How do I download a file or photo that was sent to my Telegram bot?

Question

I am using the telegram bot API but I cant see anyway to download a filé that was sent to my bot. I get a hash of the file but dont know what to do with it. Is there any way

Answer 1

If you are using pyTelegramBotAPI you can download your photo using this code:

raw = message.photo[2].file_id
path = raw+".jpg"
file_info = bot.get_file(raw)
downloaded_file = bot.download_file(file_info.file_path)
with open(path,'wb') as new_file:
    new_file.write(downloaded_file)