---
title: messages.sendMedia
description: Send a media
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/messages_sendMedia.html
---
# Method: messages.sendMedia  
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Send a media

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|silent|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Send message silently (no notification should be triggered) | Optional|
|background|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Send message in background | Optional|
|clear\_draft|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Clear the draft | Optional|
|peer|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | Destination | Optional|
|reply\_to\_msg\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Message ID to which this message should reply to | Optional|
|media|[MessageMedia, Update, Message or InputMedia](../types/InputMedia.md) | Attached media | Optional|
|reply\_markup|[ReplyMarkup](../types/ReplyMarkup.md) | Reply markup for bot keyboards | Optional|


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

### Can bots use this method: **YES**


### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):


```php
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();

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

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
Updates = messages.sendMedia({silent=Bool, background=Bool, clear_draft=Bool, 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.  


### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|BUTTON_DATA_INVALID|The data of one or more of the buttons you provided is invalid|
|400|BUTTON_TYPE_INVALID|The type of one or more of the buttons you provided is invalid|
|400|BUTTON_URL_INVALID|Button URL invalid|
|400|CHANNEL_INVALID|The provided channel is invalid|
|400|CHANNEL_PRIVATE|You haven't joined this channel/supergroup|
|400|CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED|You must be an admin in this chat to do this|
|400|CHAT_RESTRICTED|You can't send messages in this chat, you were restricted|
|400|EXTERNAL_URL_INVALID|External URL invalid|
|400|FILE_PART_LENGTH_INVALID|The length of a file part is invalid|
|400|FILE_PARTS_INVALID|The number of file parts is invalid|
|400|IMAGE_PROCESS_FAILED|Failure while processing image|
|400|INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED|The specified user was deleted|
|400|MD5_CHECKSUM_INVALID|The MD5 checksums do not match|
|400|MEDIA_CAPTION_TOO_LONG|The caption is too long|
|400|MEDIA_EMPTY|The provided media object is invalid|
|400|MEDIA_INVALID|Media invalid|
|400|MSG_ID_INVALID|Invalid message ID provided|
|400|PEER_ID_INVALID|The provided peer id is invalid|
|400|PHOTO_EXT_INVALID|The extension of the photo is invalid|
|400|PHOTO_INVALID_DIMENSIONS|The photo dimensions are invalid|
|400|PHOTO_SAVE_FILE_INVALID|Internal issues, try again later|
|400|POLL_ANSWERS_INVALID|Invalid poll answers were provided|
|400|POLL_OPTION_DUPLICATE|Duplicate poll options provided|
|400|QUIZ_CORRECT_ANSWERS_EMPTY|No correct quiz answer was specified|
|400|REPLY_MARKUP_BUY_EMPTY|Reply markup for buy button empty|
|400|REPLY_MARKUP_INVALID|The provided reply markup is invalid|
|400|TTL_MEDIA_INVALID|Invalid media Time To Live was provided|
|400|USER_BANNED_IN_CHANNEL|You're banned from sending messages in supergroups/channels|
|400|USER_IS_BLOCKED|You were blocked by this user|
|400|USER_IS_BOT|Bots can't send messages to other bots|
|400|WEBPAGE_CURL_FAILED|Failure while fetching the webpage with cURL|
|400|WEBPAGE_MEDIA_EMPTY|Webpage media empty|
|400|YOU_BLOCKED_USER|You blocked this user|
|406|AUTH_KEY_DUPLICATED|An auth key with the same ID was already generated|
|403|CHAT_SEND_GIFS_FORBIDDEN|You can't send gifs in this chat|
|403|CHAT_SEND_MEDIA_FORBIDDEN|You can't send media in this chat|
|403|CHAT_SEND_STICKERS_FORBIDDEN|You can't send stickers in this chat.|
|403|CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN|You can't write in this chat|
|420|SLOWMODE_WAIT_X|Slowmode is enabled in this chat: you must wait for the specified number of seconds before sending another message to the chat.|
|-503|Timeout|Timeout while fetching data|