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Send-TelegramURLSticker

SYNOPSIS

Sends Telegram sticker message via Bot API from URL sourced sticker image

SYNTAX

Send-TelegramURLSticker [-BotToken] <String> [-ChatID] <String> [-StickerURL] <String> [-DisableNotification]
 [-ProtectContent] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Uses Telegram Bot API to send sticker message to specified Telegram chat. The sticker will be sourced from the provided URL and sent to Telegram.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

$botToken = 'nnnnnnnnn:xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
$chatID = '-nnnnnnnnn'
$stickerURL = 'https://github.com/techthoughts2/PoshGram/raw/main/test/SourceFiles/techthoughts.webp'
Send-TelegramURLSticker -BotToken $botToken -ChatID $chatID -StickerURL $stickerURL

Sends sticker message via Telegram API

EXAMPLE 2

$botToken = 'nnnnnnnnn:xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
$chatID = '-nnnnnnnnn'
$stickerURL = 'https://github.com/techthoughts2/PoshGram/raw/main/test/SourceFiles/techthoughts.webp'
$sendTelegramURLStickerSplat = @{
    BotToken            = $botToken
    ChatID              = $chatID
    StickerURL          = $stickerURL
    DisableNotification = $true
    ProtectContent      = $true
    Verbose             = $true
}
Send-TelegramURLSticker @sendTelegramURLStickerSplat

Sends sticker message via Telegram API

PARAMETERS

-BotToken

Use this token to access the HTTP API

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ChatID

Unique identifier for the target chat

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-StickerURL

URL path to sticker

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-DisableNotification

Send the message silently. Users will receive a notification with no sound.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProtectContent

Protects the contents of the sent message from forwarding and saving

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject

NOTES

Author: Jake Morrison - @jakemorrison - https://www.techthoughts.info/

The following sticker types are supported: WEBP, WEBM

Questions on how to set up a bot, get a token, or get your channel ID? Answers on the PoshGram documentation: https://poshgram.readthedocs.io/en/latest/PoshGram-FAQ/

https://poshgram.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Send-TelegramURLSticker

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendsticker

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api