MTPyroger/examples/get_history.py
Dan 8454d438be Refactor the project by using Mixin classes
This will cut client.py down from ~4k to ~1k SLOC and also
makes the whole project tidier and more organized.
2018-05-07 14:30:55 +02:00

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# Pyrogram - Telegram MTProto API Client Library for Python
# Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Dan Tès <https://github.com/delivrance>
#
# 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
import time
from pyrogram import Client
from pyrogram.api import functions
from pyrogram.api.errors import FloodWait
"""This example shows how to retrieve the full message history of a chat"""
app = Client("my_account")
app.start()
target = "me" # "me" refers to your own chat (Saved Messages)
history = [] # List that will contain all the messages of the target chat
limit = 100 # Amount of messages to retrieve for each API call
offset = 0 # Offset starts at 0
while True:
try:
messages = app.send(
functions.messages.GetHistory(
app.resolve_peer(target),
0, 0, offset, limit, 0, 0, 0
)
)
except FloodWait as e:
# For very large chats the method call can raise a FloodWait
time.sleep(e.x) # Sleep X seconds before continuing
continue
if not messages.messages:
break # No more messages left
history.extend(messages.messages)
offset += limit
app.stop()
# Now the "history" list contains all the messages sorted by date in
# descending order (from the most recent to the oldest one)