if sticker_id in old_stickers:
    pass # in real code if the sticker is the same as the old one it'll keep it
else:
    image_data, width, height = image_data if path.endswith('.gif') else util.convert_image(image_data) # does not convert only if it is only a gif
    print(".", end="", flush=True)
    mxc = await matrix.upload(image_data, "image/" + (".gif" if path.endswith('.gif') else ".png"), file) # the mimetype will be a gif if the file is a gif if it is not it will be a png mimetype
    print(".", end="", flush=True)
    sticker = util.make_sticker(mxc, width, height, len(image_data), name)
    sticker["id"] = sticker_id
    print(" uploaded", flush=True)
return sticker