January 21, 2019August 2, 2019 by Majid Alizadeh

Adding Telegram Group Members to Your Groups Using Telethon

In the previous Telethon tutorial you learned how to send messages to Telegram group members. Now you are going to learn how to add new members to your own group. We will read the member list from the csv file which we extracted in the previous tutorial and add them to our group.

Make sure to check our previous Telethon tutorials to understand the basics of using Telethon and Telegram API.

The first steps are going to be very similar to the previous tutorials. Basically you need to get API keys from telegram and install Telethon using pip.

So let’s get started.

Disclaimer: Telegram does not allow adding more than 200 members to a group or channel by one account. Using this script, I am able to add around 150-200 members with 60 second sleep between each add; after that, you have to change to another Telegram account/number.

Tutorial Contents

Get Telegram API Key

As stated in the previous tutorial you need to get your Telegram API credentials to be able to use the API. So do not hesitate and check the previous tutorial and use the guide to get your own Telegram API credentials, or simply follow these steps:

• Sign up for Telegram using any application.
• Log in to your Telegram core: https://my.telegram.org.
• Go to ‘API development tools’ and fill out the form.
• You will get basic addresses as well as the api_id and api_hash parameters required for user authorization.

Install Telethon

Also you need to install Telethon using pip.

python -m pip install telethon

1 2	python -m pip install telethon

Note: If you are on Linux or Mac, you might need to use sudo before pip to avoid permissions issues.

Create Client Object and Login

As usual we have to create a Telegram client object and check if it is already authorized otherwise ask for an OTP password.

Create a client object.

from telethon.sync import TelegramClient
api_id = 123456
api_hash = 'YOUR_API_HASH'
phone = '+111111111111'
client = TelegramClient(phone, api_id, api_hash)

from telethon.sync import TelegramClient

api_id = 123456

api_hash = 'YOUR_API_HASH'

phone = '+111111111111'

client = TelegramClient(phone, api_id, api_hash)

Note: For the sake of simplicity we are importing TelegramClient from telethon.sync module.

Next, you have to connect the client and check if it is already authorized, otherwise Telegram will send an OTP password to the client and we will ask the user to enter the code which they received.

client.connect()
if not client.is_user_authorized():
    client.send_code_request(phone)
    client.sign_in(phone, input('Enter the code: '))

client.connect()

if not client.is_user_authorized():

client.send_code_request(phone)

client.sign_in(phone, input('Enter the code: '))

Read Members from CSV File

We are passing the file name in the sys.argv parameters. sys.argv is a list in Python, which contains the command-line arguments passed to the script.

So if you run python sendMessage.py users.csv in the command line sys.argv will return a list like this:

['sendMessage.py', 'users.csv']

1 2	['sendMessage.py', 'users.csv']

As you can see, the first item in the list is the name of the script and the second item is the name of our CSV file. So we can access the file name with sys.argv[1] .

Now you have the name (or path) of our CSV file and you can use Python’s csv module to read the file and create a list of users.

Import the required modules

import sys
import csv

import sys

import csv

Create a dictionary for every user and append that to our user list.

input_file = sys.argv[1]
users = []
with open(input_file, encoding='UTF-8') as f:
    rows = csv.reader(f,delimiter=",",lineterminator="\n")
    next(rows, None)
    for row in rows:
        user = {}
        user['username'] = row[0]
        user['id'] = int(row[1])
        user['access_hash'] = int(row[2])
        user['name'] = row[3]
        users.append(user)

input_file = sys.argv[1]

users = []

with open(input_file, encoding='UTF-8') as f:

rows = csv.reader(f,delimiter=",",lineterminator="\n")

next(rows, None)

for row in rows:

user = {}

user['username'] = row[0]

user['id'] = int(row[1])

user['access_hash'] = int(row[2])

user['name'] = row[3]

users.append(user)

Note: You need to cast the user id and access hash to integer type.

Note: We skip the first row in the CSV file (header) using the next function.

Choose a Group to Add Members

In this step, you are going to ask the user to select a group which they want to add the members to it.

First get all groups using GetDialogsRequest .

from telethon.tl.functions.messages import GetDialogsRequest
from telethon.tl.types import InputPeerEmpty
chats = []
last_date = None
chunk_size = 200
groups=[]

result = client(GetDialogsRequest(
             offset_date=last_date,
             offset_id=0,
             offset_peer=InputPeerEmpty(),
             limit=chunk_size,
             hash = 0
         ))
chats.extend(result.chats)

from telethon.tl.functions.messages import GetDialogsRequest

from telethon.tl.types import InputPeerEmpty

chats = []

last_date = None

chunk_size = 200

groups=[]

result = client(GetDialogsRequest(

offset_date=last_date,

offset_id=0,

offset_peer=InputPeerEmpty(),

limit=chunk_size,

hash = 0

))

chats.extend(result.chats)

