{"id":3141,"date":"2026-11-02T20:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=3141"},"modified":"2026-11-02T20:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:35:24","password":"","slug":"which-message-types-can-i-send-on-telegram","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/which-message-types-can-i-send-on-telegram\/","title":{"rendered":"Which message types can I send on Telegram?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Choose the type under <strong>Message Content<\/strong> on the Send Telegram page. Media types need a <strong>public https:\/\/ URL<\/strong> that opens in a browser, because Telegram&#8217;s servers fetch the file themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table table-striped table-bordered table-hover\"><thead><tr><th>Type<\/th><th>What you provide<\/th><th>Best for<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Text<\/strong><\/td><td>Message text<\/td><td>Announcements, answers, everyday chat<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Photo<\/strong><\/td><td>Media URL + optional caption<\/td><td>Product images, banners, screenshots<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Audio<\/strong><\/td><td>Media URL + optional caption<\/td><td>MP3 clips<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Document<\/strong><\/td><td>Media URL + optional caption<\/td><td>PDF, Word, Excel, ZIP files<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Video<\/strong><\/td><td>Media URL + optional caption<\/td><td>Demos, tutorials, promos<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Animation (GIF)<\/strong><\/td><td>Media URL + optional caption<\/td><td>Short animations<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Voice<\/strong><\/td><td>Media URL + optional caption<\/td><td>Voice-note style audio<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Video Note<\/strong><\/td><td>Media URL only<\/td><td>The round video-note bubble<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td><td>Latitude + longitude<\/td><td>Store address, event venue<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/td><td>Phone, first name, optional last name<\/td><td>Sharing a contact card<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Poll<\/strong><\/td><td>Question + 2 to 10 options, one per line<\/td><td>Quick votes and feedback<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If media doesn&#8217;t arrive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open the URL in a private browser window. If it needs a login or shows an error, Telegram can&#8217;t fetch it either.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It must be <strong>https<\/strong>, not http, and a direct file link rather than a page containing the file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Files behind a company intranet or a signed, expiring URL will fail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need the same media often? Save it in a <strong>template<\/strong> with its URL so you don&#8217;t re-enter it each time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choose the type under Message Content on the Send Telegram page. Media types need a public https:\/\/ URL that opens in a browser, because Telegram&#8217;s servers fetch the file themselves. Type What you provide Best for Text Message text Announcements, answers, everyday chat Photo Media URL + optional caption Product images, banners, screenshots Audio Media [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[2390],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3141","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-send-telegram"],"year_month":"2026-11","word_count":173,"total_views":"2","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Send Telegram","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/send-telegram\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=3141"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=3141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}