telegram.InputMediaDocument¶

class telegram.InputMediaDocument(media: Union[str, IO, InputFile, telegram.files.document.Document], thumb: Union[IO, InputFile] = None, caption: str = None, parse_mode: Union[str, telegram.utils.helpers.DefaultValue] = <telegram.utils.helpers.DefaultValue object>)¶

Bases: telegram.files.inputmedia.InputMedia

Represents a general file to be sent.

type¶

document.

Type:	`str`

media¶

File to send.

Type:	`str` \| `telegram.InputFile`

caption¶

Optional. Caption of the document to be sent.

Type:	`str`

parse_mode¶

Optional. The parse mode to use for text formatting.

Type:	`str`

thumb¶

Optional. Thumbnail of the file to send.

Type:	`telegram.InputFile`

Parameters:

media (str | filelike object | telegram.Document) – File to send. Pass a file_id to send a file that exists on the Telegram servers (recommended), pass an HTTP URL for Telegram to get a file from the Internet. Lastly you can pass an existing telegram.Document object to send.
caption (str, optional) – Caption of the document to be sent, 0-1024 characters after entities parsing.
parse_mode (str, optional) – Send Markdown or HTML, if you want Telegram apps to show bold, italic, fixed-width text or inline URLs in the media caption. See the constants in telegram.ParseMode for the available modes.
thumb (filelike object, optional) – Thumbnail of the file sent; can be ignored if thumbnail generation for the file is supported server-side. The thumbnail should be in JPEG format and less than 200 kB in size. A thumbnail’s width and height should not exceed 320. Ignored if the file is not uploaded using multipart/form-data. Thumbnails can’t be reused and can be only uploaded as a new file.