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Pyrogram Glossary
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This page contains a list of common words with brief explanations related to Pyrogram and, to some extent, Telegram in
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general.
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.. glossary::
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API
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Application Programming Interface: a set of methods, protocols and tools that make it easier to develop programs
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by providing useful building blocks to the developer.
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API key
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A secret code used to authenticate and/or authorize a specific application to Telegram in order for it to
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control how the API is being used, for example, to prevent abuses of the API.
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MTProto
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The name of the custom-made, open encryption protocol by Telegram, implemented in Pyrogram.
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MTProto API
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The Telegram main API Pyrogram makes use of, which is able to connect both users and normal bots to Telegram
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using MTProto as application layer protocol and execute any method Telegram provides from its public schema.
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Bot API
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The `Telegram Bot API`_ that is able to only connect normal bots to Telegram using HTTP as application layer
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protocol and allows to execute a subset of the main Telegram API.
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Pyrogrammer
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A developer that uses Pyrogram to build Telegram applications.
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Userbot
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Also known as *user bot* or *ubot* for short, is a user logged in by third-party Telegram libraries --- such as
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Pyrogram --- to automate some behaviours, like sending messages or reacting to text commands or any other event.
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Session
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Also known as *login session*, is a strictly personal piece of information created and held by both parties
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(client and server) which is used to grant permission into a single account without having to start a new
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authorization process from scratch.
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Callback
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Also known as *callback function*, is a user-defined generic function that *can be* registered to and then
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called-back by the framework when specific events occurs.
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Handler
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An object that wraps around a callback function that is *actually meant* to be registered into the framework,
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which will then be able to handle a specific kind of events, such as a new incoming message, for example.
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Decorator
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Also known as *function decorator*, in Python, is a callable object that is used to modify another function.
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Decorators in Pyrogram are used to automatically register callback functions for `handling updates`_.
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.. _Telegram Bot API: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api
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.. _handling updates: ../start/updates
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