Telethon/readthedocs/extra/basic/getting-started.rst
Lonami Exo b716c4fe67 Several documentation enhancements and build warnings fixes
- Made the documentation even more friendly towards newbies.
- Eased the usage of methods like get history which now set
  a default empty message for message actions and vice versa.
- Fixed some docstring documentations too.
- Updated the old normal docs/ to link back and forth RTD.
- Fixed the version of the documentation, now auto-loaded.
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.. _getting-started:
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Getting Started
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Simple Installation
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``pip3 install telethon``
**More details**: :ref:`installation`
Creating a client
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.. code-block:: python
from telethon import TelegramClient
# These example values won't work. You must get your own api_id and
# api_hash from https://my.telegram.org, under API Development.
api_id = 12345
api_hash = '0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef'
client = TelegramClient('session_name', api_id, api_hash)
client.start()
**More details**: :ref:`creating-a-client`
Basic Usage
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.. code-block:: python
# Getting information about yourself
print(client.get_me().stringify())
# Sending a message (you can use 'me' or 'self' to message yourself)
client.send_message('username', 'Hello World from Telethon!')
# Sending a file
client.send_file('username', '/home/myself/Pictures/holidays.jpg')
# Retrieving messages from a chat
from telethon import utils
for message in client.get_message_history('username', limit=10):
print(utils.get_display_name(message.sender), message.message)
# Listing all the dialogs (conversations you have open)
for dialog in client.get_dialogs(limit=10):
print(utils.get_display_name(dialog.entity), dialog.draft.message)
# Downloading profile photos (default path is the working directory)
client.download_profile_photo('username')
# Once you have a message with .media (if message.media)
# you can download it using client.download_media():
messages = client.get_message_history('username')
client.download_media(messages[0])
**More details**: :ref:`telegram-client`
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