Telethon-based Random Media Message Sender

This function uses the Telethon library to send a random media message to a specified chat. It checks the file type and sends a photo or document accordingly.

Technology Stack : Telethon

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def send_random_media_message(client, chat, file_path):
    from telethon.tl.functions.messages import SendMediaRequest
    from telethon.tl.types import InputPeerUser, InputMediaPhoto, InputMediaDocument

    # Check if the file is an image or a document
    if file_path.lower().endswith(('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif')):
        media = InputMediaPhoto(InputPeerUser(chat.id), open(file_path, 'rb'))
    else:
        media = InputMediaDocument(InputPeerUser(chat.id), open(file_path, 'rb'))

    # Send the media message
    client(SendMediaRequest(chat, media))