MTPyroger/examples/get_history.py

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import time
from pyrogram import Client
from pyrogram.api import functions
from pyrogram.api.errors import FloodWait
client = Client("example")
client.start()
target = "me" # "me" refers to your own chat (Saved Messages)
history = [] # List that will contain all the messages of the target chat
limit = 100 # Amount of messages to retrieve for each API call
offset = 0 # Offset starts at 0
while True:
try:
messages = client.send(
functions.messages.GetHistory(
client.resolve_peer(target),
0, 0, offset, limit, 0, 0, 0
)
)
except FloodWait as e:
# For very large chats the method call can raise a FloodWait
time.sleep(e.x) # Sleep X seconds before continuing
continue
if not messages.messages:
break # No more messages left
history.extend(messages.messages)
offset += limit
# Now the "history" list contains all the messages sorted by date in
# descending order (from the most recent to the oldest one)