token = ''
url = 'https://api.telegram.org/bot{}/'.format(token)


def send_message(chat_id, text, reply_markup=None):
    URL = url + \
        "sendMessage?text={}&chat_id={}&parse_mode=Markdown".format(
            text, chat_id)
    if reply_markup:
        URL += '&reply_markup={}'.format(reply_markup)
    res = requests.get(URL)
    while res.status_code != 200:
        res = requests.get(URL)