Delete outgoing message sent by telegram bot (Telegram, python) - python-telegram-bot

Question

i am stuck in my code as i do not know how to input/derive the message_id of the outgoing message forwarded by my bot.
Background: This is just a part of my code which i would subsequently integrate into the main code. Here, i am testing the functionality of forwarding messages + deleting them. I am able to successfully forward them out but i am stuck at deleting them. i am able to give the input of the chat_id but not able to do so for the message_id to delete. Is there a way to do it especially when i am gonna integrate to my main script which can have a few groups to manage. Please assist the noob in me. Thank you!
My script:
import logging
from telegram import ReplyKeyboardMarkup, ReplyKeyboardRemove, Update
from telegram.ext import (
Updater,
CommandHandler,
MessageHandler,
Filters,
ConversationHandler,
CallbackContext,
)
TOKEN = "PUT TOKEN HERE" #INPUT HERE
# Enable logging
logging.basicConfig(
format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s', level=logging.INFO)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
MSG, DELETE_MSG = range(2)
def start(update: Update, context: CallbackContext) -> int:
update.message.reply_text(
'Hi! Please post the message you would like to share:')
return MSG
def send(update: Update, context: CallbackContext) -> int:
user = update.message.from_user
logger.info("Message of %s: %s", user.first_name, update.message.text)
print(update.message.message_id)
send = update.message.forward(chat_id= 'PUT CHAT ID OF OUTGOING GROUP HERE') #INPUT HERE
update.message.reply_text("Please delete")
return DELETE_MSG
def delete_msg(update: Update, context: CallbackContext) -> int:
user = update.message.from_user
logger.info("edit of %s: %s", user.first_name, update.message.text)
update.message.delete(chat_id='PUT CHAT ID OF OUTGOING GROUP HERE',
message_id='IM STUCK HERE') #INPUT HERE
return ConversationHandler.END
def cancel(update: Update, context: CallbackContext) -> int:
user = update.message.from_user
logger.info("User %s canceled the conversation.", user.first_name)
update.message.reply_text('Bye! I hope we can talk again some day.', reply_markup=ReplyKeyboardRemove())
return ConversationHandler.END
def main() -> None:
updater = Updater(TOKEN, use_context=True)
dispatcher = updater.dispatcher
conv_handler = ConversationHandler(
entry_points=[CommandHandler('start', start)],
states={
MSG: [MessageHandler(~Filters.command, send)],
DELETE_MSG: [MessageHandler(~Filters.command, delete_msg)]
},
fallbacks=[CommandHandler('cancel', cancel)],
)
dispatcher.add_handler(conv_handler)
updater.start_polling()
updater.idle()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()

Answer 1

update.message.reply_text("Please delete") must be a variable and, then, you'll be able to context.bot.deleteMessage the message_id of that. Just like this:
must_delete = update.message.reply_text("Please delete")
context.bot.deleteMessage (message_id = must_delete.message_id,
chat_id = update.message.chat_id)
Give it a try and let me know if this worked for you!!