# Telegram Bot Send Image From Share

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**Created:** [21 March 2021 06:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-bot-send-image-from-share/42947 "2021-03-21T06:42:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [21 March 2021 09:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-bot-send-image-from-share/42947/2 "2021-03-21T09:22:32Z")

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Hi & welcome to the forum.

There are quite a few similar threads in this forum that should help.

Have you tried sending the image as a buffer?

Here is a demo that helped a user & is quite similar to your requirement.

> [@Taking a picture and sending it via telegram](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/taking-a-picture-and-sending-it-via-telegram/27905/4):
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> msg.payload.content can also be a buffer object Are you able to get the image from the webcam into a buffer? Here is a demo i did... [{"id":"99ee972c.22d088","type":"telegram sender","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"","bot":"fa7a9376.321ce","x":930,"y":280,"wires":[["72b71335.355a9c"]]},{"id":"58e78fc.dd0b27","type":"telegram command","z":"5d3f964c.fef898","name":"/pic","command":"/pic","bot":"fa7a9376.321ce","strict":false,"hasresponse":false,"x":130,"y":280,"wires":[["3eb66…

In your case, read the file into node-red. Or grab the image from the camera directly without any files at all. Both options are possible & covered in the demo

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