.)
Characters that MUST have \ before them:
Dot
.Exclamation mark
!Minus (hyphen)
-Brackets
()[]{}Plus
+Equals
=Hash
#Vertical bar
|
Example of a correct MarkdownV2 message:
Full list of MarkdownV2 commands
Bold
*bold*
Italics
_italics_
Strikethrough
~Strikethrough~
__underline__
__underline__
Spoiler
||spoiler||
Link
[text](http://site.com)
Code
`code`
Pre-formated
Block quotation started
>Block quotation started
Block quotation continued
>Block quotation continued
Expandable bloc quotation started
**>Expandable bloc quotation
Expandable bloc quotation continued
>Expandable bloc quotation
Emoji
Emoji and custom emoji
Regular emoji can be copied and pasted directly into the text. If you want to use custom emoji, use this syntax:
Use @AdsMarkdownBot to get the emoji ID. Just start the bot and send it your emoji. The reply includes the ID.
Testing
Always test your message before sending. Use “send to yourself”. If the message has an error, Telegram will show it.
Read the error, translate it, ask an AI, or contact support. We will help you figure it out.
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