---
title: "Send a photo / video album"
locale: en
url: https://tlg.builera.app/en/docs/reference/rest/messages.send_album
verified: 2026-10-24
app_version: "2.0"
generated: true
---

# Send a photo / video album

Send 2–10 photos / videos (already uploaded to the account's outgoing folder) as one Telegram album, caption on the first. Same send gate as single files.

Send 2–10 photos / videos (already uploaded to the account's outgoing folder) as one Telegram album, caption on the first. Same send gate as single files.

## Overview

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Code | `messages.send_album` |
| Scope needed | `messages.send` |
| Risk | Write |
| May need confirmation | No |
| Runs as | Queues work for a node |
| Needs `Idempotency-Key` | Yes |
| Member roles allowed | `owner`, `manager`, `agent` |
| Needs a worker from version | `1.0.15` |
| In the app | Inbox → composer → pick several photos |

## Input fields

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `conversationId` | `uuid` | Yes |   |
| `items` | `object[]` | Yes |   |
| `caption` | `text` | No |   |
| `topicId` | `integer` | No |   |
| `inReplyToEventId` | `text` | No |   |
| `ifLastMessageId` | `uuid` | No |   |

## Example request

```bash
curl -X POST https://tlg.builera.app/api/public/v2/ops/messages.send_album \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELEGRAM_AUTO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: <unique key per operation>" \
  -d '{"conversationId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","items":[]}'
```

## Output fields (`data`)

| Field | Type | Required |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `ok` | `true` | Yes |
| `jobId` | `text` | Yes |
| `messageIds` | `text[]` | Yes |

## Example answer

```json
{
  "data": {
    "ok": true,
    "jobId": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
    "messageIds": [
      "text"
    ]
  }
}
```

## Using it over MCP

Not listed on any profile: call `tools_describe` then `tools_run` with `code: "messages.send_album"`. Tool name when listed: `messages_send_album`.