How to send a message back to the user with Abilities Bot ?

[isnikulin]

This is a dumb newbie question, however, I am at my wits end.
In example bot repository for AbilitiesBot (https://github.com/addo47/ExampleBots) there is this basic ability:

public Ability saysHelloWorld() {
    return Ability.builder()
        .name("hello") // Name and command (/hello)
        .info("Says hello world!") // Necessary if you want it to be reported via /commands
        .privacy(PUBLIC)  // Choose from Privacy Class (Public, Admin, Creator)
        .locality(ALL) // Choose from Locality enum Class (User, Group, PUBLIC)
        .input(0) // Arguments required for command (0 for ignore)
        .action(ctx -> {
          /*
          ctx has the following main fields that you can utilize:
          - ctx.update() -> the actual Telegram update from the basic API
          - ctx.user() -> the user behind the update
          - ctx.firstArg()/secondArg()/thirdArg() -> quick accessors for message arguments (if any)
          - ctx.arguments() -> all arguments
          - ctx.chatId() -> the chat where the update has emerged
          NOTE that chat ID and user are fetched no matter what the update carries.
          If the update does not have a message, but it has a callback query, the chatId and user will be fetched from that query.
           */
          // Custom sender implementation
          sender.send("Hello World!", ctx.chatId());
        })
        .build();

My issue is with sender.send("Hello World!", ctx.chatId());
In current version of the library there doesn't appear to be any method send for MessageSender:

So, the question is: how exactly do I send a message back to the user? Very basic info that I am SOMEHOW missing.

[addo47]

Hey! Glad you're using the AbilityBot API. The ExampleBots repo is hella old and things have changed a bit here and there. The MessageSender is supposed to be a replica of the DefaultAbsMethod methods, so that's why the easy-access send method has been removed.

HOWEVER

AbilityBot has a utility message sender called SilentSender. That class has a send method that you can leverage. However, no errors will be thrown. If the method fails, it will return an empty optional.

Here's how you can send a message inside the action lambda:

MessageSender

sender.execute(new SendMessage().setChatId(ctx.getChatId()).setText("Hello World!"));

SilentSender

silent.send("Hello World!", ctx.getChatId());

[isnikulin]

Thank you for the fast response! Is there a more up-to-date example of Abilities Bot API usage?

[addo47]

The wiki here is pretty much up-to-date; I think. xD

I should take another look tho, soon.