# Sending group of photos with telegram bot
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-group-of-photos-with-telegram-bot/95228
**Category:** General
**Tags:** telegram
**Created:** [7 February 2025 21:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-group-of-photos-with-telegram-bot/95228 "2025-02-07T21:22:31Z")
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### Author:  [@yusufscelik](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/yusufscelik)
#### Post date: [7 February 2025 21:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-group-of-photos-with-telegram-bot/95228/1 "2025-02-07T21:22:31Z")
I want to send group of photos via using telegram sender. I am using "node-red-contrib-telegrambot"
My nodes looks like this
the first function returns the path of the photos like this; (the photos are located on my server locally)
```auto
//return path of photos
let numberpage = 609;
msg.payload = [
`/data/photos/${numberpage}.jpg`,
`/data/photos/${numberpage + 1}.jpg`,
];
return [msg];
```
Then i split them and i read these files and join together and i create a buffer like this which contains two images.
//debug 7 looks like this
msg.payload : array[2]
array[2]
0: buffer[1892013]
1: buffer[1651348]
And then i take this two array as content for sending as a message. It looks like this;
```auto
//content for message function node
var msg = {
chatId: 9999999, //example
content: msg.payload, //here should come the 2 images.
type: "photo"
}
return msg;
```
But i get this error.
**msg : string[20]**
**"msg.payload is empty"**
I think there is a problem with the last function. Because it gives me msg.payload is empty.
Can someone help me? Thanks 🙂
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [7 February 2025 21:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-group-of-photos-with-telegram-bot/95228/2 "2025-02-07T21:35:44Z")
> [@yusufscelik](#):
>
> ```auto
> var msg = {
> chatId: 9999999, //example
> content: msg.payload, //here should come the 2 images.
> type: "photo"
> }
>
> ```
should be
```auto
msg.payload = {
chatId: 9999999, //example
content: msg.payload, //here should come the 2 images.
type: "photo"
}
```
But if you add all photos to a httpstatic folder you can just us the file uri's [Configuration : Node-RED](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/configuration#runtime-configuration)
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [7 February 2025 22:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-group-of-photos-with-telegram-bot/95228/4 "2025-02-07T22:16:26Z")
First try sending one photo
[edit] I have no issues sending single buffer images, using this, you could split your payload and send multiple messages. Not sure if the telegram bot can send group media messages.
```auto
msg.payload = {
caption: msg.topic,
type : 'photo',
chatId: chatid,
content: msg.buffer,
fileOptions:{
filename: msg.topic + '.jpg',
contentType: 'image/jpeg',
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [8 February 2025 17:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-group-of-photos-with-telegram-bot/95228/5 "2025-02-08T17:33:53Z")
> [@yusufscelik](#):
>
> `
nginx/1.18.0`
Oooh, naughty Telegram.
Not a good idea to show everyone what web server/proxy they are using and its version. They are asking to be hacked.
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### Author:  [@yusufscelik](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/yusufscelik)
#### Post date: [8 February 2025 22:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-group-of-photos-with-telegram-bot/95228/6 "2025-02-08T22:13:52Z")
I can send one photo its not the problem i can even send more photos but it can not send group of photos at the same time.
### My Process:
1. **Generating the File Paths:**
- The first function determines the file paths of the three images dynamically.
- It constructs an array of file paths based on a variable `number_of_pages`:
```auto
var number_of_pages = 1;
msg.payload = [
`/data/photos/${number_of_pages}.jpg`,
`/data/photos/${number_of_pages+1}.jpg`,
`/data/photos/${number_of_pages+2}.jpg`
];
return msg;
```
**Processing the Images:**
The paths are split, and each file is read individually.
After reading, the images are grouped together again.
Once joined, the msg.payload appears as an array of buffers:
```auto
2.2025, 22:10:08 node: debug 2
msg.payload : array[3]
[buffer[3097142], buffer[1620527], buffer[1667224] ]
```
**Formatting the Telegram Message:**
- A function formats the message to be sent via the Telegram bot.
It encapsulates the buffer array within an object containing the chat\_id, content, and type:
```auto
msg.payload = {
chat_id: 1099927519, //example
content: msg.payload,
type: "photo"
};
return msg;
```
**Final node before sending;**
```auto
msg.payload : Object
object
chat_id: 1099927519 //example
content: array[3]
type: "photo"
```
The error that i got;
```auto
Caught exception in sender node:
Error: EPARSE: Error parsing response:
414 Request-URI Too Large
414 Request-URI Too Large
nginx/1.18.0
when processing message:
{"payload":{"content":[{"type":"Buffer","data":[255,216,255,225,31,136,69,120,105,102,0,0,77,77,0,42,0,0,0,8,0,12,1,0,0,3,0,0,0,1,7,181,0,0,1,1,0,3,0,0,0,1,11,4
```
I also tried "sendMediaGroup" method but it didnt work.
Any suggestions?
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [8 February 2025 22:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-group-of-photos-with-telegram-bot/95228/7 "2025-02-08T22:16:10Z")
So after investigating the examples it is possible, but the example shows a uri not a buffer
```auto
msg.payload.type = "mediaGroup";
msg.payload.content = [
{
type : "photo",
media : "path1.jpg",
caption : "Photo 1"
},
{
type : "photo",
media : "path2.jpg",
caption : "Photo 2"
}
];
```
You could attempt replacing the uri with a buffer in similar format, it may work.
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### Author:  [@yusufscelik](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/yusufscelik)
#### Post date: [8 February 2025 22:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-group-of-photos-with-telegram-bot/95228/8 "2025-02-08T22:39:26Z")
> [@E1cid](#):
>
> First try sending one photo
>
> [edit] I have no issues sending single buffer images, using this, you could split your paylload and send multiple massages. Not sure if the telegram bot can send group media messages.
>
> ```auto
> msg.payload = {
> caption: msg.topic,
> type : 'photo',
> chatId: chatid,
> content: msg.buffer,
> fileOptions:{
> filename: msg.topic + '.jpg',
> contentType: 'image/jpeg',
> }
> }
>
> ```
the solution you referenced is about sending **multiple separate messages** , not a **grouped album of photos** in a single message. Like photo1, photo2 etc.. not [photo1,photo2] together. The `Telegram Sender` node in Node-RED as i read **only supports sending individual messages**. Because of that I need to use `sendMediaGroup`from Telegram API and i'll use HTTP Request node for that. I'll post my solution here later.
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [8 February 2025 22:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-group-of-photos-with-telegram-bot/95228/9 "2025-02-08T22:40:38Z")
see above.
[edit] Just tested and is possible using a buffer in the format i posted above
```auto
msg.payload = {
type: "mediaGroup",
chatId: chatid,
content: [
{
type: "photo",
media: buffer1,
caption: "Photo 1"
},
{
type: "photo",
media: buffer2
caption: "Photo 2"
}
]
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [22 February 2025 22:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-group-of-photos-with-telegram-bot/95228/10 "2025-02-22T22:41:32Z")
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