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tg_send_photo

Send photos through Telegram bots by providing a photo URL and optional caption, chat ID, and reply settings. Integrates with Notify MCP Server for cross-platform notifications.

Instructions

Send photo via telegram bot

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
photoYesPhoto URL
chat_idNoTelegram chat id, Default to get from environment variables
captionNoPhoto caption, 0-1024 characters after entities parsing
parse_modeNoMode for parsing entities in the caption. [text/MarkdownV2]
reply_to_message_idNoIdentifier of the message that will be replied to

Implementation Reference

  • The core handler function implementing the tg_send_photo tool. It uses the Telegram Bot to send a photo with optional caption (supporting MarkdownV2), chat_id, and reply_to_message_id, falling back to environment defaults.
    async def tg_send_photo(
        photo: str = Field(description="Photo URL"),
        chat_id: str = Field("", description="Telegram chat id, Default to get from environment variables"),
        caption: str = Field("", description="Photo caption, 0-1024 characters after entities parsing"),
        parse_mode: str = Field("", description=f"Mode for parsing entities in the caption. [text/MarkdownV2]"),
        reply_to_message_id: int = Field(0, description="Identifier of the message that will be replied to"),
    ):
        if parse_mode == TELEGRAM_MARKDOWN_V2:
            caption = telegramify_markdown.markdownify(caption)
        res = await bot.send_photo(
            chat_id=chat_id or TELEGRAM_DEFAULT_CHAT,
            photo=photo,
            caption=caption or None,
            parse_mode=parse_mode if parse_mode in [TELEGRAM_MARKDOWN_V2] else None,
            reply_to_message_id=reply_to_message_id or None,
        )
        return res.to_json()
  • The @mcp.tool decorator registers the tg_send_photo function as an MCP tool with specified title and description.
    @mcp.tool(
        title="Telegram send photo",
        description="Send photo via telegram bot",
    )
  • Pydantic Field annotations define the input schema for the tool, including descriptions and defaults for photo URL, chat ID, caption, parse mode, and reply ID.
    async def tg_send_photo(
        photo: str = Field(description="Photo URL"),
        chat_id: str = Field("", description="Telegram chat id, Default to get from environment variables"),
        caption: str = Field("", description="Photo caption, 0-1024 characters after entities parsing"),
        parse_mode: str = Field("", description=f"Mode for parsing entities in the caption. [text/MarkdownV2]"),
        reply_to_message_id: int = Field(0, description="Identifier of the message that will be replied to"),
    ):
  • Calls tgbot.add_tools(mcp) to register all Telegram bot tools, including tg_send_photo, to the main FastMCP instance.
    tgbot.add_tools(mcp)

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