animation

Use this method to send animation files (GIF or H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video without sound). On success, the sent Message is returned. Bots can currently send animation files of up to 50 MB in size, this limit may be changed in the future.

Api reference

Parameters

businessConnectionId

Unique identifier of the business connection on behalf of which the message will be sent

chatId

Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target channel (in the format @channelusername)

messageThreadId

Unique identifier for the target message thread (topic) of the forum; for forum supergroups only

animation

Animation to send. Pass a file_id as String to send an animation that exists on the Telegram servers (recommended), pass an HTTP URL as a String for Telegram to get an animation from the Internet, or upload a new animation using multipart/form-data. More information on Sending Files: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sending-files

duration

Duration of sent animation in seconds

width

Animation width

height

Animation height

thumbnail

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: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sending-files

caption

Animation caption (may also be used when resending animation by file_id), 0-1024 characters after entities parsing

parseMode

Mode for parsing entities in the animation caption. See formatting options for more details.

captionEntities

A JSON-serialized list of special entities that appear in the caption, which can be specified instead of parse_mode

showCaptionAboveMedia

Pass True, if the caption must be shown above the message media

hasSpoiler

Pass True if the animation needs to be covered with a spoiler animation

disableNotification

Sends the message silently. Users will receive a notification with no sound.

protectContent

Protects the contents of the sent message from forwarding and saving

allowPaidBroadcast

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

messageEffectId

Unique identifier of the message effect to be added to the message; for private chats only

replyParameters

Description of the message to reply to

replyMarkup

Additional interface options. A JSON-serialized object for an inline keyboard, custom reply keyboard, instructions to remove a reply keyboard or to force a reply from the user


inline fun animation(block: () -> String): SendAnimationAction
inline fun animation(file: File): <Error class: unknown class>