diff --git a/docs/source/pyrogram/Client.rst b/docs/source/pyrogram/Client.rst
index 3a7c231f..59293273 100644
--- a/docs/source/pyrogram/Client.rst
+++ b/docs/source/pyrogram/Client.rst
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ Messages
delete_messages
get_messages
get_history
+ get_history_count
iter_history
send_poll
vote_poll
diff --git a/pyrogram/client/methods/messages/__init__.py b/pyrogram/client/methods/messages/__init__.py
index d26c51cc..e843aa7c 100644
--- a/pyrogram/client/methods/messages/__init__.py
+++ b/pyrogram/client/methods/messages/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with Pyrogram. If not, see .
-from .stop_poll import StopPoll
from .delete_messages import DeleteMessages
from .download_media import DownloadMedia
from .edit_message_caption import EditMessageCaption
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ from .edit_message_reply_markup import EditMessageReplyMarkup
from .edit_message_text import EditMessageText
from .forward_messages import ForwardMessages
from .get_history import GetHistory
+from .get_history_count import GetHistoryCount
from .get_messages import GetMessages
from .iter_history import IterHistory
from .retract_vote import RetractVote
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from .send_venue import SendVenue
from .send_video import SendVideo
from .send_video_note import SendVideoNote
from .send_voice import SendVoice
+from .stop_poll import StopPoll
from .vote_poll import VotePoll
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ class Messages(
RetractVote,
DownloadMedia,
IterHistory,
- SendCachedMedia
+ SendCachedMedia,
+ GetHistoryCount
):
pass
diff --git a/pyrogram/client/methods/messages/get_history_count.py b/pyrogram/client/methods/messages/get_history_count.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..046ec095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyrogram/client/methods/messages/get_history_count.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Pyrogram - Telegram MTProto API Client Library for Python
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2019 Dan Tès
+#
+# This file is part of Pyrogram.
+#
+# Pyrogram is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+# by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Pyrogram is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with Pyrogram. If not, see .
+
+import logging
+import time
+from typing import Union
+
+from pyrogram.api import types, functions
+from pyrogram.client.ext import BaseClient
+from pyrogram.errors import FloodWait
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class GetHistoryCount(BaseClient):
+ def get_history_count(
+ self,
+ chat_id: Union[int, str]
+ ) -> int:
+ """Use this method to get the total count of messages in a chat.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ Due to Telegram latest internal changes, the server can't reliably find anymore the total count of messages
+ a **private** or a **basic group** chat has with a single method call. To overcome this limitation, Pyrogram
+ has to iterate over all the messages. Channels and supergroups are not affected by this limitation.
+
+ Args:
+ chat_id (``int`` | ``str``):
+ Unique identifier (int) or username (str) of the target chat.
+
+ Returns:
+ On success, an integer is returned.
+
+ Raises:
+ :class:`RPCError ` in case of a Telegram RPC error.
+ """
+
+ peer = self.resolve_peer(chat_id)
+
+ if not isinstance(peer, types.InputPeerChannel):
+ offset = 0
+ limit = 100
+
+ while True:
+ try:
+ r = self.send(
+ functions.messages.GetHistory(
+ peer=peer,
+ offset_id=1,
+ offset_date=0,
+ add_offset=-offset - limit,
+ limit=limit,
+ max_id=0,
+ min_id=0,
+ hash=0
+ )
+ )
+ except FloodWait as e:
+ log.warning("Sleeping for {}s".format(e.x))
+ time.sleep(e.x)
+ continue
+
+ if not r.messages:
+ return offset
+
+ offset += len(r.messages)
+
+ return self.get_history(chat_id=chat_id, limit=1).total_count