stories.sendStory

Uploads a Telegram Story.

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Parameters

Name Type Description
flags # Flags, see TL conditional fields
pinned flags.2?true Whether to add the story to the profile automatically upon expiration. If not set, the story will only be added to the archive, see here » for more info.
noforwards flags.4?true If set, disables forwards, screenshots, and downloads.
fwd_modified flags.7?true Set this flag when reposting stories with fwd_from_id+fwd_from_id, if the media was modified before reposting.
peer InputPeer The peer to send the story as.
media InputMedia The story media.
media_areas flags.5?Vector<MediaArea> Media areas associated to the story, see here » for more info.
caption flags.0?string Story caption.
entities flags.1?Vector<MessageEntity> Message entities for styled text, if allowed by the stories_entities client configuration parameter ».
privacy_rules Vector<InputPrivacyRule> Privacy rules for the story, indicating who can or can't view the story.
random_id long Unique client message ID required to prevent message resending.
period flags.3?int Period after which the story is moved to archive (and to the profile if pinned is set), in seconds; must be one of 6 * 3600, 12 * 3600, 86400, or 2 * 86400 for Telegram Premium users, and 86400 otherwise.
fwd_from_id flags.6?InputPeer If set, indicates that this story is a repost of story with ID fwd_from_story posted by the peer in fwd_from_id.
fwd_from_story flags.6?int If set, indicates that this story is a repost of story with ID fwd_from_story posted by the peer in fwd_from_id.

Result

Updates

Possible errors

Code Type Description
400 BOOSTS_REQUIRED The specified channel must first be boosted by its users in order to perform this action.
400 IMAGE_PROCESS_FAILED Failure while processing image.
400 MEDIA_EMPTY The provided media object is invalid.
400 MEDIA_FILE_INVALID The specified media file is invalid.
400 MEDIA_TYPE_INVALID The specified media type cannot be used in stories.
400 MEDIA_VIDEO_STORY_MISSING A non-story video cannot be repubblished as a story (emitted when trying to resend a non-story video as a story using inputDocument).
400 PEER_ID_INVALID The provided peer id is invalid.
400 PREMIUM_ACCOUNT_REQUIRED A premium account is required to execute this action.
400 STORIES_TOO_MUCH You have hit the maximum active stories limit as specified by the story_expiring_limit_* client configuration parameters: you should buy a Premium subscription, delete an active story, or wait for the oldest story to expire.
400 STORY_PERIOD_INVALID The specified story period is invalid for this account.
400 VENUE_ID_INVALID The specified venue ID is invalid.

Related pages

Stories

Telegram users and channels can easily post and view stories through the API.

Styled text with message entities

How to create styled text with message entities

Client configuration

The MTProto API has multiple configuration parameters that can be fetched with the appropriate methods.

Privacy

Telegram allows users to specify granular privacy settings, choosing which users can or can't interact with them in certain ways.

Channel and supergroup boosts

Telegram Premium users can grant their favorite channels and supergroups additional features like the ability to post stories by giving them boosts.

Telegram Premium

Telegram Premium is an optional subscription service that unlocks additional exclusive client-side and API-side features, while helping support the development of the app.