How to specify a value for send_dice method?

[matryosha]

As I want to specify exact value for a dice how should I do this?

python-telegram-bot/telegram/bot.py

Lines 5315 to 5326 in 92cb6f3

	def send_dice(
	self,
	chat_id: Union[int, str],
	disable_notification: ODVInput[bool] = DEFAULT_NONE,
	reply_to_message_id: int = None,
	reply_markup: ReplyMarkup = None,
	timeout: ODVInput[float] = DEFAULT_NONE,
	emoji: str = None,
	api_kwargs: JSONDict = None,
	allow_sending_without_reply: ODVInput[bool] = DEFAULT_NONE,
	protect_content: bool = None,
	) -> Message:

I also tried telegram.Dice class as it accepts emoji and value but using it with send_dice method throws exception that Dice cannot be serialized.

[Bibo-Joshi]

You can't. The bot API doesn't support that. The closest you can get is forwarding a message that contains a die with the desired value.

[matryosha]

The bot api definitely support it. As for python-telegram-bot I am not sure but if the lib does not support it then docs for send_dice is misleading because it says otherwise:

python-telegram-bot/telegram/bot.py

Lines 5333 to 5335 in 92cb6f3

	emoji (:obj:`str`, optional): Emoji on which the dice throw animation is based.
	Currently, must be one of “🎲”, “🎯”, “🏀”, “⚽”, "🎳", or “🎰”. Dice can have
	values 1-6 for “🎲”, “🎯” and "🎳", values 1-5 for “🏀” and “⚽”, and values 1-64

[matryosha]

Did I misunderstood the whole thing assuming it can be used for sending values but that's only for receiving a result value after one of the dice sticker has been sent?

[matryosha]

Did I misunderstood the whole thing assuming it can be used for sending values but that's only for receiving a result value after one of the dice sticker has been sent?

I did. It clearly says random value in the official api and in python-telegram-bot.
Also I found that there was a question in stackoverflow with the same inquire as mine so it would not be a bad idea to add the remark about it in docs.