Animation

class telegram.Animation(file_id, file_unique_id, width, height, duration, file_name=None, mime_type=None, file_size=None, thumbnail=None, *, api_kwargs=None)

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Bases: telegram.TelegramObject

This object represents an animation file (GIF or H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video without sound).

Objects of this class are comparable in terms of equality. Two objects of this class are considered equal, if their file_unique_id is equal.

Use In

• telegram.Bot.get_file()

• telegram.Bot.send_animation()

Available In

• telegram.ExternalReplyInfo.animation

• telegram.Game.animation

• telegram.InputMediaAnimation.media

• telegram.Message.animation

• telegram.Message.effective_attachment

Changed in version 20.5: Removed the deprecated argument and attribute thumb.

Parameters:

• file_id (str) – Identifier for this file, which can be used to download or reuse the file.

• file_unique_id (str) – Unique identifier for this file, which is supposed to be the same over time and for different bots. Can’t be used to download or reuse the file.

• width (int) – Video width as defined by the sender.

• height (int) – Video height as defined by the sender.

• duration (int | datetime.timedelta, optional) –

  Duration of the video in seconds as defined by the sender.

  Changed in version v22.2: datetime.timedelta objects are accepted in addition to plain int values.

• file_name (str, optional) – Original animation filename as defined by the sender.

• mime_type (str, optional) – MIME type of the file as defined by the sender.

• file_size (int, optional) – File size in bytes.

• thumbnail (telegram.PhotoSize, optional) –

  Animation thumbnail as defined by sender.

  Added in version 20.2.

file_id

Identifier for this file, which can be used to download or reuse the file.

Type:

str

file_unique_id

Unique identifier for this file, which is supposed to be the same over time and for different bots. Can’t be used to download or reuse the file.

Type:

str

width

Video width as defined by the sender.

Type:

int

height

Video height as defined by the sender.

Type:

int

duration

Duration of the video in seconds as defined by the sender.

Deprecated since version v22.2: In a future major version this attribute will be of type datetime.timedelta. You can opt-in early by setting PTB_TIMEDELTA=true or PTB_TIMEDELTA=1 as an environment variable.

Type:

int | datetime.timedelta

file_name

Optional. Original animation filename as defined by the sender.

Type:

str

mime_type

Optional. MIME type of the file as defined by the sender.

Type:

str

file_size

Optional. File size in bytes.

Type:

int

thumbnail

Optional. Animation thumbnail as defined by sender.

Added in version 20.2.

Type:

telegram.PhotoSize

classmethod de_json(data, bot=None)

See telegram.TelegramObject.de_json().

async get_file(*, read_timeout=None, write_timeout=None, connect_timeout=None, pool_timeout=None, api_kwargs=None)

Convenience wrapper over telegram.Bot.get_file()

For the documentation of the arguments, please see telegram.Bot.get_file().

Returns:

telegram.File

Raises:

telegram.error.TelegramError –