From f7cfb98b6089669647bd7fb2f24184942e73a64b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kylmakalle <iceman9831@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 17:37:03 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Added option to delete messages.

Added option to delete messages.

Some bots do not support this method now, waiting for an official api
release.
---
 telebot/__init__.py  | 10 ++++++++++
 telebot/apihelper.py |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/telebot/__init__.py b/telebot/__init__.py
index 3b70be9..9d201b8 100644
--- a/telebot/__init__.py
+++ b/telebot/__init__.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class TeleBot:
         getMe
         sendMessage
         forwardMessage
+        deleteMessage
         sendPhoto
         sendAudio
         sendDocument
@@ -408,6 +409,15 @@ class TeleBot:
         return types.Message.de_json(
             apihelper.forward_message(self.token, chat_id, from_chat_id, message_id, disable_notification))
 
+    def delete_message(self, chat_id, message_id):
+        """
+        Use this method to delete message. Returns True on success. 
+        :param chat_id: in which chat to delete
+        :param message_id: which message to delete
+        :return: API reply.
+        """
+        return types.Message.de_json(apihelper.delete_message(self.token, chat_id, message_id))
+
     def send_photo(self, chat_id, photo, caption=None, reply_to_message_id=None, reply_markup=None,
                    disable_notification=None):
         """
diff --git a/telebot/apihelper.py b/telebot/apihelper.py
index 90a101a..c134cbc 100644
--- a/telebot/apihelper.py
+++ b/telebot/apihelper.py
@@ -446,6 +446,12 @@ def edit_message_reply_markup(token, chat_id=None, message_id=None, inline_messa
     return _make_request(token, method_url, params=payload)
 
 
+def delete_message(token, chat_id=None, message_id=None):
+    method_url = r'deleteMessage'
+    payload = {'chat_id': chat_id, 'message_id': message_id}
+    return _make_request(token, method_url, params=payload)
+
+
 # Game
 
 def send_game(token, chat_id, game_short_name, disable_notification=None, reply_to_message_id=None, reply_markup=None):

From 89f515b12003efab471c9b08e66f037a9cebb997 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kylmakalle <iceman9831@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 01:13:40 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] deleteMessage returns Ok on success, not Message type

---
 telebot/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/telebot/__init__.py b/telebot/__init__.py
index 9d201b8..38dfe3c 100644
--- a/telebot/__init__.py
+++ b/telebot/__init__.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class TeleBot:
         :param message_id: which message to delete
         :return: API reply.
         """
-        return types.Message.de_json(apihelper.delete_message(self.token, chat_id, message_id))
+        return apihelper.delete_message(self.token, chat_id, message_id)
 
     def send_photo(self, chat_id, photo, caption=None, reply_to_message_id=None, reply_markup=None,
                    disable_notification=None):