telegram.InputMedia#

class telegram.InputMedia(*args, **kwargs)[source]#

Base class for Telegram InputMedia Objects.

Changed in version 20.0:: Added arguments and attributes type, media, caption, caption_entities, parse_mode.

Parameters

media_type (str) – Type of media that the instance represents.
media (str | file object | bytes | pathlib.Path | telegram.Animation | telegram.Audio | telegram.Document | telegram.PhotoSize | telegram.Video) – 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 media object of the corresponding type to send.
caption (str, optional) – Caption of the media to be sent, 0-1024 characters after entities parsing.
caption_entities (List[telegram.MessageEntity], optional) – List of special entities that appear in the caption, which can be specified instead of parse_mode.
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.constants.ParseMode for the available modes.