..|uploadinput|replace:: To upload a file, you can either pass a :term:`file object` (e.g. ``open("filename", "rb")``), the file contents as bytes or the path of the file (as string or :class:`pathlib.Path` object). In the latter case, the file contents will either be read as bytes or the file path will be passed to Telegram, depending on the :paramref:`~telegram.Bot.local_mode` setting.
..|uploadinputnopath|replace:: To upload a file, you can either pass a :term:`file object` (e.g. ``open("filename", "rb")``) or the file contents as bytes. If the bot is running in :paramref:`~telegram.Bot.local_mode`, passing the path of the file (as string or :class:`pathlib.Path` object) is supported as well.
..|fileinputbase|replace:: Pass a ``file_id`` as String to send a file that exists on the Telegram servers (recommended), pass an HTTP URL as a String for Telegram to get a file from the Internet, or upload a new one.
..|thumbdocstringbase|replace:: Thumbnail of the file sent; can be ignored if thumbnail generation for the file is supported server-side. The thumbnail should be in JPEG format and less than 200 kB in size. A thumbnail's width and height should not exceed 320. Ignored if the file is not uploaded using multipart/form-data. Thumbnails can't be reused and can be only uploaded as a new file.
..|toapikwargsbase|replace:: These arguments are also considered by :meth:`~telegram.TelegramObject.to_dict` and :meth:`~telegram.TelegramObject.to_json`, i.e. when passing objects to Telegram. Passing them to Telegram is however not guaranteed to work for all kinds of objects, e.g. this will fail for objects that can not directly be JSON serialized.
..|toapikwargsarg|replace:: Arbitrary keyword arguments. Can be used to store data for which there are no dedicated attributes. |toapikwargsbase|
..|toapikwargsattr|replace:: Optional. Arbitrary keyword arguments. Used to store data for which there are no dedicated attributes. |toapikwargsbase|
..|parse_mode|replace:: Mode for parsing entities. See :class:`telegram.constants.ParseMode` and `formatting options <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#formatting-options>`__ for more details.
..|datetime_localization|replace:: The default timezone of the bot is used for localization, which is UTC unless :attr:`telegram.ext.Defaults.tzinfo` is used.
..|post_methods_note|replace:: If you implement custom logic that implies that you will **not** be using :class:`~telegram.ext.Application`'s methods :meth:`~telegram.ext.Application.run_polling` or :meth:`~telegram.ext.Application.run_webhook` to run your application (like it's done in `Custom Webhook Bot Example <https://docs.python-telegram-bot.org/en/stable/examples.customwebhookbot.html>`__), the callback you set in this method **will not be called automatically**. So instead of setting a callback with this method, you have to explicitly ``await`` the function that you want to run at this stage of your application's life (in the `example mentioned above <https://docs.python-telegram-bot.org/en/stable/examples.customwebhookbot.html>`__, that would be in ``async with application`` context manager).
