# Pyrogram - Telegram MTProto API Client Library for Python # Copyright (C) 2017-2018 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 . from pyrogram.api import functions, types from ...ext import BaseClient class JoinChat(BaseClient): def join_chat(self, chat_id: str): """Use this method to join a group chat or channel. Args: chat_id (``str``): Unique identifier for the target chat in form of a *t.me/joinchat/* link or username of the target channel/supergroup (in the format @username). Raises: :class:`Error ` in case of a Telegram RPC error. """ match = self.INVITE_LINK_RE.match(chat_id) if match: return self.send( functions.messages.ImportChatInvite( hash=match.group(1) ) ) else: resolved_peer = self.send( functions.contacts.ResolveUsername( username=chat_id.lower().strip("@") ) ) channel = types.InputPeerChannel( channel_id=resolved_peer.chats[0].id, access_hash=resolved_peer.chats[0].access_hash ) return self.send( functions.channels.JoinChannel( channel=channel ) )