messages.sendMedia

Send a media

Example

Javascript

const {Api, TelegramClient} = require('telegram');
const {StringSession} = require('telegram/sessions');

const session = new StringSession('');
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
    const result = await client.invoke(new Api.messages.sendMedia({
        silent: true,
        background: true,
        clearDraft: true,
        peer: new Api.InputPeer({...}),
        replyToMsgId: 2388882,
        media: new Api.InputMedia({...}),
        message: 'random string here',
        randomId: 9782360,
        replyMarkup: new Api.ReplyMarkup({...}),
        entities: [new Api.MessageEntity({...})],
        scheduleDate: 5175296,
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TypeScript

import {Api, TelegramClient} from 'telegram';
import {StringSession} from 'telegram/sessions';

const session = new StringSession('');
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
    const result: Api.Updates = await client.invoke(new Api.messages.sendMedia({
        silent: true,
        background: true,
        clearDraft: true,
        peer: new Api.InputPeer({...}),
        replyToMsgId: 2388882,
        media: new Api.InputMedia({...}),
        message: 'random string here',
        randomId: 9782360,
        replyMarkup: new Api.ReplyMarkup({...}),
        entities: [new Api.MessageEntity({...})],
        scheduleDate: 5175296,
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TL schema

updatesTooLong#e317af7e = Updates;
updateShortMessage#2296d2c8 flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int user_id:int message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?int reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> = Updates;
updateShortChatMessage#402d5dbb flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int from_id:int chat_id:int message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?int reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> = Updates;
updateShort#78d4dec1 update:Update date:int = Updates;
updatesCombined#725b04c3 updates:Vector<Update> users:Vector<User> chats:Vector<Chat> date:int seq_start:int seq:int = Updates;
updates#74ae4240 updates:Vector<Update> users:Vector<User> chats:Vector<Chat> date:int seq:int = Updates;
updateShortSentMessage#11f1331c flags:# out:flags.1?true id:int pts:int pts_count:int date:int media:flags.9?MessageMedia entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> = Updates;
---functions---
messages.sendMedia#3491eba9 flags:# silent:flags.5?true background:flags.6?true clear_draft:flags.7?true peer:InputPeer reply_to_msg_id:flags.0?int media:InputMedia message:string random_id:long reply_markup:flags.2?ReplyMarkup entities:flags.3?Vector<MessageEntity> schedule_date:flags.10?int = Updates;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
flags	#	Flags, see TL conditional fields
silent	flags.5?true	Send message silently (no notification should be triggered)
background	flags.6?true	Send message in background
clear_draft	flags.7?true	Clear the draft
peer	InputPeer	Destination
reply_to_msg_id	flags.0?int	Message ID to which this message should reply to
media	InputMedia	Attached media
message	string	Caption
random_id	long	Random ID to avoid resending the same message
reply_markup	flags.2?ReplyMarkup	Reply markup for bot keyboards
entities	flags.3?Vector < MessageEntity >	Message entities for styled text
schedule_date	flags.10?int	Scheduled message date for scheduled messages

Result

Updates

Possible errors

Code	Type	Description
400	BROADCAST_PUBLIC_VOTERS_FORBIDDEN	You can't forward polls with public voters
400	BUTTON_DATA_INVALID	The data of one or more of the buttons you provided is invalid
400	BUTTON_TYPE_INVALID	The type of one or more of the buttons you provided is invalid
400	BUTTON_URL_INVALID	Button URL invalid
400	CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
400	CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
400	CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this
400	CHAT_RESTRICTED	You can't send messages in this chat, you were restricted
403	CHAT_SEND_GIFS_FORBIDDEN	You can't send gifs in this chat
403	CHAT_SEND_MEDIA_FORBIDDEN	You can't send media in this chat
403	CHAT_SEND_STICKERS_FORBIDDEN	You can't send stickers in this chat.
403	CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN	You can't write in this chat
400	EXTERNAL_URL_INVALID	External URL invalid
400	FILE_PARTS_INVALID	The number of file parts is invalid
400	FILE_PART_LENGTH_INVALID	The length of a file part is invalid
400	IMAGE_PROCESS_FAILED	Failure while processing image
400	INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED	The specified user was deleted
400	MD5_CHECKSUM_INVALID	The MD5 checksums do not match
400	MEDIA_CAPTION_TOO_LONG	The caption is too long
400	MEDIA_EMPTY	The provided media object is invalid
400	MEDIA_INVALID	Media invalid
400	MSG_ID_INVALID	Invalid message ID provided
400	PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid
400	PHOTO_EXT_INVALID	The extension of the photo is invalid
400	PHOTO_INVALID_DIMENSIONS	The photo dimensions are invalid
400	PHOTO_SAVE_FILE_INVALID	Internal issues, try again later
400	POLL_ANSWERS_INVALID	Invalid poll answers were provided
400	POLL_OPTION_DUPLICATE	Duplicate poll options provided
400	POLL_OPTION_INVALID	Invalid poll option provided
400	QUIZ_CORRECT_ANSWERS_EMPTY	No correct quiz answer was specified
400	QUIZ_CORRECT_ANSWER_INVALID	An invalid value was provided to the correct_answers field
400	REPLY_MARKUP_BUY_EMPTY	Reply markup for buy button empty
400	REPLY_MARKUP_INVALID	The provided reply markup is invalid
400	SCHEDULE_TOO_MUCH	There are too many scheduled messages
420	SLOWMODE_WAIT_X	Slowmode is enabled in this chat: you must wait for the specified number of seconds before sending another message to the chat.
400	TTL_MEDIA_INVALID	Invalid media Time To Live was provided
400	USER_BANNED_IN_CHANNEL	You're banned from sending messages in supergroups/channels
400	USER_IS_BLOCKED	You were blocked by this user
400	USER_IS_BOT	Bots can't send messages to other bots
400	WEBPAGE_CURL_FAILED	Failure while fetching the webpage with cURL
400	WEBPAGE_MEDIA_EMPTY	Webpage media empty
400	YOU_BLOCKED_USER	You blocked this user

Can bots use this methd ?

yes

Related pages

Styled text with message entities

How to create styled text with message entities

Scheduled messages

Telegram allows scheduling messages