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Message → Send Video

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Summary

Send a video message to a specified Telegram chat by providing the target chat ID and the video file either as a Telegram file ID, a URL, or raw binary data. Optionally include a caption, specify a parse mode for the caption, and configure additional message options.

Inputs

  • Chat ID (required) — Unique identifier for the target chat or username (@channelusername) to which the video is sent.
  • File Source (required) — Method to provide the video file: existing Telegram file ID, a direct URL, or binary data from a previous node.
  • File ID — Telegram file ID of the video to send; required if File Source is 'File ID'.
  • File URL — URL of the video to send; required if File Source is 'URL'.
  • Binary Property — Name of the binary property containing the video data; required if File Source is 'Binary Data'.
  • Caption — Optional caption text for the video.
  • Parse Mode — Optional parse mode for the caption text (none, Markdown, MarkdownV2, HTML).
  • Additional Fields — Optional settings including disabling notification, protecting content, replying to a message, message thread ID, disabling web page preview, and allowing sending without reply.
  • Reply Markup (JSON) — Optional inline keyboard, reply keyboard, or other reply markup as JSON.

Output shape

a single record containing the sent message object as returned by the Telegram Bot API

Returns the Telegram API response for the sent video message. If multiple input items are processed, returns an array of message objects. Errors are reported per item if 'Continue On Fail' is enabled.

Examples

Example 1: Send a video to a chat by Telegram file ID with caption and Markdown parse mode

Set Chat ID to target chat, File Source to 'File ID', provide File ID, add Caption, select Parse Mode 'Markdown'.

Example 2: Send a video to a chat from a URL silently without notification

Set Chat ID, File Source to 'URL', provide File URL, enable 'Disable Notification' in Additional Fields to send silently.

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