Add only super groups to groups list.

for chat in chats:
    try:
        if chat.megagroup == True:
            groups.append(chat)
    except:
        continue

for chat in chats:

try:

if chat.megagroup == True:

groups.append(chat)

except:

continue

Now print all of the groups on screen with their indexes and ask the user to enter the group index they want.

print('Choose a group to add members:')
i=0
for group in groups:
    print(str(i) + '- ' + group.title)
    i+=1

print('Choose a group to add members:')

i=0

for group in groups:

print(str(i) + '- ' + group.title)

i+=1

Ask for input and get the group using entered index.

g_index = input("Enter a Number: ")
target_group=groups[int(g_index)]

g_index = input("Enter a Number: ")

target_group=groups[int(g_index)]

Get the group entity.

from telethon.tl.types import InputPeerChannel
target_group_entity = InputPeerChannel(target_group.id,target_group.access_hash)

from telethon.tl.types import InputPeerChannel

target_group_entity = InputPeerChannel(target_group.id,target_group.access_hash)

Ask User to Enter the Adding Mode

For adding the user we need to get the user entity first. There is two options to do this.

First let’s ask the user which mode they want and then we will explain them one by one.

mode = int(input("Enter 1 to add by username or 2 to add by ID: "))

1 2	mode = int(input("Enter 1 to add by username or 2 to add by ID: "))

1- By username

Basically you can get any entity in Telethon including users, channels or groups using its username. But as I mentioned before not every user has a username. So if this mode is selected by user we will skip the users which don’t have a user name while adding. Here is how you can get the user entity by its username.

user_to_add = client.get_input_entity(user['username'])

1 2	user_to_add = client.get_input_entity(user['username'])

2- By Id and access hash

Every entity in Telegram has an ID and an access hash. The ID is unique but the access hash is different for every telegram account. It means if you scrape the users with an account and you want to add them using another account then you can’t use this mode.

from telethon.tl.types InputPeerUser
user_to_add = InputPeerUser(user['id'], user['access_hash'])

from telethon.tl.types InputPeerUser

user_to_add = InputPeerUser(user['id'], user['access_hash'])

Add Members to the Selected Group

Now you have the users in users list and the selected group in target_group . We will use InviteToChannelRequest function to the add a user to the group. So let’s import it first.

from telethon.tl.functions.channels import InviteToChannelRequest

1 2	from telethon.tl.functions.channels import InviteToChannelRequest

Then you need to get the user based on the entered mode (i.e by ID or by user name.

if mode == 1:
    user_to_add = InputPeerUser(user['id'], user['access_hash'])
elif mode == 2:
    user_to_add = client.get_input_entity(user['username'])
else:
    sys.exit("Invalid Mode Selected. Please Try Again.")

if mode == 1:

user_to_add = InputPeerUser(user['id'], user['access_hash'])

elif mode == 2:

user_to_add = client.get_input_entity(user['username'])

else:

sys.exit("Invalid Mode Selected. Please Try Again.")

Handle Exceptions

Now you can start adding the users but you have to consider some error scenarios.

1- PeerFloodError

If you put too much requests on Telegram API or commit tasks very fast, you will get PeerFloodError . So you need to put a waiting time between each add to prevent this error. We will use 60 seconds in this tutorial to stay safe. But you can play with this number and find the optimum value.

You can also use the random library’s randrange() method giving a random sleep time, say between 60 and 180 seconds. For the sake for clarification, the code below users “print”, but you can of course delete it.

import random
from time import sleep

for x in range(5):
    sleep(random.randrange(60, 180))
    print("Sleep")

import random

from time import sleep

for x in range(5):

sleep(random.randrange(60, 180))

print("Sleep")

2- UserPrivacyRestrictedError

You might get this error for some users depending on their privacy settings.

Finally, let’s add our new members.

for user in users:
    try:
        print ("Adding {}".format(user['id']))
        if mode == 1:
            if user['username'] == "":
                continue
            user_to_add = client.get_input_entity(user['username'])
        elif mode == 2:
            user_to_add = InputPeerUser(user['id'], user['access_hash'])
        else:
            sys.exit("Invalid Mode Selected. Please Try Again.")
        client(InviteToChannelRequest(target_group_entity,[user_to_add]))
        print("Waiting 60 Seconds...")
        time.sleep(60)
    except PeerFloodError:
        print("Getting Flood Error from telegram. Script is stopping now. Please try again after some time.")
    except UserPrivacyRestrictedError:
        print("The user's privacy settings do not allow you to do this. Skipping.")
    except:
        traceback.print_exc()
        print("Unexpected Error")
        continue

for user in users:

try:

print ("Adding {}".format(user['id']))

if mode == 1:

if user['username'] == "":

continue

user_to_add = client.get_input_entity(user['username'])

elif mode == 2:

user_to_add = InputPeerUser(user['id'], user['access_hash'])

else:

sys.exit("Invalid Mode Selected. Please Try Again.")

