telegram.utils.types Module

This module contains custom typing aliases.

telegram.utils.types.DVInput

Generic type for bot method parameters which can have defaults. DVInput[type] is the same as Union[DefaultValue, type].

alias of Union[DefaultValue[DVType], telegram.utils.types.DVType]

telegram.utils.types.FileInput

Valid input for passing files to Telegram. Either a file id as string, a file like object, a local file path as string, pathlib.Path or the file contents as bytes.

alias of Union[str, bytes, IO, InputFile, pathlib.Path]

telegram.utils.types.FileLike

Either an open file handler or a telegram.InputFile.

alias of Union[IO, InputFile]

telegram.utils.types.JSONDict

Dictionary containing response from Telegram or data to send to the API.

alias of Dict[str, Any]

telegram.utils.types.ODVInput

Generic type for bot method parameters which can have defaults. ODVInput[type] is the same as Optional[Union[DefaultValue, type]].

alias of Optional[Union[DefaultValue[DVType], telegram.utils.types.DVType]]

telegram.utils.types.SLT

Single instance or list/tuple of instances.

alias of Union[telegram.utils.types.RT, List[telegram.utils.types.RT], Tuple[telegram.utils.types.RT, …]]