Send document to telegram bot using python-telegram-bot Package

Question

I am try to build a telegram bot using python with python-telegram-bot Package and its working with text commands now i try to send a document to user

my code like

def start(update, context):

return update.message.download(open('cv.pdf', 'rb'))

but it show a error like return update.message.download(open('cv.pdf', 'rb')) AttributeError: 'Message' object has no attribute 'download'

Then how to send a document file to user any way ?

darth baba · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-17 06:59:37Z

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telegram.Message

There is no download attribute for the message object, but the bot object has a send_document attribute so to successfully send a document.

doc_file = open('cv.pdf', 'rb')
chat_id=update.effective_chat.id
return context.bot.send_document(chat_id, doc_file)

edited Jul 17, 2021 at 6:59

answered Jul 16, 2021 at 19:08

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3 Comments

Andrew Over a year ago

show this error return context.bot.send_document(chat_id=update.effective_chat.id, doc_file) ^ SyntaxError: positional argument follows keyword argument

Andrew Over a year ago

try this way chat_id=update.effective_chat.id return context.bot.send_document(chat_id, doc_file) , its working

darth baba Over a year ago

Okay that's interesting, I have updated the answer if it solves your question mark it as answered.

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