InputMediaSticker

class telegram.InputMediaSticker(media, emoji=None, *, filename=None, api_kwargs=None)[source]

Bases: telegram.TelegramObject

Represents a sticker file to be sent.

See also

Working with Files and Media

Available In

telegram.InputPollOption.media

Added in version 22.8.

Parameters:

  • media (str | file object | InputFile | bytes | pathlib.Path | telegram.Sticker) –

    File to send. Pass a file_id as String to send a file that exists on the Telegram servers (recommended), pass an HTTP URL as a String for Telegram to get a file from the Internet, or upload a new one. To upload a file, you can either pass a file object (e.g. open("filename", "rb")) or the file contents as bytes. If the bot is running in local_mode, passing the path of the file (as string or pathlib.Path object) is supported as well.

    Lastly you can pass an existing telegram.Sticker object to send.

  • emoji (str, optional) – Emoji associated with the sticker; only for just uploaded stickers.

Keyword Arguments:

filename (str, optional) – Custom file name for the sticker, when uploading a new file. Convenience parameter, useful e.g. when sending files generated by the tempfile module.

type[source]

'sticker'.

Type:

str

media[source]

Sticker file to send.

Type:

str | telegram.InputFile

emoji[source]

Optional. Emoji associated with the sticker; only for just uploaded stickers.

Type:

str