def sendMessage(self, chat_id, text,
                    parse_mode=None,
                    disable_web_page_preview=None,
                    disable_notification=None,
                    reply_to_message_id=None,
                    reply_markup=None):
        """ See: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendmessage """
        p = _strip(locals())
        return self._api_request('sendMessage', _rectify(p))