From b4696fc6aa556b3b10fd91bb792490de1ce61436 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kirill <sterk12@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:47:10 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add support Path-like thumb to _file_to_media

---
 telethon/client/uploads.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/telethon/client/uploads.py b/telethon/client/uploads.py
index 552a84b8..fc9dffdd 100644
--- a/telethon/client/uploads.py
+++ b/telethon/client/uploads.py
@@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ class UploadMethods(ButtonMethods, MessageParseMethods, UserMethods):
 
             input_kw = {}
             if thumb:
+                if isinstance(thumb, pathlib.Path):
+                    thumb = str(thumb.absolute())
                 input_kw['thumb'] = await self.upload_file(thumb)
 
             media = types.InputMediaUploadedDocument(