MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/constructors/file.md

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file	Represents a file

Constructor: file

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Represents a file

Attributes:

Name	Type	Required	Description
id	int	Yes	Unique file identifier
persistent_id	string	Yes	Persistent file identifier, if exists. Can be used across application restarts or even other devices for current logged user. If begins with "http: " or "https: ", it is HTTP URL of the file. Currently, TDLib is unable to download files if only they URL is known. If downloadFile is called on a such file or it is sended to a secret chat TDLib starts file generation process by sending to the client updateFileGenerationStart with HTTP URL in the original_path and "#url#" as conversion string. Client supposed to generate the file by downloading it to the specified location
size	int	Yes	File size, 0 if unknown
is_being_downloaded	Bool	Yes	True, if the file is currently being downloaded
local_size	int	Yes	Size of locally available part of the file. If size != 0 && local_size == size, full file is available locally
is_being_uploaded	Bool	Yes	True, if the file is currently being uploaded
remote_size	int	Yes	Size of remotely available part of the file. If size != 0 && remote_size == size, the file is available remotely
path	string	Yes	Local path to the available file part, may be empty

Type: File