From 07276e31b96a029d8789dd98ede1407adc52f771 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan <14043624+delivrance@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:36:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add restart method

---
 docs/source/pyrogram/Client.rst |  1 +
 pyrogram/client/client.py       | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/source/pyrogram/Client.rst b/docs/source/pyrogram/Client.rst
index 9a1b0509..f9e50d3e 100644
--- a/docs/source/pyrogram/Client.rst
+++ b/docs/source/pyrogram/Client.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Utilities
 
     start
     stop
+    restart
     idle
     run
     add_handler
diff --git a/pyrogram/client/client.py b/pyrogram/client/client.py
index 7b5c1aea..61a3775b 100644
--- a/pyrogram/client/client.py
+++ b/pyrogram/client/client.py
@@ -374,6 +374,16 @@ class Client(Methods, BaseClient):
 
         return self
 
+    def restart(self):
+        """Use this method to restart the Client.
+        Requires no parameters.
+
+        Raises:
+            ``ConnectionError`` in case you try to restart a stopped Client.
+        """
+        self.stop()
+        self.start()
+
     def idle(self, stop_signals: tuple = (SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGABRT)):
         """Blocks the program execution until one of the signals are received,
         then gently stop the Client by closing the underlying connection.