# InlineQueryResultPhoto

> Represents a link to a photo

**Category:** Telegram Bot API — Types (A-Z)  
**URL:** https://docs.botlify.cloud/inlinequeryresultphoto  
**Platform:** Botlify Cloud (https://botlify.cloud)  

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Represents a link to a photo. By default, this photo will be sent by the user with optional caption. Alternatively, you can use *input_message_content* to send a message with the specified content instead of the photo.

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| type | String | Always | Type of the result, must be photo |
| id | String | Always | Unique identifier for this result, 1-64 bytes |
| photo_url | String | Always | A valid URL of the photo. Photo must be in JPEG format. Photo size must not exceed 5MB. |
| thumbnail_url | String | Always | URL of the thumbnail for the photo |
| photo_width | Integer | Optional | Width of the photo |
| photo_height | Integer | Optional | Height of the photo |
| title | String | Optional | Title for the result |
| description | String | Optional | Short description of the result |
| caption | String | Optional | Caption of the photo to be sent, 0-1024 characters after entities parsing |
| parse_mode | String | Optional | Mode for parsing entities in the photo caption. See formatting options for more details. |
| caption_entities | Array of MessageEntity | Optional | List of special entities that appear in the caption, which can be specified instead of parse_mode |
| show_caption_above_media | Boolean | Optional | Pass True if the caption must be shown above the message media |
| reply_markup | InlineKeyboardMarkup | Optional | Inline keyboard attached to the message |
| input_message_content | InputMessageContent | Optional | Content of the message to be sent instead of the photo |

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