diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7d8f8cd..021b136 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -67,4 +67,5 @@ typings/
 
 *.js
 .idea/
-.vscode/settings.json
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/settings.json
+tmp/
diff --git a/src/danktimesbot-controller/danktimesbot-controller-mock.ts b/src/danktimesbot-controller/danktimesbot-controller-mock.ts
index be0b64c..ff0c479 100644
--- a/src/danktimesbot-controller/danktimesbot-controller-mock.ts
+++ b/src/danktimesbot-controller/danktimesbot-controller-mock.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import TelegramBot from "node-telegram-bot-api";
+import TelegramBot, { File } from "node-telegram-bot-api";
 import { Chat } from "../chat/chat";
 import { CustomEventArguments } from "../plugin-host/plugin-events/event-arguments/custom-event-arguments";
 import { AbstractPlugin } from "../plugin-host/plugin/plugin";
@@ -65,4 +65,12 @@ export class DankTimesBotControllerMock implements IDankTimesBotController {
     public onPluginWantsToGetOtherPlugins(callingPlugin: AbstractPlugin): AbstractPlugin[] {
         return [];
     }
+
+    onPluginWantsToRetrieveFile(chatId: number, fileId: string): Promise<string | void> {
+        return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+
+    onPluginWantsToSendFile(chatId: number, filePath: string, replyToMessageId: number, forceReply: boolean): Promise<void | TelegramBot.Message> {
+        return Promise.resolve();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/danktimesbot-controller/danktimesbot-controller.ts b/src/danktimesbot-controller/danktimesbot-controller.ts
index b223799..3d13320 100644
--- a/src/danktimesbot-controller/danktimesbot-controller.ts
+++ b/src/danktimesbot-controller/danktimesbot-controller.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import moment from "moment";
-import TelegramBot from "node-telegram-bot-api";
+import TelegramBot, { File } from "node-telegram-bot-api";
 import { IChatRegistry } from "../chat-registry/i-chat-registry";
 import { Chat } from "../chat/chat";
 import { IDankTimeScheduler } from "../dank-time-scheduler/i-dank-time-scheduler";
@@ -115,10 +115,24 @@ export class DankTimesBotController implements IDankTimesBotController {
     /**
      * From IPluginListener.
      */
-     public onPluginWantsToParseScoreInput(input: string): number | null {
+    public onPluginWantsToParseScoreInput(input: string): number | null {
         return this.util.parseScoreInput(input);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * From IPluginListener.
+     */
+    onPluginWantsToRetrieveFile(chatId: number, fileId: string): Promise<string | void> {
+        return this.telegramClient.retrieveFile(chatId, fileId);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * From IPluginListener.
+     */
+    onPluginWantsToSendFile(chatId: number, filePath: string, replyToMessageId: number, forceReply: boolean): Promise<void | TelegramBot.Message> {
+        return this.telegramClient.sendFile(chatId, filePath, replyToMessageId, forceReply);
+    }
+
     /**
      * From IPluginListener.
      */
diff --git a/src/plugin-host/plugin/plugin-listener.ts b/src/plugin-host/plugin/plugin-listener.ts
index b7e9119..1c751f5 100644
--- a/src/plugin-host/plugin/plugin-listener.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-host/plugin/plugin-listener.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import TelegramBot from "node-telegram-bot-api";
+import TelegramBot, { File, PhotoSize } from "node-telegram-bot-api";
 import { Chat } from "../../chat/chat";
 import { CustomEventArguments } from "../plugin-events/event-arguments/custom-event-arguments";
 import { AbstractPlugin } from "./plugin";
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ export interface IPluginListener {
     onPluginWantsToSendChatMessage(chatId: number, htmlMessage: string,
                                    replyToMessageId: number, forceReply: boolean): Promise<void | TelegramBot.Message>;
 
