> ## Documentation Index
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# Send Message • AI Agent SDK

> send_message: Alias for chat() method to match Google ADK pattern.

# send\_message

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> This is a method of the [**Session**](../classes/Session) class in the [**session**](../modules/session) module.

Alias for chat() method to match Google ADK pattern.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def send_message(message: str) -> str
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="message" type="str" required={true}>
  The message to send to the agent \*\*kwargs: Additional parameters for the request
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="str">
  The agent's response
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `chat`

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/session.py` at line 541
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