How to send photo on telegram bot

Question

i'm just implementing a simple bot who should send some photos and videos to my chat_id. Well, i'm using python, this is the script

import sys
import time
import random
import datetime
import telepot

def handle(msg):
    chat_id = msg['chat']['id']
    command = msg['text']

    print 'Got command: %s' % command

    if command == 'command1':
        bot.sendMessage(chat_id, *******)
    elif command == 'command2':
        bot.sendMessage(chat_id, ******)
    elif command == 'photo':
        bot.sendPhoto(...)

bot = telepot.Bot('*** INSERT TOKEN ***')
bot.message_loop(handle)
print 'I am listening ...'

while 1:
    time.sleep(10)

In the line bot.sendphoto I would insert the path and the chat_id of my image but nothing happens.

Where am I wrong?

thanks

Could you post the exact call to `sendPhoto()`? And please fix the indentation in your posted code. — Nick Lee, Apr 22 '16 at 16:31
it may be so helpful if you tell about the `telegram response` to your request — Seyfi, Jul 19 '16 at 10:36

Majid A · Answer 1 · 2020-08-14T19:50:26.620

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If you have local image path:

bot.send_photo(chat_id, photo=open('path', 'rb'))

If you have url of image from internet:

bot.send_photo(chat_id, 'your URl')

edited Aug 14 '20 at 19:50

answered Aug 13 '19 at 20:52

Majid A

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It is bot.sendPhoto not bot.send_photo – Biplob Das Jan 29 '21 at 13:34
@BiplobDas https://python-telegram-bot.readthedocs.io/en/stable/telegram.bot.html#telegram.Bot.send_photo – Kelvin Wang May 01 '21 at 23:55

score 23 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 07 '21 at 18:15

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Just using the Requests lib you can do it:

def send_photo(chat_id, file_opened):
    method = "sendPhoto"
    params = {'chat_id': chat_id}
    files = {'photo': file_opened}
    resp = requests.post(api_url + method, params, files=files)
    return resp

send_photo(chat_id, open(file_path, 'rb'))

answered Mar 07 '21 at 18:15

jarh1992

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there are error in api_url – omar abd Oct 25 '21 at 09:58
api_url is not a var, is a string you must put – jarh1992 Oct 28 '21 at 15:24

score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 26 '20 at 16:34

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I have used the following command while using python-telegram-bot to send the image along with a caption:

 context.bot.sendPhoto(chat_id=chat_id, photo=
"url_of_image", caption="This is the test photo caption")

answered Apr 26 '20 at 16:34

Manchana

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score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 07 '18 at 19:47

I've tried also sending from python using requests. Maybe it's late answer, but leaving this here for others like me.. maybe it'll come to use.. I succeded with subprocess like so:

def send_image(botToken, imageFile, chat_id):
        command = 'curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot' + botToken + '/sendPhoto -F chat_id=' + chat_id + " -F photo=@" + imageFile
        subprocess.call(command.split(' '))
        return

score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 29 '21 at 13:38

7

This is complete code to send a photo in telegram:

import telepot
bot = telepot.Bot('______ YOUR TOKEN ________')

# here replace chat_id and test.jpg with real things
bot.sendPhoto(chat_id, photo=open('test.jpg', 'rb'))

answered Jan 29 '21 at 13:38

Biplob Das

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 14 '17 at 17:15

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You need to pass 2 params

bot.sendPhoto(chat_id, 'URL')

answered Jan 14 '17 at 17:15

RuralGalaxy

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score 2 · Answer 7 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:36

sendPhoto requires at least two parameters; first one is target chat_id, and for second one photo you have three options:

Pass file_id if the photo is already uploaded to telegram servers (recommended because you don't need to reupload it).
If the photo is uploaded somewhere else, pass the full http url and telegram will download it (max photo size is 5MB atm).
Post the file using multipart/form-data like you want to upload it via a browser (10MB max photo size this way).

How to send photo on telegram bot

7 Answers7

This is complete code to send a photo in telegram:

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