Tidy up the migration guide some more

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@ -75,6 +75,66 @@ removed. This implies:
// TODO provide standalone alternative for this?
Overhaul of events and updates
------------------------------
Updates produced by the client are now also processed by your event handlers.
Before, if you had some code listening for new outgoing messages, only messages you sent with
another client, such as from Telegram Desktop, would be processed. Now, if your own code uses
``client.send_message``, you will also receive the new message event. Be careful, as this can
easily lead to "loops" (a new outgoing message can trigger ``client.send_message``, which
triggers a new outgoing message and the cycle repeats)!
There are no longer "event builders" and "event" types. Now there are only events, and you
register the type of events you want, not an instance. Because of this, the way filters are
specified have also changed:
.. code-block:: python
# OLD
@client.on(events.NewMessage(chats=...))
async def handler(event):
pass
# NEW
@client.on(events.NewMessage, chats=...)
async def handler(event): # ^^ ^
pass
This also means filters are unified, although not all filters have an effect on all events types.
Type hinting is now done through ``events.NewMessage`` and not ``events.NewMessage.Event``.
The filter rework also enables more features. For example, you can now mutate a ``chats`` filter
to add or remove a chat that needs to be received by a handler, rather than having to remove and
re-add the event handler.
The ``from_users`` filter has been renamed to ``senders``.
The ``inbox`` filter for ``events.MessageRead`` has been removed, in favour of ``outgoing`` and
``incoming``.
``events.register``, ``events.unregister`` and ``events.is_handler`` have been removed. There is
no longer anything special about methods which are handlers, and they are no longer monkey-patched.
Because pre-defining the event type to handle without a client was useful, you can now instead use
the following syntax:
.. code-block:: python
# OLD
@events.register(events.NewMessage)
async def handler(event):
pass
# NEW
async def handler(event: events.NewMessage):
pass # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
As a bonus, you only need to type-hint once, and both your IDE and Telethon will understand what
you meant. This is similar to Python's ``@dataclass`` which uses type hints.
// TODO document filter creation and usage, showcase how to mutate them
Complete overhaul of session files
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@ -292,8 +352,8 @@ results into a list:
// TODO does the download really need to be special? get download is kind of weird though
Raw API has been renamed and is now considered private
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Raw API has been renamed and is now immutable and considered private
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The subpackage holding the raw API methods has been renamed from ``tl`` to ``_tl`` in order to
signal that these are prone to change across minor version bumps (the ``y`` in version ``x.y.z``).
@ -306,6 +366,10 @@ The ``Request`` suffix has been removed from the classes inside ``tl.functions``
The ``tl.types`` is now simply ``_tl``, and the ``tl.functions`` is now ``_tl.fn``.
Both the raw API types and functions are now immutable. This can enable optimizations in the
future, such as greatly reducing the number of intermediate objects created (something worth
doing for deeply-nested objects).
Some examples:
.. code-block:: python
@ -375,7 +439,7 @@ The following modules have been moved inside ``_misc``:
* ``helpers.py``
* ``hints.py``
* ``password.py``
* ``requestiter.py`
* ``requestiter.py``
* ``statecache.py``
* ``utils.py``
@ -413,6 +477,33 @@ Note that you do not need to ``await`` the call to ``.start()`` if you are going
in a context-manager (but it's okay if you put the ``await``).
Changes to sending messages and files
-------------------------------------
When sending messages or files, there is no longer a parse mode. Instead, the ``markdown`` or
``html`` parameters can be used instead of the (plaintext) ``message``.
.. code-block:: python
await client.send_message(chat, 'Default formatting (_markdown_)')
await client.send_message(chat, html='Force <em>HTML</em> formatting')
await client.send_message(chat, markdown='Force **Markdown** formatting')
These 3 parameters are exclusive with each other (you can only use one). The goal here is to make
it consistent with the custom ``Message`` class, which also offers ``.markdown`` and ``.html``
properties to obtain the correctly-formatted text, regardless of the default parse mode, and to
get rid of some implicit behaviour. It's also more convenient to set just one parameter than two
(the message and the parse mode separatedly).
Although the goal is to reduce raw API exposure, ``formatting_entities`` stays, because it's the
only feasible way to manually specify them.
When sending files, you can no longer pass a list of attributes. This was a common workaround to
set video size, audio duration, and so on. Now, proper parameters are available. The goal is to
hide raw API as much as possible (which lets the library hide future breaking changes as much as
possible). One can still use raw API if really needed.
Several methods have been removed from the client
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@ -458,8 +549,42 @@ The following ``utils`` methods no longer exist or have been made private:
// TODO provide the new clean utils
Changes on how to configure filters for certain client methods
--------------------------------------------------------------
Changes to many friendly methods in the client
----------------------------------------------
Some of the parameters used to initialize the ``TelegramClient`` have been renamed to be clearer:
* ``timeout`` is now ``connect_timeout``.
* ``connection_retries`` is now ``connect_retries``.
* ``retry_delay`` is now ``connect_retry_delay``.
