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🔮 InputMediaAnimation

Represents an animation file (GIF or H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video without sound) to be sent.

⚙️ Properties

  • media (Path or str ): File to send. Pass a file_id to send a file that exists on the Telegram servers (recommended), pass an HTTP URL for Telegram to get a file from the Internet, or pass “attach://” to upload a new one using multipart/form-data under name. More information on Sending Files »
  • thumbnail (InputFile or str ): Optional. Thumbnail of the file sent; can be ignored if thumbnail generation for the file is supported server-side. The thumbnail should be in JPEG format and less than 200 kB in size. A thumbnail's width and height should not exceed 320. Ignored if the file is not uploaded using multipart/form-data. Thumbnails can't be reused and can be only uploaded as a new file, so you can pass “attach://” if the thumbnail was uploaded using multipart/form-data under . More information on Sending Files »
  • caption (str ): Optional. Caption of the animation to be sent, 0-1024 characters after entities parsing
  • parse_mode (str ): Optional. Mode for parsing entities in the animation caption. See formatting options for more details.
  • caption_entities (List of MessageEntity ): Optional. List of special entities that appear in the caption, which can be specified instead of parse_mode
  • show_caption_above_media (bool ): Optional. True, if the caption should be shown above the animation
  • width (int ): Optional. Animation width
  • height (int ): Optional. Animation height
  • duration (int ): Optional. Animation duration in seconds
  • has_spoiler (bool ): Optional. True, if the uploaded animation is a spoiler