MadelineProtoDocs/docs/API_docs/methods/stories.sendStory.md

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stories.sendStory	Uploads a [Telegram Story](https://core.telegram.org/api/stories).	Telegram RPC API	Methods	https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png	/API_docs/methods/stories_sendStory.html

Method: stories.sendStory

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Uploads a Telegram Story.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
pinned	Bool	Whether to add the story to the profile automatically upon expiration. If not set, the story will only be added to the archive, see here » for more info.	Optional
noforwards	Bool	If set, disables forwards, screenshots, and downloads.	Optional
fwd_modified	Bool	Set this flag when reposting stories with fwd_from_id+fwd_from_id, if the media was modified before reposting.	Optional
peer	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer	The peer to send the story as.	Optional
media	MessageMedia, Update, Message or InputMedia	The story media.	Optional
media_areas	Array of MediaArea	Media areas associated to the story, see here » for more info.	Optional
caption	string	Story caption.	Optional
entities	Array of MessageEntity	Message entities for styled text, if allowed by the stories_entities client configuration parameter ».	Optional
parse_mode	string	Whether to parse HTML or Markdown markup in the message	Optional
privacy_rules	Array of InputPrivacyRule	Privacy rules for the story, indicating who can or can't view the story.	Yes
period	int	Period after which the story is moved to archive (and to the profile if pinned is set), in seconds; must be one of 6 * 3600, 12 * 3600, 86400, or 2 * 86400 for Telegram Premium users, and 86400 otherwise.	Optional
fwd_from_id	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer	If set, indicates that this story is a repost of story with ID fwd_from_story posted by the peer in fwd_from_id.	Optional
fwd_from_story	int	If set, indicates that this story is a repost of story with ID fwd_from_story posted by the peer in fwd_from_id.	Optional

Return type: Updates

Can bots use this method: NO

MadelineProto Example (now async for huge speed and parallelism!):

if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();

$Updates = $MadelineProto->stories->sendStory(pinned: $Bool, noforwards: $Bool, fwd_modified: $Bool, peer: $InputPeer, media: $InputMedia, media_areas: [$MediaArea, $MediaArea], caption: 'string', entities: [$MessageEntity, $MessageEntity], parse_mode: 'string', privacy_rules: [$InputPrivacyRule, $InputPrivacyRule], period: $int, fwd_from_id: $InputPeer, fwd_from_story: $int, );

Usage of parse_mode:

Set parse_mode to html to enable HTML parsing of the message.

Set parse_mode to Markdown to enable markdown parsing of the message.

The following tags are currently supported:

<br>a newline
<b><i>bold works ok, internal tags are stripped</i> </b>
<strong>bold</strong>
<em>italic</em>
<i>italic</i>
<u>underline</u>
<s>strikethrough</s>
<del>strikethrough</del>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<code>inline fixed-width code</code>
<pre>pre-formatted fixed-width code block</pre>
<blockquote>pre-formatted fixed-width code block</blockquote>
<a href="https://github.com">URL</a>
<a href="mention:@danogentili">Mention by username</a>
<a href="mention:186785362">Mention by user id</a>
<a href="tg://user?id=186785362">Mention by user id</a>
Custom emoji: <emoji id="5368324170671202286">👍</emoji>
Custom emoji: <tg-emoji emoji-id="5368324170671202286">👍</tg-emoji>
<pre language="json">Pre tags can have a language attribute</pre>
<spoiler>Spoiler</spoiler>
<tg-spoiler>Spoiler</tg-spoiler>

You can also use normal markdown (bot API MarkdownV2 syntax), note that to create mentions you can also use the mention: syntax like in html:

*bold \*text*
_italic \*text_
__underline__
~strikethrough~
||spoiler||
*bold _italic bold ~italic bold strikethrough ||italic bold strikethrough spoiler||~ __underline italic bold___ bold*
[inline URL](http://www.example.com/)
[inline mention of a user](tg://user?id=123456789)
![👍](tg://emoji?id=5368324170671202286)
\`inline fixed-width code\`
\`\`\`
pre-formatted fixed-width code block
\`\`\`
\`\`\`php
pre-formatted fixed-width code block written in the PHP programming language
\`\`\`

[Mention by username](mention:@danogentili)
[Mention by user id](mention:186785362)
[Mention by user id](tg://user?id=186785362)
[👍](emoji:5368324170671202286)
[👍](tg://emoji?id=5368324170671202286)