client(InviteToChannelRequest(target_group_entity,[user_to_add]))

print("Waiting 60 Seconds...")

time.sleep(60)

except PeerFloodError:

print("Getting Flood Error from telegram. Script is stopping now. Please try again after some time.")

except UserPrivacyRestrictedError:

print("The user's privacy settings do not allow you to do this. Skipping.")

except:

traceback.print_exc()

print("Unexpected Error")

continue

3. FloodWaitError

If you get this error, you should either wait for the stated time or use another Telegram number.

telethon.errors.rpcerrorlist.FloodWaitError: A wait of 58593 seconds is required
(caused by SendCodeRequest)

So you must avoid this error in the first place. To do so, it is recommended to give an extra sleep time (15 minutes or more) after adding every 50 users. If this will take much time, you can use a cloud server to run your code.

To get a general idea about how this works, run this simple code. Here, you have a list of names; the code loops over names, sleep for 5 seconds after each 10 names, and print the name.

from time import sleep

lst = ["Kathrine Geier", "Shayne Seiter", "Annabel Fogal", "Janean Burkhart", "Myrta Matthew", "Dori Sharpe", "Lupe Fiscus", "Juanita Mankin", "Kathlene Tullis", "Zofia Aungst", "Yoshie Destefano", "Janette Rainey", "Robin Kimbrell", "Shenna Topps", "Tamera Asmussen", "Bette Sorrentino", "Leslee Deets", "Kayla Falconer", "Priscila Pardee", "Emily Brice", "Lasonya Ehrhart", "Shanna Caudillo", "Gidget Rush", "Tempie Angevine", "Eveline Texada", "Tameka Regal", "Jerrell Valois", "Leonora Rudder", "Chau Garrison", "Venus Leeper", "Oretha Sontag", "Dorene Brownson", "Emmaline Bingman", "Karolyn Rager", "Marin Mcfadden", "Hortencia Reza", "Tamara Thackston", "Emmie Mullins", "Kristina Barham", "Lionel Warfel", "Kelli Jepson", "Jonie Galvan", "Emil Schindler", "Tari Scull", "Maritza Wiersma", "Jovita Goodlett", "Alphonso Hartsoe", "Morris Beitz", "Olin Brunke", "Wan Ferrer"]

n = 0

for l in lst:
    n = n + 1
        if n % 10 == 0:
           sleep(5)
           print(n, l)

from time import sleep

lst = ["Kathrine Geier", "Shayne Seiter", "Annabel Fogal", "Janean Burkhart", "Myrta Matthew", "Dori Sharpe", "Lupe Fiscus", "Juanita Mankin", "Kathlene Tullis", "Zofia Aungst", "Yoshie Destefano", "Janette Rainey", "Robin Kimbrell", "Shenna Topps", "Tamera Asmussen", "Bette Sorrentino", "Leslee Deets", "Kayla Falconer", "Priscila Pardee", "Emily Brice", "Lasonya Ehrhart", "Shanna Caudillo", "Gidget Rush", "Tempie Angevine", "Eveline Texada", "Tameka Regal", "Jerrell Valois", "Leonora Rudder", "Chau Garrison", "Venus Leeper", "Oretha Sontag", "Dorene Brownson", "Emmaline Bingman", "Karolyn Rager", "Marin Mcfadden", "Hortencia Reza", "Tamara Thackston", "Emmie Mullins", "Kristina Barham", "Lionel Warfel", "Kelli Jepson", "Jonie Galvan", "Emil Schindler", "Tari Scull", "Maritza Wiersma", "Jovita Goodlett", "Alphonso Hartsoe", "Morris Beitz", "Olin Brunke", "Wan Ferrer"]

n = 0

for l in lst:

n = n + 1

if n % 10 == 0:

sleep(5)

print(n, l)

As I mentioned earlier, Telegram does not allow adding more than 200 members to a group or channel by one account. Using this script, I am able to add around 150-200 members with 60 second sleep between each add; after that, you have to change to another Telegram account/number.

