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get remote file

Alexey Kravtsov edited this page May 19, 2020 · 1 revision

libtd-ktx / kotlinx.telegram.coroutines / getRemoteFile

getRemoteFile

suspend fun TelegramFlow.getRemoteFile(remoteFileId: String?, fileType: FileType?): File

Suspend function, which returns information about a file by its remote ID; this is an offline request. Can be used to register a URL as a file for further uploading, or sending as a message. Even the request succeeds, the file can be used only if it is still accessible to the user. For example, if the file is from a message, then the message must be not deleted and accessible to the user. If the file database is disabled, then the corresponding object with the file must be preloaded by the client.

Parameters

remoteFileId - Remote identifier of the file to get.

fileType - File type, if known.

Return File Represents a file.

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