telegram.ChatPhoto

class telegram.ChatPhoto(small_file_id: str, small_file_unique_id: str, big_file_id: str, big_file_unique_id: str, bot: Bot = None, **_kwargs: Any)

Bases: telegram.base.TelegramObject

This object represents a chat photo.

Objects of this class are comparable in terms of equality. Two objects of this class are considered equal, if their small_file_unique_id and big_file_unique_id are equal.

Parameters

  • small_file_id (str) – Unique file identifier of small (160x160) chat photo. This file_id can be used only for photo download and only for as long as the photo is not changed.

  • small_file_unique_id (str) – Unique file identifier of small (160x160) chat photo, which is supposed to be the same over time and for different bots. Can’t be used to download or reuse the file.

  • big_file_id (str) – Unique file identifier of big (640x640) chat photo. This file_id can be used only for photo download and only for as long as the photo is not changed.

  • big_file_unique_id (str) – Unique file identifier of big (640x640) chat photo, which is supposed to be the same over time and for different bots. Can’t be used to download or reuse the file.

  • bot (telegram.Bot, optional) – The Bot to use for instance methods

  • **kwargs (dict) – Arbitrary keyword arguments.

small_file_id

File identifier of small (160x160) chat photo. This file_id can be used only for photo download and only for as long as the photo is not changed.

Type

str

small_file_unique_id

Unique file identifier of small (160x160) chat photo, which is supposed to be the same over time and for different bots. Can’t be used to download or reuse the file.

Type

str

big_file_id

File identifier of big (640x640) chat photo. This file_id can be used only for photo download and only for as long as the photo is not changed.

Type

str

big_file_unique_id

Unique file identifier of big (640x640) chat photo, which is supposed to be the same over time and for different bots. Can’t be used to download or reuse the file.

Type

str

get_big_file(timeout: float = None, api_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = None) → File

Convenience wrapper over telegram.Bot.get_file for getting the big (640x640) chat photo

For the documentation of the arguments, please see telegram.Bot.get_file().

Returns

telegram.File

Raises

telegram.error.TelegramError –

get_small_file(timeout: float = None, api_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = None) → File

Convenience wrapper over telegram.Bot.get_file for getting the small (160x160) chat photo

For the documentation of the arguments, please see telegram.Bot.get_file().

Returns

telegram.File

Raises

telegram.error.TelegramError –