Project Source Code for Adding Members to Telegram Groups Tutorial

Here is the completed code for this tutorial.

from telethon.sync import TelegramClient
from telethon.tl.functions.messages import GetDialogsRequest
from telethon.tl.types import InputPeerEmpty, InputPeerChannel, InputPeerUser
from telethon.errors.rpcerrorlist import PeerFloodError, UserPrivacyRestrictedError
from telethon.tl.functions.channels import InviteToChannelRequest
import sys
import csv
import traceback
import time

api_id = 123456
api_hash = 'YOUR_API_HASH'
phone = '+111111111111'
client = TelegramClient(phone, api_id, api_hash)

client.connect()
if not client.is_user_authorized():
    client.send_code_request(phone)
    client.sign_in(phone, input('Enter the code: '))

input_file = sys.argv[1]
users = []
with open(input_file, encoding='UTF-8') as f:
    rows = csv.reader(f,delimiter=",",lineterminator="\n")
    next(rows, None)
    for row in rows:
        user = {}
        user['username'] = row[0]
        user['id'] = int(row[1])
        user['access_hash'] = int(row[2])
        user['name'] = row[3]
        users.append(user)

chats = []
last_date = None
chunk_size = 200
groups=[]

result = client(GetDialogsRequest(
             offset_date=last_date,
             offset_id=0,
             offset_peer=InputPeerEmpty(),
             limit=chunk_size,
             hash = 0
         ))
chats.extend(result.chats)

for chat in chats:
    try:
        if chat.megagroup== True:
            groups.append(chat)
    except:
        continue

print('Choose a group to add members:')
i=0
for group in groups:
    print(str(i) + '- ' + group.title)
    i+=1

g_index = input("Enter a Number: ")
target_group=groups[int(g_index)]

target_group_entity = InputPeerChannel(target_group.id,target_group.access_hash)

mode = int(input("Enter 1 to add by username or 2 to add by ID: "))

for user in users:
    try:
        print ("Adding {}".format(user['id']))
        if mode == 1:
            if user['username'] == "":
                continue
            user_to_add = client.get_input_entity(user['username'])
        elif mode == 2:
            user_to_add = InputPeerUser(user['id'], user['access_hash'])
        else:
            sys.exit("Invalid Mode Selected. Please Try Again.")
        client(InviteToChannelRequest(target_group_entity,[user_to_add]))
        print("Waiting 60 Seconds...")
        time.sleep(60)
    except PeerFloodError:
        print("Getting Flood Error from telegram. Script is stopping now. Please try again after some time.")
    except UserPrivacyRestrictedError:
        print("The user's privacy settings do not allow you to do this. Skipping.")
    except:
        traceback.print_exc()
        print("Unexpected Error")
        continue

from telethon.sync import TelegramClient

from telethon.tl.functions.messages import GetDialogsRequest

from telethon.tl.types import InputPeerEmpty, InputPeerChannel, InputPeerUser

from telethon.errors.rpcerrorlist import PeerFloodError, UserPrivacyRestrictedError

from telethon.tl.functions.channels import InviteToChannelRequest

import sys

import csv

import traceback

import time

api_id = 123456

api_hash = 'YOUR_API_HASH'

phone = '+111111111111'

client = TelegramClient(phone, api_id, api_hash)

client.connect()

if not client.is_user_authorized():

client.send_code_request(phone)

client.sign_in(phone, input('Enter the code: '))

input_file = sys.argv[1]

users = []

with open(input_file, encoding='UTF-8') as f:

rows = csv.reader(f,delimiter=",",lineterminator="\n")

next(rows, None)

for row in rows:

user = {}

user['username'] = row[0]

user['id'] = int(row[1])

user['access_hash'] = int(row[2])

user['name'] = row[3]

users.append(user)

chats = []

last_date = None

chunk_size = 200

groups=[]

result = client(GetDialogsRequest(

offset_date=last_date,

offset_id=0,

offset_peer=InputPeerEmpty(),

limit=chunk_size,

hash = 0

))

chats.extend(result.chats)

for chat in chats:

try:

if chat.megagroup== True:

groups.append(chat)

except:

continue

print('Choose a group to add members:')

i=0

for group in groups:

print(str(i) + '- ' + group.title)

i+=1

g_index = input("Enter a Number: ")

target_group=groups[int(g_index)]

target_group_entity = InputPeerChannel(target_group.id,target_group.access_hash)

mode = int(input("Enter 1 to add by username or 2 to add by ID: "))

for user in users:

try:

print ("Adding {}".format(user['id']))

if mode == 1:

if user['username'] == "":

continue

user_to_add = client.get_input_entity(user['username'])

elif mode == 2:

user_to_add = InputPeerUser(user['id'], user['access_hash'])

else:

sys.exit("Invalid Mode Selected. Please Try Again.")

client(InviteToChannelRequest(target_group_entity,[user_to_add]))

print("Waiting 60 Seconds...")

time.sleep(60)

except PeerFloodError:

print("Getting Flood Error from telegram. Script is stopping now. Please try again after some time.")

except UserPrivacyRestrictedError:

print("The user's privacy settings do not allow you to do this. Skipping.")

