--- title: messages.sendMedia description: messages.sendMedia parameters, return type and example --- ## Method: messages.sendMedia [Back to methods index](index.md) ### Parameters: | Name | Type | Required | |----------|---------------|----------| |broadcast|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |silent|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |background|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional| |peer|[InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | Yes| |reply\_to\_msg\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Optional| |media|[InputMedia](../types/InputMedia.md) | Yes| |reply\_markup|[ReplyMarkup](../types/ReplyMarkup.md) | Optional| ### Return type: [Updates](../types/Updates.md) ### Can bots use this method: **YES** ### Errors this method can return: | Error | Description | |----------|---------------| |FILE_PARTS_INVALID|The number of file parts is invalid||MEDIA_CAPTION_TOO_LONG|The caption is too long||MEDIA_EMPTY|The provided media object is invalid||PEER_ID_INVALID|The provided peer id is invalid||PHOTO_EXT_INVALID|The extension of the photo is invalid||STORAGE_CHECK_FAILED|Server storage check failed||WEBPAGE_CURL_FAILED|Failure while fetching the webpage with cURL| ### Example: ``` $MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API(); if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot $MadelineProto->bot_login($token); } if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user $sentCode = $MadelineProto->phone_login($number); echo 'Enter the code you received: '; $code = ''; for ($x = 0; $x < $sentCode['type']['length']; $x++) { $code .= fgetc(STDIN); } $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code); } $Updates = $MadelineProto->messages->sendMedia(['broadcast' => Bool, 'silent' => Bool, 'background' => Bool, 'peer' => InputPeer, 'reply_to_msg_id' => int, 'media' => InputMedia, 'reply_markup' => ReplyMarkup, ]); ``` Or, if you're using the [PWRTelegram HTTP API](https://pwrtelegram.xyz): ### As a bot: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline` Parameters: * method - messages.sendMedia * params - `{"broadcast": Bool, "silent": Bool, "background": Bool, "peer": InputPeer, "reply_to_msg_id": int, "media": InputMedia, "reply_markup": ReplyMarkup, }` ### As a user: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/messages.sendMedia` Parameters: broadcast - Json encoded Bool silent - Json encoded Bool background - Json encoded Bool peer - Json encoded InputPeer reply_to_msg_id - Json encoded int media - Json encoded InputMedia reply_markup - Json encoded ReplyMarkup Or, if you're into Lua: ``` Updates = messages.sendMedia({broadcast=Bool, silent=Bool, background=Bool, peer=InputPeer, reply_to_msg_id=int, media=InputMedia, reply_markup=ReplyMarkup, }) ``` ## Usage of reply_markup You can provide bot API reply_markup objects here.