telegram.ChatPhoto

class telegram.ChatPhoto(small_file_id, small_file_unique_id, big_file_id, big_file_unique_id, bot=None, **kwargs)

Bases: telegram.base.TelegramObject

This object represents a chat photo.

small_file_id

File identifier of small (160x160) chat photo. This file_id can be used only for photo download and only for as long as the photo is not changed.

Type:str
small_file_unique_id

Unique file identifier of small (160x160) chat photo, which is supposed to be the same over time and for different bots. Can’t be used to download or reuse the file.

Type:str
big_file_id

File identifier of big (640x640) chat photo. This file_id can be used only for photo download and only for as long as the photo is not changed.

Type:str
big_file_unique_id

Unique file identifier of big (640x640) chat photo, which is supposed to be the same over time and for different bots. Can’t be used to download or reuse the file.

Type:str
Parameters:
  • small_file_id (str) – Unique file identifier of small (160x160) chat photo. This file_id can be used only for photo download and only for as long as the photo is not changed.
  • small_file_unique_id (str) – Unique file identifier of small (160x160) chat photo, which is supposed to be the same over time and for different bots. Can’t be used to download or reuse the file.
  • big_file_id (str) – Unique file identifier of big (640x640) chat photo. This file_id can be used only for photo download and only for as long as the photo is not changed.
  • big_file_unique_id (str) – Unique file identifier of big (640x640) chat photo, which is supposed to be the same over time and for different bots. Can’t be used to download or reuse the file.
  • bot (telegram.Bot, optional) – The Bot to use for instance methods
  • **kwargs (dict) – Arbitrary keyword arguments.
get_big_file(timeout=None, **kwargs)

Convenience wrapper over telegram.Bot.get_file for getting the big (640x640) chat photo

Parameters:
  • timeout (int | float, optional) – If this value is specified, use it as the read timeout from the server (instead of the one specified during creation of the connection pool).
  • **kwargs (dict) – Arbitrary keyword arguments.
Returns:

telegram.File

Raises:

telegram.TelegramError

get_small_file(timeout=None, **kwargs)

Convenience wrapper over telegram.Bot.get_file for getting the small (160x160) chat photo

Parameters:
  • timeout (int | float, optional) – If this value is specified, use it as the read timeout from the server (instead of the one specified during creation of the connection pool).
  • **kwargs (dict) – Arbitrary keyword arguments.
Returns:

telegram.File

Raises:

telegram.TelegramError