Feature request - target Group Chat ID

[jevgen]

I tried unsuccessfully targeting group chat ID.
Currently script works for channels, but not for groups it seem.
Is it possible to add support to archive and analyse Group Chats?

[aaarghhh]

Just tested,
I can confirm that it works using "name_id" not the numeric one "(-100)xxxxxxxx" without the @.

Can you try to analyze a public chat using it's "nickname" xxxxxxxx, or a private using the related link, like https://t.me/joinchat/xxxxxxxxxxx .

The usage is:

telepathy.py -t xxxxxxxx -c

where xxxxxxxx is the name of the chat.

[jevgen]

Just tested, I can confirm that it works using "name_id" not the numeric one "(-100)xxxxxxxx" without the @.

Can you try to analyze a public chat using it's "nickname" xxxxxxxx, or a private using the related link, like https://t.me/joinchat/xxxxxxxxxxx .

The usage is:

telepathy.py -t xxxxxxxx -c

where xxxxxxxx is the name of the chat.

This is not how I can use it. On attempt to run from prompt I'm getting:

'Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/homebrew/bin/telepathy", line 8, in
sys.exit(cli())
File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 829, in call
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 782, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 610, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.10/site-packages/telepathy/telepathy.py", line 1740, in cli
client.loop.run_until_complete(main())
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.10/3.10.8/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/asyncio/base_events.py", line 649, in run_until_complete
return future.result()
File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.10/site-packages/telepathy/telepathy.py", line 444, in main
entity = await client.get_entity(t)
File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.10/site-packages/telethon/client/users.py", line 335, in get_entity
result.append(await self._get_entity_from_string(x))
File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.10/site-packages/telethon/client/users.py", line 574, in _get_entity_from_string
raise ValueError(
ValueError: Cannot find any entity corresponding to "-1756425942"'

and on attempt on running from full path I get:

'my@computer ~ % which telepathy.py
telepathy.py not found
my@computer ~ % locate telepathy.py
/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.10/site-packages/telepathy/telepathy.py
my@computer ~ % /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.10/site-packages/telepathy/telepathy.py -t -1756425942 -c
zsh: permission denied: /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.10/site-packages/telepathy/telepathy.py
'

Besides, telepathy seems not accepting non-ASCII chat names, so referring to those from numeric ID is the pnly way and it seems very much broken from attempted use.

[proseltd]

Hi @jevgen! @aaarghhh has included better support for this in the latest update. Let me me know how you get on with that and if you need any more help, I'm here!

[jevgen]

Great news! Thank you so much.