Remove input_peer parameter from get_me

readthedocs/misc/v2-migration-guide.rst

@@ -773,3 +773,5 @@ 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

telethon/_client/chats.py

@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ async def get_permissions(
             entity
         ))
         if isinstance(user, _tl.InputPeerSelf):
-            user = await self.get_me(input_peer=True)
+            user = _tl.PeerUser(self._session_state.user_id)
         for participant in chat.full_chat.participants.participants:
             if participant.user_id == user.user_id:
                 return _custom.ParticipantPermissions(participant, True)

telethon/_client/telegramclient.py

@@ -3274,19 +3274,13 @@ class TelegramClient:
         """
 
     @forward_call(users.get_me)
-    async def get_me(self: 'TelegramClient', input_peer: bool = False) \
-            -> 'typing.Union[_tl.User, _tl.InputPeerUser]':
+    async def get_me(self: 'TelegramClient') \
+            -> '_tl.User':
         """
         Gets "me", the current :tl:`User` who is logged in.
 
         If the user has not logged in yet, this method returns `None`.
 
-        Arguments
-            input_peer (`bool`, optional):
-                Whether to return the :tl:`InputPeerUser` version or the normal
-                :tl:`User`. This can be useful if you just need to know the ID
-                of yourself.
-
         Returns
             Your own :tl:`User`.
 
@@ -3434,9 +3428,6 @@ class TelegramClient:
             :tl:`InputPeerUser`, :tl:`InputPeerChat` or :tl:`InputPeerChannel`
             or :tl:`InputPeerSelf` if the parameter is ``'me'`` or ``'self'``.
 
-            If you need to get the ID of yourself, you should use
-            `get_me` with ``input_peer=True``) instead.
-
         Example
             .. code-block:: python
 

telethon/_client/users.py

@@ -126,11 +126,10 @@ async def _call(self: 'TelegramClient', sender, request, ordered=False, flood_sl
     raise last_error
 
 
-async def get_me(self: 'TelegramClient', input_peer: bool = False) \
+async def get_me(self: 'TelegramClient') \
         -> 'typing.Union[_tl.User, _tl.InputPeerUser]':
     try:
-        me = (await self(_tl.fn.users.GetUsers([_tl.InputUserSelf()])))[0]
-        return utils.get_input_peer(me, allow_self=False) if input_peer else me
+        return (await self(_tl.fn.users.GetUsers([_tl.InputUserSelf()])))[0]
     except UnauthorizedError:
         return None
 
@@ -296,7 +295,7 @@ async def get_peer_id(
         peer = await self.get_input_entity(peer)
 
     if isinstance(peer, _tl.InputPeerSelf):
-        peer = await self.get_me(input_peer=True)
+        peer = _tl.PeerUser(self._session_state.user_id)
 
     return utils.get_peer_id(peer)
 

telethon/_events/common.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ async def _into_id_set(client, chats):
         else:
             chat = await client.get_input_entity(chat)
             if isinstance(chat, _tl.InputPeerSelf):
-                chat = await client.get_me(input_peer=True)
+                chat = _tl.PeerUser(self._session_state.user_id)
             result.add(utils.get_peer_id(chat))
 
     return result