GetUserInfoRequest

Only users can use this request. See code examples.

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help.getUserInfo#038a08d3 user_id:InputUser = help.UserInfo

Returns

help.UserInfo

This type can be an instance of either:

UserInfoUserInfoEmpty

Parameters

user_idInputUserAnything entity-like will work if the library can find its Input version (e.g., usernames, Peer, User or Channel objects, etc.).

Known RPC errors

This request can cause 1 known error:

UserInvalidErrorThe given user was invalid.

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.help.GetUserInfoRequest(
        user_id='username'
    ))
    print(result.stringify())