MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v27/methods/messages.uploadMedia.md

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Method: messages.uploadMedia

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Upload a file and associate it to a chat (without actually sending it to the chat)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
peer	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer	The chat, can be an inputPeerEmpty for bots	Optional
media	MessageMedia, Update, Message or InputMedia	File uploaded in chunks as described in files »	Optional

Return type: MessageMedia

Can bots use this method: YES

MadelineProto Example (now async for huge speed and parallelism!):

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();

$MessageMedia = $MadelineProto->messages->uploadMedia(['peer' => InputPeer, 'media' => InputMedia, ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

MessageMedia = messages.uploadMedia({peer=InputPeer, media=InputMedia, })

Errors

Code	Type	Description
400	BOT_MISSING	This method can only be run by a bot
400	FILE_PARTS_INVALID	The number of file parts is invalid
400	IMAGE_PROCESS_FAILED	Failure while processing image
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	WEBPAGE_CURL_FAILED	Failure while fetching the webpage with cURL
403	CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN	You can't write in this chat
-503	Timeout	Timeout while fetching data