POST /sendPhoto – Photon Telegram Bot API

Telegram Bot API

Changed on Jun 14, 2026

Use this method to send photos. On success, the sent Message is returned.

post/sendPhoto

Request

Base URL: https://api.telegram.org/bot<bot_token>
URL: https://api.telegram.org/bot<bot_token>/sendPhoto
Auth: none declared

Request body

business_connection_idstring

Unique identifier of the business connection on behalf of which the message will be sent

message_thread_idinteger

Unique identifier for the target message thread (topic) of a forum; for forum supergroups and private chats of bots with forum topic mode enabled only

direct_messages_topic_idinteger

Identifier of the direct messages topic to which the message will be sent; required if the message is sent to a direct messages chat

photostring required

Photo to send. Pass a file_id as String to send a photo that exists on the Telegram servers (recommended), pass an HTTP URL as a String for Telegram to get a photo from the Internet, or upload a new photo using multipart/form-data. The photo must be at most 10 MB in size. The photo's width and height must not exceed 10000 in total. Width and height ratio must be at most 20. More information on Sending Files »

captionstring

Photo caption (may also be used when resending photos by file_id), 0-1024 characters after entities parsing

parse_modestring

Mode for parsing entities in the photo caption. See formatting options for more details.

show_caption_above_mediaboolean

Pass True, if the caption must be shown above the message media

has_spoilerboolean

Pass True if the photo needs to be covered with a spoiler animation

disable_notificationboolean

Sends the message silently. Users will receive a notification with no sound.

protect_contentboolean

Protects the contents of the sent message from forwarding and saving

allow_paid_broadcastboolean

Pass True to allow up to 1000 messages per second, ignoring broadcasting limits for a fee of 0.1 Telegram Stars per message. The relevant Stars will be withdrawn from the bot's balance.

message_effect_idstring

Unique identifier of the message effect to be added to the message; for private chats only

Response

Telegram API response

oktrue required

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