MessageOrigin¶

class telegram.MessageOrigin(type, date, *, api_kwargs=None)[source]¶

Bases: telegram.TelegramObject

Base class for telegram MessageOrigin object, it can be one of:

Objects of this class are comparable in terms of equality. Two objects of this class are considered equal, if their type and date are equal.

Available In

Added in version 20.8.

Parameters:

type (str) – Type of the message origin, can be on of: USER, HIDDEN_USER, CHAT, or CHANNEL.
date (datetime.datetime) – Date the message was sent originally. The default timezone of the bot is used for localization, which is UTC unless telegram.ext.Defaults.tzinfo is used.

type[source]¶

Type of the message origin, can be on of: USER, HIDDEN_USER, CHAT, or CHANNEL.

Type:: str

date[source]¶

Date the message was sent originally. The default timezone of the bot is used for localization, which is UTC unless telegram.ext.Defaults.tzinfo is used.

Type:: datetime.datetime

CHANNEL = 'channel'[source]¶: telegram.constants.MessageOriginType.CHANNEL

CHAT = 'chat'[source]¶: telegram.constants.MessageOriginType.CHAT

HIDDEN_USER = 'hidden_user'[source]¶: telegram.constants.MessageOriginType.HIDDEN_USER

USER = 'user'[source]¶: telegram.constants.MessageOriginType.USER

classmethod de_json(data, bot=None)[source]¶: Converts JSON data to the appropriate MessageOrigin object, i.e. takes care of selecting the correct subclass.