EditPhotoRequest

Both users and bots can use this request. See code examples.

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channels.editPhoto#f12e57c9 channel:InputChannel photo:InputChatPhoto = Updates

Returns

Updates

This type can be an instance of either:

UpdateShort	UpdateShortChatMessage
UpdateShortMessage	UpdateShortSentMessage
Updates	UpdatesCombined
UpdatesTooLong

Parameters

channel	InputChannel	Anything entity-like will work if the library can find its `Input` version (e.g., usernames, `Peer`, `User` or `Channel` objects, etc.).
photo	InputChatPhoto

Known RPC errors

This request can cause 4 known errors:

`ChannelInvalidError`	Invalid channel object. Make sure to pass the right types, for instance making sure that the request is designed for channels or otherwise look for a different one more suited.
`ChatAdminRequiredError`	Chat admin privileges are required to do that in the specified chat (for example, to send a message in a channel which is not yours), or invalid permissions used for the channel or group.
`FileReferenceInvalidError`	The file reference is invalid or you can't do that operation on such message.
`PhotoInvalidError`	Photo invalid.

You can import these from telethon.errors.

Example

from telethon.sync import TelegramClient
from telethon import functions, types

with TelegramClient(name, api_id, api_hash) as client:
    result = client(functions.channels.EditPhotoRequest(
        channel='username',
        photo=client.upload_file('/path/to/photo.jpg')
    ))
    print(result.stringify())