send_gift()

Client.send_gift()

Send a gift to another user or channel chat. May return an error with a message “STARGIFT_USAGE_LIMITED” if the gift was sold out.

Usable by Users Bots
Parameters:

  • chat_id (int | str) – Unique identifier (int) or username (str) of the target chat. For your personal cloud (Saved Messages) you can simply use “me” or “self”. For a contact that exists in your Telegram address book you can use his phone number (str).

  • gift_id (int) – Unique identifier of star gift. To get all available star gifts use get_available_gifts().

  • text (str, optional) – Text that will be shown along with the gift, 0-128 characters.

  • parse_mode (ParseMode, optional) – By default, texts are parsed using both Markdown and HTML styles. You can combine both syntaxes together.

  • entities (List of MessageEntity, optional) – List of special entities that appear in message text, which can be specified instead of parse_mode.

  • is_private (bool, optional) – Pass True to show gift text and sender only to the gift receiver. Otherwise, everyone will be able to see them.

  • pay_for_upgrade (bool, optional) – Pass True to additionally pay for the gift upgrade and allow the receiver to upgrade it for free.

Returns:

Message – On success, the sent message is returned.

Example

# Send gift
await app.send_gift(chat_id=chat_id, gift_id=123)