OS : Ubuntu 21 Python : 3.10.4

• I'm using : python main.py --batch-file 'channels_text_file.txt' as source of channels, with one channel per line.
• I'm able to see the JSON/CSV files getting created

After a successful installation of the requirements, I'm able to run it

but after a while, a few minutes, it crashes with this error :

`Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/peer/tg-api/main.py", line 176, in counter = write_collected_chats( File "/home/peer/tg-api/utils/init.py", line 142, in write_collected_chats ch['participants_count'] = process_participants_count(client, ch_id) File "/home/peer/tg-api/utils/init.py", line 73, in process_participants_count channel_request = loop.run_until_complete( File "/home/peer/.pyenv/versions/3.10.4/lib/python3.10/asyncio/base_events.py", line 646, in run_until_complete return future.result() File "/home/peer/tg-api/api/init.py", line 85, in full_channel_req return await client( File "/home/peer/.pyenv/versions/3.10.4/lib/python3.10/site-packages/telethon/client/users.py", line 30, in call return await self._call(self._sender, request, ordered=ordered) File "/home/peer/.pyenv/versions/3.10.4/lib/python3.10/site-packages/telethon/client/users.py", line 39, in _call await r.resolve(self, utils) File "/home/peer/.pyenv/versions/3.10.4/lib/python3.10/site-packages/telethon/tl/functions/channels.py", line 720, in resolve self.channel = utils.get_input_channel(await client.get_input_entity(self.channel)) File "/home/peer/.pyenv/versions/3.10.4/lib/python3.10/site-packages/telethon/utils.py", line 263, in get_input_channel _raise_cast_fail(entity, 'InputChannel') File "/home/peer/.pyenv/versions/3.10.4/lib/python3.10/site-packages/telethon/utils.py", line 138, in _raise_cast_fail raise TypeError('Cannot cast {} to any kind of {}.'.format(

TypeError: Cannot cast InputPeerChat to any kind of InputChannel.`

I'm not a Python dev in itself so any hint to help me in the right direction to debug this would be very appreciated, I'm not 100% but this error could entirely be only on my end.

I'm trying to connect to channels with spaces in their name and constantly get errors.

$ python ./main.py --telegram-channel Channel\ Name

Init program at Tue Nov  8 19:54:38 2022


> Authorized!

> Collecting data from Telegram Channel -> Channel Name
> ...

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/xxx/telegram/telegram-api/./main.py", line 161, in <module>
    entity_attrs = loop.run_until_complete(
  File "/home/xxx/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/asyncio/base_events.py", line 642, in run_until_complete
    return future.result()
  File "/home/xxx/telegram/telegram-api/api/__init__.py", line 57, in get_entity_attrs
    return await client.get_entity(source)
  File "/home/xxx/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/telethon/client/users.py", line 335, in get_entity
    result.append(await self._get_entity_from_string(x))
  File "/home/xxx/miniconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/telethon/client/users.py", line 574, in _get_entity_from_string
    raise ValueError(
ValueError: Cannot find any entity corresponding to "Channel Name"

I've tried with quotes and with \, same error.

I also created a text file with the channel names using --batch-file, and it fails in the same manner.

Setup.py is not found, keep getting error while running pip install -r requirements.txt that says python setup.py bdist_wheel did not run successfully. Using Windows Powershell as command line, virtual env already setup. Any input would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Link of private channel is like this - "https://t.me/+fv4dNzN3i_tlZjBh" if I use this command - "python main.py --telegram-channel https://t.me/+fv4dNzN3i_tlZjBh" or this command - "python main.py --telegram-channel fv4dNzN3i_tlZjBh" or this command - "or this command - "python main.py --telegram-channel +fv4dNzN3i_tlZjBh"

This generates error messages.

Please find some way to use this repo for private channel too.