ephemeral_message_bot

This bot answers in a group, but only the person who asked can see the reply.

An ephemeral message is delivered to one user and is not part of the chat history — no message id to fetch later, nothing for anyone else to read.

Usable by Users Bots

from pyrogram import Client, filters
from pyrogram.types import InlineKeyboardMarkup, InlineKeyboardButton

app = Client("my_bot")


@app.on_message(filters.command("balance") & filters.group)
async def balance(client, message):
    await client.send_ephemeral_message(
        chat_id=message.chat.id,
        receiver_id=message.from_user.id,
        text=f"Your balance is {lookup_balance(message.from_user.id)} Stars.",
        reply_markup=InlineKeyboardMarkup([[
            InlineKeyboardButton("Top up", callback_data="topup"),
        ]]),
    )


app.run()

chat_id is the group the message appears in and receiver_id is the only user who sees it. Both are required.

See Ephemeral Messages.