Better autocast to InputPeerDialog and documentation

readthedocs/extra/advanced-usage/mastering-telethon.rst

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ You can also except it and act as you prefer:
         print('Flood waited for', e.seconds)
         quit(1)
 
-VoIP numbers are very limited, and some countries are more limitted too.
+VoIP numbers are very limited, and some countries are more limited too.
 
 Chat or User From Messages
 **************************

telethon/client/users.py

@@ -401,6 +401,23 @@ class UserMethods(TelegramBaseClient):
             'Cannot find any entity corresponding to "{}"'.format(string)
         )
 
+    async def _get_input_dialog(self, dialog):
+        """
+        Returns a :tl:`InputDialogPeer`. This is a bit tricky because
+        it may or not need access to the client to convert what's given
+        into an input entity.
+        """
+        try:
+            if dialog.SUBCLASS_OF_ID == 0xa21c9795:  # crc32(b'InputDialogPeer')
+                dialog.peer = await self.get_input_entity(dialog.peer)
+                return dialog
+            elif dialog.SUBCLASS_OF_ID == 0xc91c90b6:  # crc32(b'InputPeer')
+                return types.InputDialogPeer(dialog)
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+
+        return types.InputDialogPeer(await self.get_input_entity(dialog))
+
     async def _get_input_notify(self, notify):
         """
         Returns a :tl:`InputNotifyPeer`. This is a bit tricky because

telethon_generator/generators/docs.py

@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ def _get_description(arg):
                     '<code>None</code> and can be omitted.')
         otherwise = True
 
-    if arg.type in {'InputPeer', 'InputUser', 'InputChannel'}:
+    if arg.type in {'InputPeer', 'InputUser', 'InputChannel',
+                    'InputNotifyPeer', 'InputDialogPeer'}:
         desc.append(
             'Anything entity-like will work if the library can find its '
             '<code>Input</code> version (e.g., usernames, <code>Peer</code>, '

telethon_generator/generators/tlobject.py

@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ AUTO_CASTS = {
         'utils.get_input_channel(await client.get_input_entity({}))',
     'InputUser':
         'utils.get_input_user(await client.get_input_entity({}))',
-    'InputDialogPeer':
-        'utils.get_input_dialog(await client.get_input_entity({}))',
 
+    'InputDialogPeer': 'await client._get_input_dialog({})',
     'InputNotifyPeer': 'await client._get_input_notify({})',
     'InputMedia': 'utils.get_input_media({})',
     'InputPhoto': 'utils.get_input_photo({})',