send_audio()

Client.send_audio()

Send audio files.

For sending voice messages, use the send_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.

  • file_ref (str, optional) – A valid file reference obtained by a recently fetched media message. To be used in combination with a file id in case a file reference is needed.

  • caption (str, optional) – Audio caption, 0-1024 characters.

  • parse_mode (str, optional) – By default, texts are parsed using both Markdown and HTML styles. You can combine both syntaxes together. Pass “markdown” or “md” to enable Markdown-style parsing only. Pass “html” to enable HTML-style parsing only. Pass None to completely disable style parsing.

  • 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 (int, optional) – Date when the message will be automatically sent. Unix time.

  • 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 the progress_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 with stop_transmission(), None is returned.

Example

# Send audio file by uploading from file
app.send_audio("me", "audio.mp3")

# Add caption to the audio
app.send_audio("me", "audio.mp3", caption="shoegaze")

# Set audio metadata
app.send_audio(
    "me", "audio.mp3",
    title="Printemps émeraude", performer="Alcest", duration=440)

# Keep track of the progress while uploading
def progress(current, total):
    print(f"{current * 100 / total:.1f}%")

app.send_audio("me", "audio.mp3", progress=progress)