Telethon/readthedocs/extra/basic/getting-started.rst
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===============
Getting Started
===============
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
print(me.stringify())
client.send_message('username', 'Hello! Talking to you from Telethon')
client.send_file('username', '/home/myself/Pictures/holidays.jpg')
client.download_profile_photo(me)
messages = client.get_message_history('username')
client.download_media(messages[0])
**More details**: :ref:`telegram-client`