send_animation

template<class Agent>
api_result<message_t, Agent&&> send_animation(Agent &&agent, send_animation_args_t args)

agent is any object satisfying agent concept.

Use this method to send animation files (GIF or H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video without sound). On success, the sent Message is returned. Bots can currently send animation files of up to 50 MB in size, this limit may be changed in the future.

struct send_animation_args_t

Arguments that should be passed to send_animation().

variant_t<integer_t, string_t> chat_id

Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target channel (in the format @channelusername)

variant_t<input_file_t, string_t> animation

Animation to send. Pass a file_id as String to send an animation that exists on the Telegram servers (recommended), pass an HTTP URL as a String for Telegram to get an animation from the Internet, or upload a new animation using multipart/form-data. More info on Sending Files »

optional_t<integer_t> duration

Duration of sent animation in seconds

optional_t<integer_t> width

Animation width

optional_t<integer_t> height

Animation height

optional_t<variant_t<input_file_t, string_t>> thumb

Thumbnail of the file sent; can be ignored if thumbnail generation for the file is supported server-side. The thumbnail should be in JPEG format and less than 200 kB in size. A thumbnail’s width and height should not exceed 320. Ignored if the file is not uploaded using multipart/form-data. Thumbnails can’t be reused and can be only uploaded as a new file, so you can pass “attach://<file_attach_name>” if the thumbnail was uploaded using multipart/form-data under <file_attach_name>. More info on Sending Files »

optional_t<string_t> caption

Animation caption (may also be used when resending animation by file_id), 0-1024 characters after entities parsing

optional_t<string_t> parse_mode

Mode for parsing entities in the animation caption. See formatting options for more details.

optional_t<array_t<message_entity_t>> caption_entities

List of special entities that appear in the caption, which can be specified instead of parse_mode

optional_t<boolean_t> disable_notification

Sends the message silently. Users will receive a notification with no sound.

optional_t<integer_t> reply_to_message_id

If the message is a reply, ID of the original message

optional_t<boolean_t> allow_sending_without_reply

Pass True, if the message should be sent even if the specified replied-to message is not found

optional_t<variant_t<inline_keyboard_markup_t, reply_keyboard_markup_t, reply_keyboard_remove_t, force_reply_t>> reply_markup

Additional interface options. A JSON-serialized object for an inline keyboard, custom reply keyboard, instructions to remove reply keyboard or to force a reply from the user.