send_audio()¶
- async Client.send_audio()¶
Send audio files.
For sending voice messages, use the
Usable by Users Botssend_voice()
method instead.- Parameters:
chat_id (
int
|str
) – Unique identifier (int) or username (str) of the target chat. For your personal cloud (Saved Messages) you can simply use “me” or “self”. For a contact that exists in your Telegram address book you can use his phone number (str).audio (
str
|BinaryIO
) – Audio file to send. Pass a file_id as string to send an audio file that exists on the Telegram servers, pass an HTTP URL as a string for Telegram to get an audio file from the Internet, pass a file path as string to upload a new audio file that exists on your local machine, or pass a binary file-like object with its attribute “.name” set for in-memory uploads.caption (
str
, optional) – Audio caption, 0-1024 characters.message_thread_id (
int
, optional) – Unique identifier for the target message thread (topic) of the forum. for forum supergroups only.parse_mode (
ParseMode
, optional) – By default, texts are parsed using both Markdown and HTML styles. You can combine both syntaxes together.caption_entities (List of
MessageEntity
) – List of special entities that appear in the caption, which can be specified instead of parse_mode.duration (
int
, optional) – Duration of the audio in seconds.performer (
str
, optional) – Performer.title (
str
, optional) – Track name.thumb (
str
|BinaryIO
, optional) – Thumbnail of the music file album cover. The thumbnail should be in JPEG format and less than 200 KB in size. A thumbnail’s width and height should not exceed 320 pixels. Thumbnails can’t be reused and can be only uploaded as a new file.file_name (
str
, optional) – File name of the audio sent. Defaults to file’s path basename.disable_notification (
bool
, optional) – Sends the message silently. Users will receive a notification with no sound.reply_to_message_id (
int
, optional) – If the message is a reply, ID of the original message.schedule_date (
datetime
, optional) – Date when the message will be automatically sent.protect_content (
bool
, optional) – Protects the contents of the sent message from forwarding and saving.reply_markup (
InlineKeyboardMarkup
|ReplyKeyboardMarkup
|ReplyKeyboardRemove
|ForceReply
, optional) – Additional interface options. An object for an inline keyboard, custom reply keyboard, instructions to remove reply keyboard or to force a reply from the user.progress (
Callable
, optional) – Pass a callback function to view the file transmission progress. The function must take (current, total) as positional arguments (look at Other Parameters below for a detailed description) and will be called back each time a new file chunk has been successfully transmitted.progress_args (
tuple
, optional) – Extra custom arguments for the progress callback function. You can pass anything you need to be available in the progress callback scope; for example, a Message object or a Client instance in order to edit the message with the updated progress status.
- Other Parameters:
current (
int
) – The amount of bytes transmitted so far.total (
int
) – The total size of the file.*args (
tuple
, optional) – Extra custom arguments as defined in theprogress_args
parameter. You can either keep*args
or add every single extra argument in your function signature.
- Returns:
Message
|None
– On success, the sent audio message is returned, otherwise, in case the upload is deliberately stopped withstop_transmission()
, None is returned.
Example
# Send audio file by uploading from file await app.send_audio("me", "audio.mp3") # Add caption to the audio await app.send_audio("me", "audio.mp3", caption="audio caption") # Set audio metadata await app.send_audio("me", "audio.mp3", title="Title", performer="Performer", duration=234) # Keep track of the progress while uploading async def progress(current, total): print(f"{current * 100 / total:.1f}%") await app.send_audio("me", "audio.mp3", progress=progress)