File Stream (@FileToLinkTGbot)
- Free allowance
- Free to use, no account: 'This bot generate direct download link of Telegram Files.' No quota, rate limit or file-size cap appears on the bot's page.
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- not stated
- Identity
- any-phoneno card, phone required
- Binding limit
- per-object-cap2 GB, Telegram's own object ceiling; the bot states none
- Evidence
- documented2 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-23checked 2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-23
| Free tier | Free to use, no account: 'This bot generate direct download link of Telegram Files.' No quota, rate limit or file-size cap appears on the bot's page. unit none; metered on unstated; the absence is not a measurement of capacity |
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| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Binding | per-object-cap Nothing else is published. |
| Identity | any-phone A Telegram account to message the bot; no token, key or email is requested. |
| Egress | not published free allowance: not published price per tb: the mechanism is inferred from what the bot does, not from a statement about its account |
| Per-object cap | Not published. The only documented ceiling is Telegram's 2 GB per object. |
| Retention | The file stays in the chat it was posted in; the bot's link lifetime is not stated on its page. |
| Interface | rest A Telegram chat: send or forward a file, receive a URL. |
| Tooling | Any Telegram client; the returned URL works in a browser, VLC or a download manager with range requests. |
| Composes with | The cheapest way past the 20 MB getFile wall without running a server: a file already in Telegram becomes a plain HTTP URL, so a script never touches the Bot API's download path. |
| Reliability | A single-operator bot with no published capacity: its links can expire or disappear without notice, and nothing in the page says how long it keeps a session alive. |
| Notes | Abandon if the page stops resolving or loses the description. Its value is structural (an MTProto-backed URL) rather than quantitative, so do not quote a quota for it until one is measured. |
| Evidence note | documented The bot exists and describes itself this way today. Its cap is unverified: no file was sent, so the record rests on the platform ceiling, not on the operator's policy. |
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Evidence 2
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | t.me/FileToLinkTGbot | 'This bot generate direct download link of Telegram Files.' - page resolves with a Start action, no monthly-user count shown |
| 2026-10-23 | core.telegram.org/bots/faq | 'Use the getFile method. Please note that this will only work with files of up to 20 MB in size.' - the limit this class of bot exists to bypass |
Unknown values 1
- egress metered: egress metering was not published