From a42b68933c3628b9b98c83927661eddb61d1571a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bibo-Joshi <hinrich.mahler@freenet.de>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 21:59:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add User.send_poll (#1968)

---
 telegram/user.py   | 13 +++++++++++++
 tests/test_user.py |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/telegram/user.py b/telegram/user.py
index 084fd65a0..69afb57de 100644
--- a/telegram/user.py
+++ b/telegram/user.py
@@ -296,3 +296,16 @@ class User(TelegramObject):
 
         """
         return self.bot.send_voice(self.id, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def send_poll(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Shortcut for::
+
+            bot.send_poll(User.id, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        Where User is the current instance.
+
+        Returns:
+            :class:`telegram.Message`: On success, instance representing the message posted.
+
+        """
+        return self.bot.send_poll(self.id, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/test_user.py b/tests/test_user.py
index bab96aa66..9328c55fe 100644
--- a/tests/test_user.py
+++ b/tests/test_user.py
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ class TestUser(object):
         monkeypatch.setattr(user.bot, 'send_animation', test)
         assert user.send_animation('test_animation')
 
+    def test_instance_method_send_poll(self, monkeypatch, user):
+        def test(*args, **kwargs):
+            return args[0] == user.id and args[1] == 'test_poll'
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(user.bot, 'send_poll', test)
+        assert user.send_poll('test_poll')
+
     def test_mention_html(self, user):
         expected = u'<a href="tg://user?id={}">{}</a>'