# Pyrogram - Telegram MTProto API Client Library for Python # Copyright (C) 2017-present Dan # # 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 from typing import Union from pyrogram import raw from pyrogram.scaffold import Scaffold log = logging.getLogger(__name__) class GetHistoryCount(Scaffold): async def get_history_count( self, chat_id: Union[int, str] ) -> int: """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. Parameters: chat_id (``int`` | ``str``): Unique identifier (int) or username (str) of the target chat. Returns: ``int``: On success, the chat history count is returned. Example: .. code-block:: python app.get_history_count(chat_id) """ r = await self.send( raw.functions.messages.GetHistory( peer=await self.resolve_peer(chat_id), offset_id=0, offset_date=0, add_offset=0, limit=1, max_id=0, min_id=0, hash=0 ) ) if isinstance(r, raw.types.messages.Messages): return len(r.messages) else: return r.count