except:

traceback.print_exc()

print("Unexpected Error")

continue

Full Code with random and extra sleep after 50 users

from telethon.sync import TelegramClient
from telethon.tl.functions.messages import GetDialogsRequest
from telethon.tl.types import InputPeerEmpty, InputPeerChannel, InputPeerUser
from telethon.errors.rpcerrorlist import PeerFloodError, UserPrivacyRestrictedError
from telethon.tl.functions.channels import InviteToChannelRequest
import sys
import csv
import traceback
import time
import random

api_id = 123456
api_hash = 'YOUR_API_HASH'
phone = '+111111111111'
client = TelegramClient(phone, api_id, api_hash)

client.connect()
if not client.is_user_authorized():
    client.send_code_request(phone)
    client.sign_in(phone, input('Enter the code: '))

input_file = sys.argv[1]
users = []
with open(input_file, encoding='UTF-8') as f:
    rows = csv.reader(f,delimiter=",",lineterminator="\n")
    next(rows, None)
    for row in rows:
        user = {}
        user['username'] = row[0]
        user['id'] = int(row[1])
        user['access_hash'] = int(row[2])
        user['name'] = row[3]
        users.append(user)

chats = []
last_date = None
chunk_size = 200
groups=[]

result = client(GetDialogsRequest(
             offset_date=last_date,
             offset_id=0,
             offset_peer=InputPeerEmpty(),
             limit=chunk_size,
             hash = 0
         ))
chats.extend(result.chats)

for chat in chats:
    try:
        if chat.megagroup== True:
            groups.append(chat)
    except:
        continue

print('Choose a group to add members:')
i=0
for group in groups:
    print(str(i) + '- ' + group.title)
    i+=1

g_index = input("Enter a Number: ")
target_group=groups[int(g_index)]

target_group_entity = InputPeerChannel(target_group.id,target_group.access_hash)

mode = int(input("Enter 1 to add by username or 2 to add by ID: "))

n = 0

for user in users:
    n += 1
    if n % 50 == 0:
    sleep(900)
    try:
        print ("Adding {}".format(user['id']))
        if mode == 1:
            if user['username'] == "":
                continue
            user_to_add = client.get_input_entity(user['username'])
        elif mode == 2:
            user_to_add = InputPeerUser(user['id'], user['access_hash'])
        else:
            sys.exit("Invalid Mode Selected. Please Try Again.")
        client(InviteToChannelRequest(target_group_entity,[user_to_add]))
        print("Waiting for 60-180 Seconds...")
        time.sleep(random.randrange(60, 180))
    except PeerFloodError:
        print("Getting Flood Error from telegram. Script is stopping now. Please try again after some time.")
    except UserPrivacyRestrictedError:
        print("The user's privacy settings do not allow you to do this. Skipping.")
    except:
        traceback.print_exc()
        print("Unexpected Error")
        continue

from telethon.sync import TelegramClient

from telethon.tl.functions.messages import GetDialogsRequest

from telethon.tl.types import InputPeerEmpty, InputPeerChannel, InputPeerUser

from telethon.errors.rpcerrorlist import PeerFloodError, UserPrivacyRestrictedError

from telethon.tl.functions.channels import InviteToChannelRequest

import sys

import csv

import traceback

import time

import random

api_id = 123456

api_hash = 'YOUR_API_HASH'

phone = '+111111111111'

client = TelegramClient(phone, api_id, api_hash)

client.connect()

if not client.is_user_authorized():

client.send_code_request(phone)

client.sign_in(phone, input('Enter the code: '))

input_file = sys.argv[1]

users = []

with open(input_file, encoding='UTF-8') as f:

rows = csv.reader(f,delimiter=",",lineterminator="\n")

next(rows, None)

for row in rows:

user = {}

user['username'] = row[0]

user['id'] = int(row[1])

user['access_hash'] = int(row[2])

user['name'] = row[3]

users.append(user)

chats = []

last_date = None

chunk_size = 200

groups=[]

result = client(GetDialogsRequest(

offset_date=last_date,

offset_id=0,

offset_peer=InputPeerEmpty(),

limit=chunk_size,

hash = 0

))

chats.extend(result.chats)

for chat in chats:

try:

if chat.megagroup== True:

groups.append(chat)

except:

continue

print('Choose a group to add members:')

i=0

for group in groups:

print(str(i) + '- ' + group.title)

i+=1

g_index = input("Enter a Number: ")

target_group=groups[int(g_index)]

target_group_entity = InputPeerChannel(target_group.id,target_group.access_hash)

mode = int(input("Enter 1 to add by username or 2 to add by ID: "))

n = 0

for user in users:

n += 1

if n % 50 == 0:

sleep(900)

try:

print ("Adding {}".format(user['id']))

if mode == 1:

if user['username'] == "":

continue

user_to_add = client.get_input_entity(user['username'])

elif mode == 2:

user_to_add = InputPeerUser(user['id'], user['access_hash'])

else:

sys.exit("Invalid Mode Selected. Please Try Again.")

client(InviteToChannelRequest(target_group_entity,[user_to_add]))

print("Waiting for 60-180 Seconds...")

time.sleep(random.randrange(60, 180))

except PeerFloodError:

print("Getting Flood Error from telegram. Script is stopping now. Please try again after some time.")

except UserPrivacyRestrictedError:

print("The user's privacy settings do not allow you to do this. Skipping.")

except:

traceback.print_exc()

print("Unexpected Error")

continue

55 Replies to “Adding Telegram Group Members to Your Groups Using Telethon”

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February 7, 2019 at 5:37 pm

Amazing! Very Nice Dude!

