GramJS

⚠️ This project is archived and no longer maintained. Development continues in teleproto, an actively maintained fork. It's largely compatible with GramJS for most projects, migration means little more than swapping the package:
npm install teleproto
See the migration guide for details.

messages.EditChatPhoto

Changes chat photo and sends a service message on it

Example

const { Api, TelegramClient } = require("telegram");
const { StringSession } = require("telegram/sessions");

const session = new StringSession(""); // You should put your string session here
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
  await client.connect(); // This assumes you have already authenticated with .start()

  const result = await client.invoke(
    new Api.messages.EditChatPhoto({
      chatId: BigInt("-4156887774564"),
      photo: await client.uploadFile({
        file: new CustomFile(
          "photo.jpg",
          fs.statSync("../photo.jpg").size,
          "../photo.jpg"
        ),
        workers: 1,
      }),
    })
  );
  console.log(result); // prints the result
})();
import { Api, TelegramClient } from "telegram";
import { StringSession } from "telegram/sessions";

const session = new StringSession(""); // You should put your string session here
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
  await client.connect(); // This assumes you have already authenticated with .start()

  const result: Api.Updates = await client.invoke(
    new Api.messages.EditChatPhoto({
      chatId: BigInt("-4156887774564"),
      photo: await client.uploadFile({
        file: new CustomFile(
          "photo.jpg",
          fs.statSync("../photo.jpg").size,
          "../photo.jpg"
        ),
        workers: 1,
      }),
    })
  );
  console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatIdlongChat ID
photoInputChatPhotoPhoto to be set

Result

Updates

Possible errors

CodeTypeDescription
400CHAT_ID_INVALIDThe provided chat id is invalid.
400CHAT_NOT_MODIFIEDThe pinned message wasn't modified.
400PEER_ID_INVALIDThe provided peer id is invalid.
400PHOTO_CROP_SIZE_SMALLPhoto is too small.
400PHOTO_EXT_INVALIDThe extension of the photo is invalid.
400PHOTO_INVALIDPhoto invalid.

Can bots use this method?

Yes