* ``raise_last_call_error`` has been removed and is now the default. This means you won't get a
``ValueError`` if an API call fails multiple times, but rather the original error.
* ``connection`` to change the connection mode has been removed for the time being.
* ``sequential_updates`` has been removed for the time being.
// TODO document new parameters too
``client.send_code_request`` no longer has ``force_sms`` (it was broken and was never reliable).
``client.send_read_acknowledge`` is now ``client.mark_read``, consistent with the method of
``Message``, being shorter and less awkward to type. The method now only supports a single
message, not a list (the list was a lie, because all messages up to the one with the highest
ID were marked as read, meaning one could not leave unread gaps). ``max_id`` is now removed,
since it has the same meaning as the message to mark as read. The method no longer can clear
mentions without marking the chat as read, but this should not be an issue in practice.
Every ``client.action`` can now be directly ``await``-ed, not just ``'cancel'``.
``client.forward_messages`` now requires a list to be specified. The intention is to make it clear
that the method forwards message\ **s** and to reduce the number of strange allowed values, which
needlessly complicate the code. If you still need to forward a single message, manually construct
a list with ``[message]`` or use ``Message.forward_to``.
``client.delete_messages`` now requires a list to be specified, with the same rationale as forward.
``client.get_me`` no longer has an ``input_peer`` parameter. The goal is to hide raw API as much
as possible. Input peers are mostly an implementation detail the library needs to deal with
Telegram's API.
Before, ``client.iter_participants`` (and ``get_participants``) would expect a type or instance
of the raw Telegram definition as a ``filter``. Now, this ``filter`` expects a string.
@ -473,6 +598,20 @@ The supported values are:
If you prefer to avoid hardcoding strings, you may use ``telethon.enums.Participant``.
The size selector for ``client.download_profile_photo`` and ``client.download_media` is now using
an enumeration:
```
from telethon import enums
await client.download_profile_photo(user, thumb=enums.Size.ORIGINAL)
```
This new selection mode is also smart enough to pick the "next best" size if the specified one
is not available. The parameter is known as ``thumb`` and not ``size`` because documents don't
have a "size", they have thumbnails of different size. For profile photos, the thumbnail size is
also used.
// TODO maintain support for the old way of doing it?
// TODO now that there's a custom filter, filter client-side for small chats?
@ -621,6 +760,18 @@ your handlers much more easily.
// TODO provide standalone alternative for this?
Certain client properties and methods are now private or no longer exist
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The ``client.loop`` property has been removed. ``asyncio`` has been moving towards implicit loops,
so this is the next step. Async methods can be launched with the much simpler ``asyncio.run`` (as
opposed to the old ``client.loop.run_until_complete``).
The ``client.upload_file`` method has been removed. It's a low-level method users should not need
to use. Its only purpose could have been to implement a cache of sorts, but this is something the
library needs to do, not the users.
Deleting messages now returns a more useful value
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@ -729,63 +880,6 @@ Now the URL is returned. You can still use ``webbrowser.open`` to get the old be
---
you can no longer pass an attributes list because the constructor is now nice.
use raw api if you really need it.
goal is to hide raw api from high level api. sorry.
no parsemode. use the correct parameter. it's more convenient than setting two.
formatting_entities stays because otherwise it's the only feasible way to manually specify it.
todo update send_message and send_file docs (well review all functions)
album overhaul. use a list of Message instead.
size selector for download_profile_photo and download_media is now different
still thumb because otherwise documents are weird.
keep support for explicit size instance?
renamed send_read_acknowledge. add send_read_acknowledge as alias for mark_read?
force sms removed as it was broken anyway and not very reliable
you can now await client.action for a one-off any action not just cancel
fwd msg and delete msg now mandate a list rather than a single int or msg
(since there's msg.delete and msg.forward_to this should be no issue).
they are meant to work on lists.
also mark read only supports single now. a list would just be max anyway.
removed max id since it's not really of much use.
client loop has been removed. embrace implicit loop as asyncio does now
renamed some client params, and made other privates
timeout -> connect_timeout
connection_retries -> connect_retries
retry_delay -> connect_retry_delay
sequential_updates is gone
connection type is gone
raise_last_call_error is now the default rather than ValueError
self-produced updates like getmessage now also trigger a handler
input_peer removed from get_me; input peers should remain mostly an impl detail
raw api types and fns are now immutable. this can enable optimizations in the future.
upload_file has been removed from the public methods. it's a low-level method users should not need to use.
events have changed. rather than differentiating between "event builder" and "event instance", instead there is only the instance, and you register the class.
where you had
@client.on(events.NewMessage(chats=...))
it's now
@client.on(events.NewMessage, chats=...)
this also means filters are unified, although not all have an effect on all events. from_users renamed to senders. messageread inbox is gone in favor of outgoing/incoming.
events.register, unregister, is_handler and list are gone. now you can typehint instead.
def handler(event: events.NewMessage)
client.on, add, and remove have changed parameters/retval