From 9f77fed181807ea5f9a70328b165e2be293b6594 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan <14043624+delivrance@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:58:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a clearer error in case of bad file ids

---
 pyrogram/utils.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pyrogram/utils.py b/pyrogram/utils.py
index 10fe7ea9..e0b79786 100644
--- a/pyrogram/utils.py
+++ b/pyrogram/utils.py
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ def get_input_media_from_file_id(
     file_id: str,
     expected_file_type: FileType = None
 ) -> Union["raw.types.InputMediaPhoto", "raw.types.InputMediaDocument"]:
-    decoded = FileId.decode(file_id)
+    try:
+        decoded = FileId.decode(file_id)
+    except Exception:
+        raise ValueError(f'Failed to decode "{file_id}". The value does not represent an existing local file, '
+                         f'HTTP URL, or valid file id.')
 
     file_type = decoded.file_type