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  February 8, 2019 at 2:23 pm
  
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Sadiq Rza says:

February 12, 2019 at 9:09 am

Hello, Thank you for this superb article.
I’m new to python can you please help me with this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\AffleTech\test.py”, line 22, in
input_file = sys.argv[1]
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1. GoTrained says:
  
  February 17, 2019 at 8:02 pm
  
  Hi Sadiq! Have you added your file name to your CMD command?
  
  Check the part of the tutorial under “Read Members from CSV File”. So you have to pass the file name (and path) to the Terminal/CMD command.
  
  Otherwise, you can replace “input_file” with your CSV file path directly, line #24 of the code. In this case, delete the line “sys.argv[1]” from you code.
  
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  1. Afeexzy says:
    
    March 28, 2019 at 5:33 pm
    
    Good day Sir,
    
    Please kindly give me a detailed explanation on how to Add my file name to my CMD command
    
    I Successfully Created my CSV file . My Issues now is how to read the CSV file then after that I will continue with adding them to Group.
    
    Thanks for your tutorials …
    
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    1. GoTrained says:
      
      April 23, 2019 at 9:03 am
      
      Afeexzy, please refer to the section “Read Members from CSV File”. You should have something like this in your CMD:
      python sendMessage.py users.csv
      
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2. A says:
  
  May 25, 2019 at 9:11 pm
  
  you need to write the argument i.e., members.csv
  
  so this is the command – add.py members.csv
  
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manna de silva says:

February 12, 2019 at 1:34 pm

Hi everyone! Where should i add my .csv file in the code?

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1. GoTrained says:
  
  February 17, 2019 at 7:49 pm
  
  Hi Manna! Check the part of the tutorial under “Read Members from CSV File”. So you have to pass the file name (and path) to the Terminal/CMD command.
  
  Otherwise, you can replace “input_file” with your CSV file path directly, line #24 of the code. In this case, delete the line “sys.argv[1]” from you code.
  
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Sadiq Rza says:

February 12, 2019 at 1:49 pm

Getting this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\AffleTech\updated_script – Copy.py”, line 85, in
client(InviteToChannelRequest(target_group_entity,[user_to_add]))
File “C:\Users\AffleTech\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\telethon\sync.py”, line 54, in syncified
return loop.run_until_complete(coro)
File “C:\Users\AffleTech\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\asyncio\base_events.py”, line 589, in run_until_complete
return future.result()
File “C:\Users\AffleTech\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\telethon\client\users.py”, line 59, in __call__
result = await future
telethon.errors.rpcerrorlist.UserIdInvalidError: Invalid object ID for a user. Make sure to pass the right types, for instance making sure that the request is designed for users or otherwise look for a different one more suited (caused by InviteToChannelRequest)
Unexpected Error

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1. GoTrained says:
  
  February 17, 2019 at 8:11 pm
  
  Hi Sadiq! How does your CSV file look like?
  
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stuck says:

February 21, 2019 at 11:22 am

sendMessage.py = sys.argv[1]
members.csv = [] i dont get it ,, how do i state the location . can yall please help me with details, thank you

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1. GoTrained says:
  
  February 23, 2019 at 5:35 pm
  
  Hello! You have to add your file name and path to your Terminal/CMD command. Check the part of the tutorial under “Read Members from CSV File”.
  
  Otherwise, you can replace “input_file” with your CSV file path directly, line #24 of the code. In this case, delete the line “sys.argv[1]” from you code.
  
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  1. BijoRino says:
    
    February 23, 2019 at 6:49 pm
    
    i saw that comment all ready, i havent understood.
    
    can you give me an example how does those three lines of script should look like
    
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    1. GoTrained says:
      
      February 23, 2019 at 11:31 pm
      
      If you will use the Command Prompt to run your Python file, do not change the code at all, just type:
      python sendMessage.py users.csv
      
      This will work if your files are in the current folder; otherwise, change the path, for example:
      python C:\Users\BijoRino\Desktop\sendMessage.py C:\Users\BijoRino\Desktop\users.csv
      
      Please check this article also:
      https://www.wikihow.com/Use-Windows-Command-Prompt-to-Run-a-Python-File
      
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BijoRino says:

