sendAnimation

Send an animation message.

sendAnimation(chat_id, reply_to_message_id, animation, caption, parse_mode, duration, width, height, thumbnail, thumb_width, thumb_height, disable_notification, from_background, reply_markup, callback, data)

Field	Type	Description
chat_id	int53	Chat to send message.
reply_to_message_id	int53	Identifier of a message to reply to.
animation	inputFile	Animation file to be sent. The file can be defined by its unique ids, remote ids, local path or generated by client.
caption	string	Animation caption; 0-200 characters.
parse_mode	string	Text parse mode.
thumbnail	inputThumb	Animation thumbnail, if available.
duration	int32	Duration of the animation, in seconds.
width	int32	Width of the animation; may be replaced by the server.
height	int32	Height of the animation, may be replaced by the server
disable_notification	Bool	Pass true, to disable notification about the message, doesn't works in secret chats
from_background	Bool	Pass true, if the message is sent from background
reply_markup	ReplyMarkup	Bots only. Markup for replying to message

Example

• Send an animation message by its unique ids which is 212, into chat 1234567890. Add "Test" string in bold as its caption.

  sendAnimation(1234567890, msg.id, 212, '<b>Test</b>', 'html')

  Response:

  {
    ["@type"] = "message",
    author_signature = "",
    can_be_deleted_for_all_users = true,
    can_be_deleted_only_for_self = false,
    can_be_edited = false,
    can_be_forwarded = true,
    chat_id = "1234567890",
    contains_unread_mention = false,
    content = {
      ["@type"] = "messageAnimation",
      animation = {
        ["@type"] = "animation",
        animation = {
          ["@type"] = "file",
          expected_size = 89906,
          id = 212,
          ["local"] = {
            ["@type"] = "localFile",
            can_be_deleted = false,
            can_be_downloaded = true,
            downloaded_prefix_size = 0,
            downloaded_size = 0,
            is_downloading_active = false,
            is_downloading_completed = false,
            path = ""
          },
          remote = {
            ["@type"] = "remoteFile",
            id = "CgADBAAD9oEAAu4cZAdMVj7qI9SY5gI",
            is_uploading_active = false,
            is_uploading_completed = true,
            uploaded_size = 89906
          },
          size = 89906
        },
        duration = 3,
        file_name = "giphy.mp4",
        height = 264,
        mime_type = "video/mp4",
        thumbnail = {
          ["@type"] = "photoSize",
          height = 49,
          photo = {
            ["@type"] = "file",
            expected_size = 1980,
            id = 5,
            ["local"] = {
              ["@type"] = "localFile",
              can_be_deleted = false,
              can_be_downloaded = true,
              downloaded_prefix_size = 0,
              downloaded_size = 0,
              is_downloading_active = false,
              is_downloading_completed = false,
              path = ""
            },
            remote = {
              ["@type"] = "remoteFile",
              id = "AAQEABP0WGEZAASV_ulEnlO8qN-yAAIC",
              is_uploading_active = false,
              is_uploading_completed = true,
              uploaded_size = 1980
            },
            size = 1980
          },
          type = "s",
          width = 90
        },
        width = 480
      },
      caption = {
        ["@type"] = "formattedText",
        entities = {
          {
            ["@type"] = "textEntity",
            length = 4,
            offset = 0,
            type = {
              ["@type"] = "textEntityTypeBold"
            }
          }
        },
        text = "Test"
      },
      is_secret = false
    },
    date = 1528823679,
    edit_date = 0,
    id = "15956181001",
    is_channel_post = false,
    is_outgoing = true,
    media_album_id = "0",
    reply_to_message_id = "15956180992",
    sender_user_id = 432106051,
    sending_state = {
      ["@type"] = "messageSendingStatePending"
    },
    ttl = 0,
    ttl_expires_in = 0,
    via_bot_user_id = 0,
    views = 0
  }