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send_photo

Use this method to send photos. On success, the sent Message is returned.

Parameters

  • chat_id (int or str): Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target channel (in the format @channelusername)
  • photo (Path or bytes or str): Photo to send. Pass a file_id as String to send a photo that exists on the Telegram servers (recommended), pass an HTTP URL as a String for Telegram to get a photo from the Internet, or upload a new photo using multipart/form-data. The photo must be at most 10 MB in size. The photo's width and height must not exceed 10000 in total. Width and height ratio must be at most 20.
  • business_connection_id (str) (optional): Unique identifier for the target business connection
  • message_thread_id (int) (optional): Identifier of a message thread, in which the message will be sent
  • caption (str) (optional): Photo caption (may also be used when resending photos by file_id), 0-1024 characters after entities parsing
  • parse_mode (Literal) (optional): Mode for parsing entities in the photo caption.
  • caption_entities (List of MessageEntity) (optional): A JSON-serialized list of special entities that appear in the caption, which can be specified instead of parse_mode
  • show_caption_above_media (bool) (optional): Pass True, if the caption must be shown above the message media. Supported only for animation, photo and video messages.
  • has_spoiler (bool) (optional): Pass True, if the photo should be sent as a spoiler
  • disable_notification (bool) (optional): Sends the message silently. Users will receive a notification with no sound.
  • protect_content (bool) (optional): Protects the contents of the sent message from forwarding and saving
  • message_effect_id (str) (optional): Unique identifier for the message effect
  • reply_parameters (ReplyParameters) (optional): Reply parameters.
  • reply_markup (InlineKeyboardMarkup or ReplyKeyboardMarkup or ReplyKeyboardRemove or ForceReply) (optional): Additional interface options. A JSON-serialized object for an inline keyboard, custom reply keyboard, instructions to remove reply keyboard or to force a reply from the user.
  • allow_paid_broadcast (bool) (optional): Pass True to allow up to 1000 messages per second, ignoring broadcasting limits for a fee of 0.1 Telegram Stars per message. The relevant Stars will be withdrawn from the bot's balance

Returns

Message

Examples

  • Required Parameters
await bot.send_photo(
    chat_id=your_chat_id_here,
    photo=your_photo_here
)
  • All Parameters
await bot.send_photo(
    chat_id=your_chat_id_here,
    photo=your_photo_here,
    business_connection_id=your_business_connection_id_here,
    message_thread_id=your_message_thread_id_here,
    caption=your_caption_here,
    parse_mode=your_parse_mode_here,
    caption_entities=your_caption_entities_here,
    show_caption_above_media=your_show_caption_above_media_here,
    has_spoiler=your_has_spoiler_here,
    disable_notification=your_disable_notification_here,
    protect_content=your_protect_content_here,
    message_effect_id=your_message_effect_id_here,
    reply_parameters=your_reply_parameters_here,
    reply_markup=your_reply_markup_here,
    allow_paid_broadcast=your_allow_paid_broadcast_here
)