Managing InlineQueryResultPhoto in Telegram

Introduction

These days, we often use bots in Telegram for various relationships. One of the interesting capabilities that bots have is that they can provide inline responses to user requests. Now we want to discuss InlineQueryResultPhoto which is used for sending photos in response to an inline request.

Whenever you ask a bot a question or for example search for a photo, the bot can use defined parameters to provide you with information such as photos. InlineQueryResultPhoto gives you the ability to send photos that are clickable and viewable in the chat for the user.

To perform this task well, it is sufficient to provide a minimum amount of information such as photo_url, thumb_url, and title to the bot. In fact, the more detailed and accurate this information is, the better the result will be.

So let's review a sample code demonstrating how to use this feature. We need a table to display photos, and after that, we can easily send photos based on the searches that are performed, to the user.

Sample Code

{
  "inline_query": {
    "id": "12345",
    "query": "cat",
    "offset": ""
  },
  "result": [
    {
      "type": "photo",
      "id": "1",
      "photo_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg",
      "thumb_url": "https://example.com/photo_thumb.jpg",
      "title": "Cat Photo"
    }
  ]
}

Code Explanation

Let's analyze the code line by line:

This line indicates the beginning of a JSON structure.

Here we have a definition for an inline query. In this structure, we describe the various requests to be sent.

Each request must have a unique identifier so that the response can be matched to it.

Here we define the search term, in this example, we are looking for “cat”.

This part is for pagination management and displaying additional results if available.

Here we define the search results which will include a list of photos.

This line indicates the beginning of a new result item.

Here we specify the result type as a photo, indicating that we have a photo result.

Each photo must also have a unique identifier.

This is the URL of the original photo which must be accessible.

This URL is for a thumbnail image that will be shown in the search results.

Here we assign a title to the photo which will be displayed to the user.

This line indicates the photo object is complete and signifies the completion of this JSON block.

This line also indicates the end of the overall JSON structure.