pyrogram/docs/source/index.rst

Welcome to Pyrogram
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        <b>Telegram MTProto API Client Library for Python</b>
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About
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Pyrogram is a fully functional Telegram Client Library written from the ground up in Python.
It offers **simple** and **complete** access to the Telegram Messenger API and is designed for Python developers
keen on building custom Telegram applications.

Features
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-   **Easy to setup**: Pyrogram can be easily installed and upgraded using **pip**, requires
    a minimal set of dependencies (which are also automatically managed) and very few lines
    of code to get started with.

-   **Easy to use**: Pyrogram provides idiomatic, developer-friendly, clean and readable
    Python code (either generated or hand-written) making the Telegram API simple to use.

-   **High level**: Pyrogram automatically handles all the low-level details of
    communication with the Telegram servers by implementing the
    `MTProto Mobile Protocol v2.0`_ and the mechanisms needed for establishing
    a reliable connection.

-   **Updated**: Pyrogram makes use of the latest Telegram API version, currently `Layer 74`_.

-   **Documented**: Pyrogram API public methods are documented and resemble the well
    established Telegram Bot API, thus offering a familiar look to Bot developers.

-   **Full API support**: Beside the simple, bot-like methods offered by the Pyrogram API,
    the library also provides a complete, low-level access to every single Telegram API method.

Preview
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.. code-block:: python

    from pyrogram import Client

    client = Client("example")
    client.start()

    client.send_message("me", "Hi there! I'm using Pyrogram")
    client.send_photo("me", "/home/dan/pic.jpg", "Nice photo!")

    client.stop()

To get started, press Next.

.. toctree::
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    :caption: Getting Started

    getting_started/QuickInstallation
    getting_started/ProjectSetup
    getting_started/BasicUsage

.. toctree::
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    :caption: Resources

    resources/TextFormatting
    resources/UpdateHandling
    resources/ErrorHandling

.. toctree::
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    :caption: Main Package

    pyrogram/index

.. toctree::
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    :caption: Telegram API

    functions/index
    types/index

.. _`MTProto Mobile Protocol v2.0`: https://core.telegram.org/mtproto

.. _`Layer 74`: https://github.com/pyrogram/pyrogram/blob/master/compiler/api/source/main_api.tl