InputFile

class telegram.InputFile(obj, filename=None, attach=False)[source]

Bases: object

This object represents a Telegram InputFile.

Use In

Available In

Changed in version 20.0:

  • The former attribute attach was renamed to attach_name.

  • Method is_image was removed. If you pass bytes to obj and would like to have the mime type automatically guessed, please pass filename in addition.

Parameters:

  • obj (file object | bytes | str) –

    An open file descriptor or the files content as bytes or string.

    Note

    If obj is a string, it will be encoded as bytes via obj.encode('utf-8').

    Changed in version 20.0: Accept string input.

  • filename (str, optional) – Filename for this InputFile.

  • attach (bool, optional) – Pass True if the parameter this file belongs to in the request to Telegram should point to the multipart data via an attach:// URI. Defaults to False.

input_file_content[source]

The binary content of the file to send.

Type:

bytes

attach_name[source]

Optional. If present, the parameter this file belongs to in the request to Telegram should point to the multipart data via a an URI of the form attach://<attach_name> URI.

Type:

str

filename[source]

Filename for the file to be sent.

Type:

str

mimetype[source]

The mimetype inferred from the file to be sent.

Type:

str

property attach_uri[source]

URI to insert into the JSON data for uploading the file. Returns None, if attach_name is None.

property field_tuple[source]

Field tuple representing the contents of the file for upload to the Telegram servers.

Return type:

Tuple[str, bytes, str]