botapi

Use this method to set a new profile photo for the chat

POST /setChatPhoto

Use this method to set a new profile photo for the chat. Photos can't be changed for private chats. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate admin rights. Returns True on success.

Body Required

  • chat_id integer | string Required

    Any of:
    integer-1 integer string-2 string

    Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target channel (in the format @channelusername)

    Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target channel (in the format @channelusername)

  • photo Required

    This object represents the contents of a file to be uploaded. Must be posted using multipart/form-data in the usual way that files are uploaded via the browser.

Responses

  • default
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    • ok boolean Required

      Default value is false.

    • error_code integer Required
    • description string Required
    • parameters object

      Contains information about why a request was unsuccessful.

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      • migrate_to_chat_id integer

        Optional. The group has been migrated to a supergroup with the specified identifier. This number may be greater than 32 bits and some programming languages may have difficulty/silent defects in interpreting it. But it is smaller than 52 bits, so a signed 64 bit integer or double-precision float type are safe for storing this identifier.

      • retry_after integer

        Optional. In case of exceeding flood control, the number of seconds left to wait before the request can be repeated
  • 200
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    • ok boolean Required

      Default value is true.

    • result boolean Required

      Default value is true.
POST /setChatPhoto 
curl \
 -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot123456:ABC-DEF1234ghIkl-zyx57W2v1u123ew11/setChatPhoto \
 -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
 -F "chat_id=42"
Request example 
{
  "chat_id": 42
}
Request examples 
{
  "chat_id": 42
}
Response examples (default) 
{
  "ok": false,
  "error_code": 42,
  "description": "string",
  "parameters": {
    "migrate_to_chat_id": 42,
    "retry_after": 42
  }
}
Response examples (default) 
{
  "ok": false,
  "error_code": 42,
  "description": "string",
  "parameters": {
    "migrate_to_chat_id": 42,
    "retry_after": 42
  }
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "ok": true,
  "result": true
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "ok": true,
  "result": true
}