photo

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

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

photo

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. More information on Sending Files: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sending-files

caption

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

parseMode

Mode for parsing entities in the photo 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 photo 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 The relevant Stars will be withdrawn from the bot's balance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 photo(block: () -> String): SendPhotoAction
inline fun photo(file: InputFile): SendPhotoAction
inline fun photo(file: File): SendPhotoAction