python-telegram

Python API for the tdlib library. It helps you build your own Telegram clients.

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Installation

This library requires Python 3.8+ and Linux or MacOS. Windows is not supported.

pip install python-telegram

See documentation for more details.

Docker

This library has a docker image:

docker run -i -t --rm \
            -v /tmp/docker-python-telegram/:/tmp/ \
            akhmetov/python-telegram \
            python3 /app/examples/send_message.py $(API_ID) $(API_HASH) $(PHONE) $(CHAT_ID) $(TEXT)

How to use

Have a look at the tutorial :)

Basic example:

from telegram.client import Telegram
from telegram.text import Spoiler

tg = Telegram(
    api_id='api_id',
    api_hash='api_hash',
    phone='+31611111111',  # you can pass 'bot_token' instead
    database_encryption_key='changekey123',
    files_directory='/tmp/.tdlib_files/',
)
tg.login()

# if this is the first run, library needs to preload all chats
# otherwise the message will not be sent
result = tg.get_chats()
result.wait()

chat_id: int
result = tg.send_message(chat_id, Spoiler('Hello world!'))
# `tdlib` is asynchronous, so `python-telegram` always returns you an `AsyncResult` object.
# You can receive a result with the `wait` method of this object.
result.wait()
print(result.update)

tg.stop()  # you must call `stop` at the end of the script

You can also use call_method to call any tdlib method:

tg.call_method('getUser',  params={'user_id': user_id})

More examples you can find in the /examples/ directory.

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More information in the documentation.

Development

See CONTRIBUTING.md.