MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v82/methods/messages_uploadMedia.md

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Method: messages.uploadMedia

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Upload a file without sending it to anyone

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
peer	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer	Nothing	Optional
media	MessageMedia, Update, Message or InputMedia	The media to upload	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 this method can return:

Error	Description
BOT_MISSING	This method can only be run by a bot
MEDIA_INVALID	Media invalid
PEER_ID_INVALID	The provided peer id is invalid