{
  "meta": {},
  "group": {
    "title": "Stickers",
    "anchor": "stickers"
  },
  "object": {
    "anchor": "sendgift",
    "name": "sendGift",
    "description": "Sends a gift to the given user or channel chat. The gift can't be converted to Telegram Stars by the receiver. Returns True on success.",
    "html_description": "<p>Sends a gift to the given user or channel chat. The gift can't be converted to Telegram Stars by the receiver. Returns <em>True</em> on success.</p>",
    "rst_description": "Sends a gift to the given user or channel chat. The gift can't be converted to Telegram Stars by the receiver. Returns :code:`True` on success.",
    "annotations": [
      {
        "type": "Integer",
        "required": false,
        "description": "Required if chat_id is not specified. Unique identifier of the target user who will receive the gift.",
        "html_description": "<td>Required if <em>chat_id</em> is not specified. Unique identifier of the target user who will receive the gift.</td>",
        "rst_description": "Required if *chat_id* is not specified. Unique identifier of the target user who will receive the gift.\n",
        "name": "user_id"
      },
      {
        "type": "Integer or String",
        "required": false,
        "description": "Required if user_id is not specified. Unique identifier for the chat or username of the channel (in the format @channelusername) that will receive the gift.",
        "html_description": "<td>Required if <em>user_id</em> is not specified. Unique identifier for the chat or username of the channel (in the format <code>@channelusername</code>) that will receive the gift.</td>",
        "rst_description": "Required if *user_id* is not specified. Unique identifier for the chat or username of the channel (in the format :code:`@channelusername`) that will receive the gift.\n",
        "name": "chat_id"
      },
      {
        "type": "String",
        "required": true,
        "description": "Identifier of the gift",
        "html_description": "<td>Identifier of the gift</td>",
        "rst_description": "Identifier of the gift\n",
        "name": "gift_id"
      },
      {
        "type": "Boolean",
        "required": false,
        "description": "Pass True to pay for the gift upgrade from the bot's balance, thereby making the upgrade free for the receiver",
        "html_description": "<td>Pass <em>True</em> to pay for the gift upgrade from the bot's balance, thereby making the upgrade free for the receiver</td>",
        "rst_description": "Pass :code:`True` to pay for the gift upgrade from the bot's balance, thereby making the upgrade free for the receiver\n",
        "name": "pay_for_upgrade"
      },
      {
        "type": "String",
        "required": false,
        "description": "Text that will be shown along with the gift; 0-255 characters",
        "html_description": "<td>Text that will be shown along with the gift; 0-255 characters</td>",
        "rst_description": "Text that will be shown along with the gift; 0-255 characters\n",
        "name": "text"
      },
      {
        "type": "String",
        "required": false,
        "description": "Mode for parsing entities in the text. See formatting options for more details. Entities other than 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'strikethrough', 'spoiler', and 'custom_emoji' are ignored.",
        "html_description": "<td>Mode for parsing entities in the text. See <a href=\"#formatting-options\">formatting options</a> for more details. Entities other than &#8220;bold&#8221;, &#8220;italic&#8221;, &#8220;underline&#8221;, &#8220;strikethrough&#8221;, &#8220;spoiler&#8221;, and &#8220;custom_emoji&#8221; are ignored.</td>",
        "rst_description": "Mode for parsing entities in the text. See `formatting options <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#formatting-options>`_ for more details. Entities other than 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'strikethrough', 'spoiler', and 'custom_emoji' are ignored.\n",
        "name": "text_parse_mode"
      },
      {
        "type": "Array of MessageEntity",
        "required": false,
        "description": "A JSON-serialized list of special entities that appear in the gift text. It can be specified instead of text_parse_mode. Entities other than 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'strikethrough', 'spoiler', and 'custom_emoji' are ignored.",
        "html_description": "<td>A JSON-serialized list of special entities that appear in the gift text. It can be specified instead of <em>text_parse_mode</em>. Entities other than &#8220;bold&#8221;, &#8220;italic&#8221;, &#8220;underline&#8221;, &#8220;strikethrough&#8221;, &#8220;spoiler&#8221;, and &#8220;custom_emoji&#8221; are ignored.</td>",
        "rst_description": "A JSON-serialized list of special entities that appear in the gift text. It can be specified instead of *text_parse_mode*. Entities other than 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'strikethrough', 'spoiler', and 'custom_emoji' are ignored.\n",
        "name": "text_entities"
      }
    ],
    "category": "methods"
  }
}
