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# InputPaidMediaPhoto

class telegram.InputPaidMediaPhoto(media, *, api_kwargs=None)

  Bases: `telegram.InputPaidMedia`

  The paid media to send is a photo.

  See also

  Working with Files and Media

  Use In

  `telegram.Bot.send_paid_media()`

  Added in version 21.4.

  Parameters:

    media (`str` | file object | `InputFile` | `bytes` | `pathlib.Path` | `telegram.PhotoSize`) – File to send. Pass a `file_id` as String to send a file that exists on the Telegram servers (recommended), pass an HTTP URL as a String for Telegram to get a file from the Internet, or upload a new one. To upload a file, you can either pass a file object (e.g. `open("filename", "rb")`) or the file contents as bytes. If the bot is running in `local_mode`, passing the path of the file (as string or `pathlib.Path` object) is supported as well. Lastly you can pass an existing `telegram.PhotoSize` object to send.

  type

    Type of the media, always `'photo'`.

    Type:

      `str`

  media

    Photo to send.

    Type:

      `str` | `telegram.InputFile`