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Animation

This object represents an animation file (GIF or H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video without sound).

9 fields, 5 required.

Fields

file_id string Required
Identifier for this file, which can be used to download or reuse the file.

file_unique_id string Required
Unique identifier for this file, which is supposed to be the same over time and for different bots. Can’t be used to download or reuse the file.

width number Required
Video width as defined by the sender.

height number Required
Video height as defined by the sender.

duration number Required
Duration of the video in seconds as defined by the sender.

thumbnail PhotoSize
Animation thumbnail as defined by the sender.

file_name string
Original animation filename as defined by the sender.

mime_type string
MIME type of the file as defined by the sender.

file_size number
File size in bytes. It can be bigger than 2^31 and some programming languages may have difficulty/silent defects in interpreting it. But it has at most 52 significant bits, so a signed 64-bit integer or double-precision float type are safe for storing this value.