sendPhoto

Sends a photo message.

sendPhoto(chat_id, reply_to_message_id, photo, caption, parse_mode, added_sticker_file_ids, width, height, ttl, 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.
photo	inputFile	Photo to send.
caption	string	Photo caption; 0-200 characters.
parse_mode	string	Text parse mode.
added_sticker_file_ids	vector	File identifiers of the stickers added to the photo, if applicable.
width	int32	Photo width.
height	int32	Photo height.
thumbnail	inputThumb	Photo thumbnail to be sent, this is sent to the other party in secret chats only.
ttl	int32	Photo TTL (Time To Live), in seconds (0-60). A non-zero TTL can be specified only in private chats.
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 a photo by its unique ids which is 212, into chat 1234567890. Add "Memories..." string in italic as its caption.

  sendPhoto(1234567890, msg.id, 212, "_Memories..._", 'md')

  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"] = "messagePhoto",
      caption = {
        ["@type"] = "formattedText",
        entities = {
          {
            ["@type"] = "textEntity",
            length = 11,
            offset = 0,
            type = {
              ["@type"] = "textEntityTypeItalic"
            }
          }
        },
        text = "Memories..."
      },
      is_secret = false,
      photo = {
        ["@type"] = "photo",
        has_stickers = false,
        id = "6327864790411749389",
        sizes = {
          {
            ["@type"] = "photoSize",
            height = 0,
            photo = {
              ["@type"] = "file",
              expected_size = 14368,
              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 = "AgADBQADDagxG4AX0VctG6bBbmVjhryo0zIABPJL_xp1Xjp18z8DAAEC",
                is_uploading_active = false,
                is_uploading_completed = true,
                uploaded_size = 14368
              },
              size = 14368
            },
            type = "i",
            width = 0
          }
        }
      }
    },
    date = 1528829863,
    edit_date = 0,
    id = "15974006793",
    is_channel_post = false,
    is_outgoing = true,
    media_album_id = "0",
    reply_to_message_id = "15974006784",
    sender_user_id = 133780085,
    sending_state = {
      ["@type"] = "messageSendingStatePending"
    },
    ttl = 0,
    ttl_expires_in = 0,
    via_bot_user_id = 0,
    views = 0
  }