MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v70/methods/messages_sendMedia.md

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messages.sendMedia	messages.sendMedia parameters, return type and example

Method: messages.sendMedia

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Parameters:

Name	Type	Required
silent	Bool	Optional
background	Bool	Optional
clear_draft	Bool	Optional
peer	InputPeer	Yes
reply_to_msg_id	int	Optional
media	InputMedia	Yes
reply_markup	ReplyMarkup	Optional

Return type: Updates

Can bots use this method: YES

Errors this method can return:

Error	Description
CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED	You must be an admin in this chat to do this
EXTERNAL_URL_INVALID	External URL invalid
FILE_PART_LENGTH_INVALID	The length of a file part is invalid
FILE_PARTS_INVALID	The number of file parts is invalid
INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED	The specified user was deleted
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
PHOTO_INVALID_DIMENSIONS	The photo dimensions are invalid
USER_BANNED_IN_CHANNEL	You're banned from sending messages in supergroups/channels
USER_IS_BLOCKED	User is blocked
USER_IS_BOT	Bots can't send messages to other bots
WEBPAGE_CURL_FAILED	Failure while fetching the webpage with cURL
WEBPAGE_MEDIA_EMPTY	Webpage media empty
STORAGE_CHECK_FAILED	Server storage check failed
CHAT_SEND_MEDIA_FORBIDDEN	You can't send media in this chat
CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN	You can't write in this chat
Timeout	A timeout occurred while fetching data from the bot

Example:

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
$MadelineProto->session = 'mySession.madeline';
if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot
    $MadelineProto->bot_login($token);
}
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
    $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
    $code = readline('Enter the code you received: '); // Or do this in two separate steps in an HTTP API
    $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}

$Updates = $MadelineProto->messages->sendMedia(['silent' => Bool, 'background' => Bool, 'clear_draft' => Bool, 'peer' => InputPeer, 'reply_to_msg_id' => int, 'media' => InputMedia, 'reply_markup' => ReplyMarkup, ]);

Or, if you're using the PWRTelegram HTTP API:

As a bot:

POST/GET to https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline

Parameters:

• method - messages.sendMedia
• params - {"silent": Bool, "background": Bool, "clear_draft": 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:

silent - Json encoded Bool

background - Json encoded Bool

clear_draft - 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({silent=Bool, background=Bool, clear_draft=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.