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Add further Heroku instructions to session documentation (#588)

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@ -59,8 +59,13 @@ session file on your Heroku dyno itself. The most complicated is creating
a custom buildpack to install SQLite >= 3.8.2.
Generating Session File on a Heroku Dyno
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Generating a Session File on a Heroku Dyno
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. note::
Due to Heroku's ephemeral filesystem all dynamically generated
files not part of your applications buildpack or codebase are destroyed
upon each restart.
.. warning::
Do not restart your application Dyno at any point prior to retrieving your
@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ Using this scaffolded code we can start the authentication process:
client = TelegramClient('login.session', api_id, api_hash).start()
At this point your Dyno will crash because you cannot access stdin. Open your
Dyno's control panel on the Heroku website and "run console" from the "More"
Dyno's control panel on the Heroku website and "Run console" from the "More"
dropdown at the top right. Enter ``bash`` and wait for it to load.
You will automatically be placed into your applications working directory.
@ -93,3 +98,16 @@ directory. Now you can create a git repo on your account and commit
You cannot ``ssh`` into your Dyno instance because it has crashed, so unless
you programatically upload this file to a server host this is the only way to
get it off of your Dyno.
You now have a session file compatible with SQLite <= 3.8.2. Now you can
programatically fetch this file from an external host (Firebase, S3 etc.)
and login to your session using the following scaffolded code:
.. code-block:: python
fileName, headers = urllib.request.urlretrieve(file_url, 'login.session')
client = TelegramClient(os.path.abspath(fileName), api_id, api_hash).start()
.. note::
- ``urlretrieve`` will be depreciated, consider using ``requests``.
- ``file_url`` represents the location of your file.