# Telethon **Telethon** is Telegram client implementation in Python. This project's _core_ is **completely based** on [TLSharp](https://github.com/sochix/TLSharp). All the files which are fully based on it will have a notice on the top of the file. Also don't forget to have a look to the original project. The files without the previously mentioned notice are no longer part of TLSharp itself, or have enough modifications to make them entirely different. ### Requirements This project requires the following Python modules, which can be installed by issuing `sudo -H pip3 install ` on a Linux terminal: - `pyaes` ([GitHub](https://github.com/ricmoo/pyaes), [package index](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyaes)) Also, you need to obtain your both [API ID and Hash](my.telegram.org). Once you have them, head to `api/` and create a copy of the `settings_example` file, naming it `settings` (lowercase!). Then fill the file with the corresponding values (your `api_id`, `api_hash` and phone number in international format). Now it is when you're ready to go! ### Plans for the future If everything works well, this probably ends up being a Python package :) But as of now, and until that happens, help is highly appreciated! ### Code generator limitations The current code generator is not complete, yet adding the missing features would only over-complicate an already hard-to-read code. Some parts of the `.tl` file _should_ be omitted, because they're "built-in" in the generated code (such as writing booleans, etc.). In order to make sure that all the generated files will work, please make sure to **always** comment out these lines in `scheme.tl` (the latest version can always be found [here](https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/master/Telegram/SourceFiles/mtproto/scheme.tl)): ```tl // boolFalse#bc799737 = Bool; // boolTrue#997275b5 = Bool; // true#3fedd339 = True; // vector#1cb5c415 {t:Type} # [ t ] = Vector t; ``` Also please make sure to rename `updates#74ae4240 ...` to `updates_tg#74ae4240 ...` or similar to avoid confusion between the `updates` folder and the `updates.py` file!