February 23, 2019 at 7:02 pm

client.connect()
if not client.is_user_authorized():
client.send_code_request(phone)
client.sign_in(phone, input(‘Enter the code: ‘))

users = []
with open(C:\Users\BijoRino\Desktop, encoding=’UTF-8’) as f:
rows = csv.reader(f,delimiter=”,”,lineterminator=”\n”)
next(rows, None)
for row in rows:
user = {}

dosent work

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1. GoTrained says:
  
  February 23, 2019 at 11:36 pm
  
  Yes, this will not work. You should add the path between quotes. Also, the path here is missing the file name. What can work for example:
  
  with open("C:\Users\BijoRino\Desktop\users.csv", encoding='UTF-8') as f:
  
  So here, I have added the CSV file name to the path and made the path enclosed by “quotes”.
  
  I hope this helps. Please let me know.
  
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  1. BijoRino says:
    
    February 26, 2019 at 4:12 am
    
    Perfect,
    Both comments helped me thank you very much
    
    i actually used ‘ to quote
    
    THANK YOU
    
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g says:

February 24, 2019 at 12:20 am

InviteToChannelRequest doesn’t work
Can you add event handler and update?

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1. GoTrained says:
  
  February 24, 2019 at 4:43 pm
  
  The tutorial worked for other people. Unless you are blocked, it should work.
  What is the error message you get?
  
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BijoRino says:

February 27, 2019 at 8:25 pm

is there a way to make the script skip members that are already in the group?

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sai krishna says:

March 4, 2019 at 10:43 pm

what is this error and how to fix it. i am nooB.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\siddu\Desktop\tg scrapper and adder\adder.py”, line 84, in
client(InviteToChannelRequest(target_group_entity,[user_to_add]))
File “C:\Users\siddu\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\telethon\sync.py”, line 35, in syncified
return loop.run_until_complete(coro)
File “C:\Users\siddu\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\asyncio\base_events.py”, line 468, in run_until_complete
return future.result()
File “C:\Users\siddu\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\telethon\client\users.py”, line 60, in __call__
result = await future
telethon.errors.rpcerrorlist.UserIdInvalidError: Invalid object ID for a user. Make sure to pass the right types, for instance making sure that the request is designed for users or otherwise look for a different one more suited (caused by InviteToChannelRequest)

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1. GoTrained says:
  
  March 5, 2019 at 3:50 am
  
  Hello! Try to run it with username instead and see if it works for you.
  
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  1. sai krishna says:
    
    March 5, 2019 at 8:07 am
    
    yeah. it is working with username. but people are not being added to the group even after it is showing as
    adding 843785782
    adding 238840254
    but nobody is being added. . when i tried manually i got error #400 peer_flood
    
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    1. KUS says:
      
      July 30, 2019 at 11:57 am
      
      Same problem, Any soloution?
      
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  2. BijoRino says:
    
    April 9, 2019 at 10:57 am
    
    user[‘name’] = row[3]
    users.append(user)
    
    chats = []
    last_date = None
    chunk_size = 200
    groups=[]
    
    result = client(GetDialogsRequest(
    offset_date=last_date,
    offset_id=0,
    
    I’m trying to configure the last_date
    
    How am i suppose to define it?
    
    Let’s say i want it to add users only seen in the last 7 days or less.
    
    Thanks.
    
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2. Albert says:
  
  March 26, 2019 at 11:58 pm
  
  i have the same problem
  
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Alain says:

March 19, 2019 at 9:50 am

ey bro have a problem with line 74

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sinaaa says:

March 25, 2019 at 12:49 am

hello
i have a problem :
————————————
C:\Users\iMaN\Desktop\py>py add.py members.csv
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “add.py”, line 31, in
user[‘name’] = row[3]
IndexError: list index out of range
————————————-
example rows if members.csv(This file was created in the first application (scraping…)) :
,255631757,8575228332541770229
mily221,299132080,7406021434165398607
******

plz help me!
TnX

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Afeexzy says:

March 28, 2019 at 5:38 pm

Good day Sir , my main issue lies on the send Message.py users.csv command

I tried that on my IDLE and Command prompt it Underlined the sendMessage.py .

Please help with detailed explanation at that specific part of the code.

Am running Windows 10 Python 3.7.3 with the latest Telethon.

Thanks …

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1. GoTrained says:
  
  April 23, 2019 at 9:10 am
  
  You can instead set the file name explicitly in the code. So, instead of:
  input_file = sys.argv[1]
  You can have the file path between quotes like:
  input_file = “c://foldername/users.csv”
  
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afeezoo says:

March 29, 2019 at 11:22 am

Hello Sir, I Read the csv file but when i press 1 to add by Username it stop debugging am using Visual Studio code Please Help me with it

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1. GoTrained says:
  
  April 23, 2019 at 9:12 am
  
  @afeezoo try using CMD or Terminal instead.
  
