---
title: messages.sendMedia
description: messages.sendMedia parameters, return type and example
---
## Method: messages.sendMedia  
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### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Required |
|----------|:-------------:|---------:|
|peer|[InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | Yes|
|reply\_to\_msg\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Optional|
|media|[InputMedia](../types/InputMedia.md) | Yes|
|reply\_markup|[ReplyMarkup](../types/ReplyMarkup.md) | Optional|


### Return type: [Updates](../types/Updates.md)

### Example:


```
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot
    $MadelineProto->bot_login($token);
}
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
    $sentCode = $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
    echo 'Enter the code you received: ';
    $code = '';
    for ($x = 0; $x < $sentCode['type']['length']; $x++) {
        $code .= fgetc(STDIN);
    }
    $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}

$Updates = $MadelineProto->messages->sendMedia(['peer' => InputPeer, 'reply_to_msg_id' => int, 'media' => InputMedia, 'reply_markup' => ReplyMarkup, ]);
```

Or, if you're using [PWRTelegram](https://pwrtelegram.xyz):

### As a bot:

POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline`

Parameters:

* method - messages.sendMedia
* params - {"peer": InputPeer, "reply_to_msg_id": int, "media": InputMedia, "reply_markup": ReplyMarkup, }



### As a user:

POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/messages.sendMedia`

Parameters:

```
peer - Json encoded InputPeer
reply_to_msg_id - Json encoded int
media - Json encoded InputMedia
reply_markup - Json encoded ReplyMarkup

```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```
Updates = messages.sendMedia({peer=InputPeer, reply_to_msg_id=int, media=InputMedia, reply_markup=ReplyMarkup, })
```


## Usage of reply_markup

You can provide bot API reply_markup objects here.