telegram.InputFile

class telegram.InputFile(obj, filename=None, attach=None)

Bases: object

This object represents a Telegram InputFile.

Parameters

• obj (File handler | bytes) – An open file descriptor or the files content as bytes.

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

• attach (bool, optional) – Whether this should be send as one file or is part of a collection of files.

Raises

TelegramError –

input_file_content

The binary content of the file to send.

Type

bytes

filename

Optional. Filename for the file to be sent.

Type

str

attach

Optional. Attach id for sending multiple files.

Type

str

static is_image(stream)

Check if the content file is an image by analyzing its headers.

Parameters

stream (bytes) – A byte stream representing the content of a file.

Returns

The mime-type of an image, if the input is an image, or None else.

Return type

str | None

to_dict()

See telegram.TelegramObject.to_dict().