Telethon/main.py
Lonami a4f68dd29a Ability to retrieve message history, example improved
The example has been improved with more options (such as print
message history), and the TelegramClient now can retrieve the
message history from any given point in time or other offsets
2016-09-08 12:13:31 +02:00

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import tl_generator
from tl.telegram_client import TelegramClient
from utils.helpers import load_settings
from datetime import datetime
if __name__ == '__main__':
if not tl_generator.tlobjects_exist():
print('Please run `python3 tl_generator.py` first!')
else:
print('Loading interactive example...')
# First, initialize our TelegramClient and connect
settings = load_settings()
client = TelegramClient(session_user_id=settings.get('session_name', 'anonymous'),
layer=55,
api_id=settings['api_id'],
api_hash=settings['api_hash'])
client.connect()
input('You should now be connected. Press enter when you are ready to continue.')
# Then, ensure we're authorized and have access
if not client.is_user_authorized():
client.send_code_request(str(settings['user_phone']))
code = input('Enter the code you just received: ')
client.make_auth(settings['user_phone'], code)
# Enter a while loop to chat as long as the user wants
while True:
# Retrieve the top dialogs
dialogs, displays, inputs = client.get_dialogs(8)
# Display them so the user can choose
for i, display in enumerate(displays):
i += 1 # 1-based index for normies
print('{}. {}'.format(i, display))
# Let the user decide who they want to talk to
i = int(input('Who do you want to send messages to (0 to exit)?: ')) - 1
if i == -1:
break
# Retrieve the selected user
dialog = dialogs[i]
display = displays[i]
input_peer = inputs[i]
# Show some information
print('You are now sending messages to "{}". Available commands:'.format(display))
print(' !q: Quits the current chat.')
print(' !h: prints the latest messages (message History) of the chat.')
# And start a while loop to chat
while True:
msg = input('Enter a message: ')
# Quit
if msg == '!q':
break
# History
elif msg == '!h':
# First retrieve the messages and some information
total_count, messages, senders = client.get_message_history(input_peer, limit=10)
# Iterate over all (in reverse order so the latest appears the last in the console)
# and print them in "[hh:mm] Sender: Message" text format
for msg, sender in zip(reversed(messages), reversed(senders)):
name = sender.first_name if sender else '???'
date = datetime.fromtimestamp(msg.date)
print('[{}:{}] {}: {}'.format(date.hour, date.minute, name, msg.message))
# Send chat message
else:
client.send_message(input_peer, msg, markdown=True, no_web_page=True)
print('Thanks for trying the interactive example! Exiting.')