A simple example to understand how Telethon library works. Read More!
- Create a virtual enviroment to avoid some dependencies problems
- Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt - Rename
settings.example.pytosettings.py. You must not commit that file. - Visit Telegram website and create a new app.
- Paste APP api_id and APP api_hash into
settings.py - Paste one of your dialogs' name into
CHANNEL_NAMEto get its latest msgs.
In the first run the library will require your phone number to send you an activation code. The number must include the prefix (+1, +34...) . Some extra files will be created and if you remove then, the activation process will be required again.
- Send a test message to yourself
- Show X messages from every channel
- Listen incoming messages