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Afeexzy says:

March 29, 2019 at 11:18 pm

Hello Sir I’m done With All I Have a Issue now

To Skip Existing Users while Adding …

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1. GoTrained says:
  
  April 23, 2019 at 9:30 am
  
  Afeexzy, apparently, you need to find out what usernames/IDs in your group and write a condition not to add existing users.
  
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camslice says:

April 9, 2019 at 5:00 am

Great write up. Thanks for creating this resource.

I found that I need to use time for the sleep(900) call between every 50 users, ie: time.sleep(900)

Also, I found that I needed to wait longer than 900 seconds, have had positive results with 1800 seconds

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  April 23, 2019 at 8:59 am
  
  Many thanks for your feedback, Camslice!
  
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  1. camslice says:
    
    April 23, 2019 at 9:21 am
    
    actually I spoke too soon, it seems Telegram keep changing their time limits for peer flood errors. seems to be somewhere between 12-24 hours now. requires a bit of trial and error
    
    also i ended up adding sys.exit(1) for the peer flood exception to avoid the script continuing to attempt to add the next user
    
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    1. Lenn says:
      
      May 2, 2019 at 5:08 am
      
      yes I ve experienced the same the limits time for flood error really varies. I had like 300 seconds after that I could send every 15 seconds (for a other tutorial) for about 20 messages then 400 seconds after that again 15 messages then like 80 seconds flood etc.. needs some trial and error 🙂
      
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murgiasimone says:

April 13, 2019 at 9:28 pm

How can make anti-flood? every time i use that method i will be banned for 2/3 day, just after 5 action. why ?

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1. GoTrained says:
  
  April 23, 2019 at 8:58 am
  
  Maybe you need another account. Use the script only reasonably and avoid spamming.
  
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Anish says:

April 19, 2019 at 1:04 pm

How to not get banned after using this script ?

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sungraizalikhan says:

April 21, 2019 at 2:40 pm

people are not being added to the group even after it is showing as
adding 843785782
adding 238840254
but nobody is being added

got this error, but I can add through the telegram app.
Need help.

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  April 23, 2019 at 8:55 am
  
  Maybe you have been banned.
  
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dqdqdq qdqdqdq says:

April 24, 2019 at 12:24 am

Hi I’m a totally noob (: and have no idea what im doing wrong ,
I’ve installed pip,telethon
Now the script you gave us i replaced the correct ID,API,and phone number.
Now when i run the script > CMD > python.exe scriptname.py

It gives me an error Line 58 else:
IndentationError : unident does not match any outer identitaion level
):

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1. GoTrained says:
  
  May 1, 2019 at 11:09 am
  
  Please try to study a Python introductory first.
  
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Mitchel says:

April 25, 2019 at 4:34 pm

I just finished extracting users from a group

I am now following the steps to add members to my group

I changed the csv file name to users.csv

When I write this code I get the following error

input_file = sys.argv[1]
users = []
with open(input_file, encoding=’UTF-8′) as f:
rows = csv.reader(f,delimiter=”,”,lineterminator=”n”)
next(rows, None)
for row in rows:
user = {}
user[‘username’] = row[0]
user[‘id’] = int(row[1])
user[‘access_hash’] = int(row[2])
user[‘name’] = row[3]
users.append(user)

this is the error i get

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 3, in
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘–mode=client’

Even if i add the csv location it still gives the same error.

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  April 27, 2019 at 11:46 am
  
  Mitchel, apparently you are adding the file path in the wrong order. The error states you are giving a file named “–mode=client”; so make sure you add the argument correctly in your CMD/Terminal.
  
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BijoRino says:

May 29, 2019 at 5:37 pm

chats = []
last_date = None
chunk_size = 200
groups=[] My question is how to define”last_date” so i can retrieve only people connected last week per se? thanks in advance

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BijoRino says:

May 29, 2019 at 5:39 pm

BTW i avoid peerflood by adding every800-900 seconds, no stop breaks no nothing.
95\100 bots finished a 200 people list each, in 2 days without being spam..

just some info for yall. Peace

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Shak says:

June 28, 2019 at 2:56 pm

I could add only 50 users per day per phone number . Is there any steps where we can add proxy or giving multiple phone number and api key?

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Ifeoluwa says:

July 12, 2019 at 11:06 pm

how can I ask the programme to skip members already in the group ?

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  August 2, 2019 at 7:03 am
  
  @Ifeoluwa – one way is to extract the members in the old group to a list and add the new member only if not in the group.
  
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Limbo says:

July 20, 2019 at 10:42 am

after i put my hash and api and run it it return error “expected an indented block” any thoughts ?thx

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  August 2, 2019 at 5:57 am
  
  @Limbo – you need to revise the code indentation.
  
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