Allow sending several requests at once through new MessageContainer

telethon/network/mtproto_sender.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from ..errors import (
     rpc_message_to_error
 )
 from ..extensions import BinaryReader, BinaryWriter
+from ..tl import MessageContainer
 from ..tl.all_tlobjects import tlobjects
 from ..tl.types import MsgsAck
 
@@ -56,14 +57,20 @@ class MtProtoSender:
 
     # region Send and receive
 
-    def send(self, request):
+    def send(self, *requests):
         """Sends the specified MTProtoRequest, previously sending any message
            which needed confirmation."""
 
         # If any message needs confirmation send an AckRequest first
         self._send_acknowledges()
 
-        # Finally send our packed request
+        # Finally send our packed request(s)
+        self._pending_receive.extend(requests)
+        if len(requests) == 1:
+            request = requests[0]
+        else:
+            request = MessageContainer(self.session, requests)
+
         with BinaryWriter() as writer:
             request.on_send(writer)
             self._send_packet(writer.get_bytes(), request)
@@ -268,22 +275,17 @@ class MtProtoSender:
 
     def _handle_container(self, msg_id, sequence, reader, state):
         self._logger.debug('Handling container')
-        reader.read_int(signed=False)  # code
+        for inner_msg_id, _, inner_len in MessageContainer.iter_read(reader):
-        size = reader.read_int()
-        for _ in range(size):
-            inner_msg_id = reader.read_long()
-            reader.read_int()  # inner_sequence
-            inner_length = reader.read_int()
             begin_position = reader.tell_position()
 
             # Note that this code is IMPORTANT for skipping RPC results of
             # lost requests (i.e., ones from the previous connection session)
             try:
                 if not self._process_msg(inner_msg_id, sequence, reader, state):
-                    reader.set_position(begin_position + inner_length)
+                    reader.set_position(begin_position + inner_len)
             except:
                 # If any error is raised, something went wrong; skip the packet
-                reader.set_position(begin_position + inner_length)
+                reader.set_position(begin_position + inner_len)
                 raise
 
         return True

telethon/telegram_bare_client.py

@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class TelegramBareClient:
 
     # region Invoking Telegram requests
 
-    def invoke(self, request, call_receive=True, retries=5):
+    def invoke(self, *requests, call_receive=True, retries=5):
         """Invokes (sends) a MTProtoRequest and returns (receives) its result.
 
            If 'updates' is not None, all read update object will be put
@@ -300,7 +300,8 @@ class TelegramBareClient:
            thread calling to 'self._sender.receive()' running or this method
            will lock forever.
         """
-        if not isinstance(request, TLObject) and not request.content_related:
+        if not all(isinstance(x, TLObject) and
+                   x.content_related for x in requests):
             raise ValueError('You can only invoke requests, not types!')
 
         if retries <= 0:
@@ -308,20 +309,22 @@ class TelegramBareClient:
 
         try:
             # Ensure that we start with no previous errors (i.e. resending)
-            request.confirm_received.clear()
+            for x in requests:
-            request.rpc_error = None
+                x.confirm_received.clear()
+                x.rpc_error = None
 
-            self._sender.send(request)
+            self._sender.send(*requests)
             if not call_receive:
                 # TODO This will be slightly troublesome if we allow
                 # switching between constant read or not on the fly.
                 # Must also watch out for calling .read() from two places,
                 # in which case a Lock would be required for .receive().
-                request.confirm_received.wait(
+                for x in requests:
+                    x.confirm_received.wait(
                         self._sender.connection.get_timeout()
                     )
             else:
-                while not request.confirm_received.is_set():
+                while not all(x.confirm_received.is_set() for x in requests):
                     self._sender.receive(update_state=self.updates)
 
         except TimeoutError:
@@ -336,14 +339,19 @@ class TelegramBareClient:
             self.disconnect()
             raise
 
-        if request.rpc_error:
+        try:
-            raise request.rpc_error
+            raise next(x.rpc_error for x in requests if x.rpc_error)
-        if request.result is None:
+        except StopIteration:
+            if any(x.result is None for x in requests):
+                # "A container may only be accepted or
+                #  rejected by the other party as a whole."
                 return self.invoke(
-                request, call_receive=call_receive, retries=(retries - 1)
+                    *requests, call_receive=call_receive, retries=(retries - 1)
                 )
+            elif len(requests) == 1:
+                return requests[0].result
             else:
-            return request.result
+                return [x.result for x in requests]
 
     # Let people use client(SomeRequest()) instead client.invoke(...)
     __call__ = invoke

telethon/telegram_client.py

@@ -239,11 +239,10 @@ class TelegramClient(TelegramBareClient):
 
     # region Telegram requests functions
 
-    def invoke(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+    def invoke(self, *requests, **kwargs):
-        """Invokes (sends) a MTProtoRequest and returns (receives) its result.
+        """Invokes (sends) one or several MTProtoRequest and returns
-           An optional 'retries' parameter can be set.
+           (receives) their result. An optional named 'retries' parameter
-
+           can be used, indicating how many times it should retry.
-           *args will be ignored.
         """
         # This is only valid when the read thread is reconnecting,
         # that is, the connection lock is locked.
@@ -261,7 +260,8 @@ class TelegramClient(TelegramBareClient):
                 self._recv_thread is None or self._connect_lock.locked()
 
             return super().invoke(
-                request, call_receive=call_receive,
+                *requests,
+                call_receive=call_receive,
                 retries=kwargs.get('retries', 5)
             )
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class TelegramClient(TelegramBareClient):
             # be on the very first connection (not authorized, not running),
             # but may be an issue for people who actually travel?
             self._reconnect(new_dc=e.new_dc)
-            return self.invoke(request)
+            return self.invoke(*requests)
 
         except ConnectionResetError as e:
             if self._connect_lock.locked():

telethon/tl/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 from .tlobject import TLObject
 from .session import Session
+from .message_container import MessageContainer

telethon/tl/message_container.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+from . import TLObject
+from ..extensions import BinaryWriter
+
+
+class MessageContainer(TLObject):
+    constructor_id = 0x8953ad37
+
+    # TODO Currently it's a bit of a hack, since the container actually holds
+    # messages (message id, sequence number, request body), not requests.
+    # Probably create a proper "Message" class
+    def __init__(self, session, requests):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.content_related = False
+        self.session = session
+        self.requests = requests
+
+    def on_send(self, writer):
+        writer.write_int(0x73f1f8dc, signed=False)
+        writer.write_int(len(self.requests))
+        for x in self.requests:
+            with BinaryWriter() as aux:
+                x.on_send(aux)
+                x.request_msg_id = self.session.get_new_msg_id()
+
+                writer.write_long(x.request_msg_id)
+                writer.write_int(
+                    self.session.generate_sequence(x.content_related)
+                )
+                packet = aux.get_bytes()
+                writer.write_int(len(packet))
+                writer.write(packet)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def iter_read(reader):
+        reader.read_int(signed=False)  # code
+        size = reader.read_int()
+        for _ in range(size):
+            inner_msg_id = reader.read_long()
+            inner_sequence = reader.read_int()
+            inner_length = reader.read_int()
+            yield inner_msg_id, inner_sequence, inner_length