+    /**
+     * Fired when a plugin wants to send a file / photo to a chat.
+     * @param chatId Chat to send photo to
+     * @param filePath Path to the file on disk to send
+     * @param replyToMessageId Message to respond to
+     * @param forceReply Whether to force the replied-to or tagged user to reply to this message
+     */
+    onPluginWantsToSendFile(chatId: number, filePath: string, replyToMessageId: number, forceReply: boolean): Promise<void | TelegramBot.Message>;
+
     /**
      * Fired when a plugin wants to delete a chat message.
      * @param chatId The id of the chat to delete a message in.
@@ -25,6 +34,13 @@ export interface IPluginListener {
      */
     onPluginWantsToDeleteChatMessage(chatId: number, messageId: number): Promise<void | boolean>;
 
+    /**
+     * Fired when a plugin wants to delete a file. This is likely to be a photo.
+     * @param chatId The id of the chat to retrieve a file from.
+     * @param fileId Id of the file to retrieve.
+     */
+    onPluginWantsToRetrieveFile(chatId: number, fileId: string): Promise<string | void>;
+
     /**
      * Fired when a plugin wants to edit a chat message.
      * @param chatId The id of the chat to edit a message in.
diff --git a/src/plugin-host/plugin/plugin.ts b/src/plugin-host/plugin/plugin.ts
index 0675746..3f816ff 100644
--- a/src/plugin-host/plugin/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-host/plugin/plugin.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import TelegramBot from "node-telegram-bot-api";
+import TelegramBot, { File, PhotoSize } from "node-telegram-bot-api";
 import { BotCommand } from "../../bot-commands/bot-command";
 import { Chat } from "../../chat/chat";
 import { ChatSettingTemplate } from "../../chat/settings/chat-setting-template";
@@ -173,6 +173,17 @@ export abstract class AbstractPlugin {
         return this.listener.onPluginWantsToSendChatMessage(chatId, htmlMessage, replyToMessageId, forceReply);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sends a file to the Telegram Bot API.
+     * @param chatId The id of the chat to send a message to.
+     * @param filePath The path to the file we want to send.
+     * @param replyToMessageId The (optional) id of the message to reply to.
+     * @param forceReply Whether to force the replied-to or tagged user to reply to this message.
+     */
+    protected sendFile(chatId: number, filePath: string, replyToMessageId = -1, forceReply = false): Promise<void | TelegramBot.Message> {
+        return this.listener.onPluginWantsToSendFile(chatId, filePath, replyToMessageId, forceReply);
+    }
+
     /**
    * Deletes a message via the Telegram Bot API.
    * @param chatId The id of the chat to delete a message in.
@@ -182,6 +193,15 @@ export abstract class AbstractPlugin {
         return this.listener.onPluginWantsToDeleteChatMessage(chatId, messageId);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieves a file from the Telegram Bot API.
+     * @param chatId The id of the chat to retrieve a file from.
+     * @param fileId Id of the file to retrieve.
+     */
+    protected retrieveFile(chatId: number, fileId: string): Promise<string | void> {
+        return this.listener.onPluginWantsToRetrieveFile(chatId, fileId);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Edits a message via the Telegram Bot API.
      * @param chatId The id of the chat to edit a message in.
@@ -200,7 +220,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractPlugin {
         return this.listener.onPluginWantsToGetChat(chatId);
     }
 
-   /**
+    /**
     * Parses the score input, returning a number if a number could be determined,
     * otherwise returns null.
     * @param input The string input to cleanse to a number.
diff --git a/src/telegram-client/i-telegram-client.ts b/src/telegram-client/i-telegram-client.ts
index 7ac9c0d..5a7b143 100644
--- a/src/telegram-client/i-telegram-client.ts
+++ b/src/telegram-client/i-telegram-client.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import TelegramBot from "node-telegram-bot-api";
+import TelegramBot, { File } from "node-telegram-bot-api";
 import { ITelegramClientListener } from "./i-telegram-client-listener";
 
