# 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 pyrogram from pyrogram.api import functions, types from ...ext import BaseClient class GetChatPreview(BaseClient): def get_chat_preview( self, invite_link: str ): """Use this method to get the preview of a chat using the invite link. This method only returns a chat preview, if you want to join a chat use :meth:`join_chat` Parameters: invite_link (``str``): Unique identifier for the target chat in form of *t.me/joinchat/* links. Returns: :obj:`Chat`: In case you already joined the chat. :obj:`ChatPreview` -- In case you haven't joined the chat yet. Raises: RPCError: In case of a Telegram RPC error. ValueError: In case of an invalid invite link. """ match = self.INVITE_LINK_RE.match(invite_link) if match: r = self.send( functions.messages.CheckChatInvite( hash=match.group(1) ) ) if isinstance(r, types.ChatInvite): return pyrogram.ChatPreview._parse(self, r) if isinstance(r, types.ChatInviteAlready): chat = r.chat if isinstance(chat, types.Chat): return pyrogram.Chat._parse_chat_chat(self, chat) if isinstance(chat, types.Channel): return pyrogram.Chat._parse_channel_chat(self, chat) else: raise ValueError("The invite_link is invalid")