InitHistoryImportRequest

Only users can use this request. See code examples.

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messages.initHistoryImport#34090c3b peer:InputPeer file:InputFile media_count:int = messages.HistoryImport

Returns

messages.HistoryImport

This type can only be an instance of:

HistoryImport

Parameters

peer	InputPeer	Anything entity-like will work if the library can find its `Input` version (e.g., usernames, `Peer`, `User` or `Channel` objects, etc.).
file	InputFile
media_count	int

Known RPC errors

This request can cause 4 known errors:

`ImportFileInvalidError`	The file is too large to be imported.
`ImportFormatUnrecognizedError`	Unknown import format.
`PreviousChatImportActiveWaitMinError`	Similar to a flood wait, must wait {minutes} minutes.
`TimeoutError`	A timeout occurred while fetching data from the worker.

You can import these from telethon.errors.

Example

from telethon.sync import TelegramClient
from telethon import functions, types

with TelegramClient(name, api_id, api_hash) as client:
    result = client(functions.messages.InitHistoryImportRequest(
        peer='username',
        file=client.upload_file('/path/to/file.jpg'),
        media_count=42
    ))
    print(result.stringify())