 /**
@@ -61,4 +61,20 @@ export interface ITelegramClient {
      * @return The administrators of the specified chat.
      */
     getChatAdministrators(chatId: number): Promise<TelegramBot.ChatMember[]>;
+
+    /**
+     * retrieves a file with given id from a chat.
+     * @param chatId Id of the chat to retrieve the file from.
+     * @param fileId Id of the file.
+     */
+    retrieveFile(chatId: number, fileId: string): Promise<string | void>;
+
+    /**
+     * Send a file or photo to a chat.
+     * @param chatId Id of the chat to send the file to.
+     * @param filePath Local path to the file on disk.
+     * @param replyToMessageId The (optional) id of the message to reply to.
+     * @param forceReply Whether to force the replied-to or tagged user to reply to this message. False by default.
+     */
+    sendFile(chatId: number, filePath: string, replyToMessageId: number, forceReply: boolean): Promise<TelegramBot.Message | void>;
 }
diff --git a/src/telegram-client/telegram-client-mock.ts b/src/telegram-client/telegram-client-mock.ts
index 3bac762..0a75d64 100644
--- a/src/telegram-client/telegram-client-mock.ts
+++ b/src/telegram-client/telegram-client-mock.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import TelegramBot from "node-telegram-bot-api";
+import TelegramBot, { File } from "node-telegram-bot-api";
 import { ITelegramClient } from "./i-telegram-client";
 import { ITelegramClientListener } from "./i-telegram-client-listener";
 
@@ -45,4 +45,12 @@ export class TelegramClientMock implements ITelegramClient {
             },
         }]);
     }
+
+    public async retrieveFile(chatId: number, fileId: string): Promise<string | void> {
+        // Don't do anything, this is a mock.
+    }
+
+    public async sendFile(chatId: number, filePath: string, replyToMessageId: number, forceReply: boolean): Promise<TelegramBot.Message | void> {
+        // Don't do anything, this is a mock
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/telegram-client/telegram-client.ts b/src/telegram-client/telegram-client.ts
index 34e722d..de04c1a 100644
--- a/src/telegram-client/telegram-client.ts
+++ b/src/telegram-client/telegram-client.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import TelegramBot from "node-telegram-bot-api";
+import fs from "fs";
+import TelegramBot, { File, PhotoSize } from "node-telegram-bot-api";
 import { ITelegramClient } from "./i-telegram-client";
 import { ITelegramClientListener } from "./i-telegram-client-listener";
 
@@ -52,6 +53,31 @@ export class TelegramClient implements ITelegramClient {
             });
     }
 
+    public retrieveFile(chatId: number, fileId: string): Promise<string | void> {
+        if (!fs.existsSync("./tmp/dtb")) {
+            fs.mkdir("./tmp/dtb", {recursive: true}, err => {
+                this.listeners.forEach((listener) => listener.onErrorFromApi(chatId, "Could not create file location"));
+            });
+        }
+        return this.bot.downloadFile(fileId, "./tmp/dtb")
+            .catch((reason: void | TelegramBot.Message) => {
+                this.listeners.forEach((listener) => listener.onErrorFromApi(chatId, reason));
+            });
+    }
+
+    public sendFile(chatId: number, filePath: string, replyToMessageId: number, forceReply: boolean): Promise<TelegramBot.Message | void> {
+        if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+            this.listeners.forEach((listener) => listener.onErrorFromApi(chatId, "File does not exist!"));
+            return new Promise(() => {
+                return;
+            });
+        } else {
+            return this.bot.sendPhoto(chatId, filePath, {
+                reply_to_message_id: replyToMessageId,
+            }).catch((reason: void | TelegramBot.Message) => { this.listeners.forEach((listener) => listener.onErrorFromApi(chatId, reason)); });
+        }
+    }
+
     public subscribe(subscriber: ITelegramClientListener): void {
         if (this.listeners.indexOf(subscriber) === -1) {
             this.listeners.push(subscriber);