account.initTakeoutSession

Intialize account takeout session

Example

Javascript

const {Api, TelegramClient} = require('telegram');
const {StringSession} = require('telegram/sessions');

const session = new StringSession('');
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
    const result = await client.invoke(new Api.account.initTakeoutSession({
        contacts: true,
        messageUsers: true,
        messageChats: true,
        messageMegagroups: true,
        messageChannels: true,
        files: true,
        fileMaxSize: 7615220,
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TypeScript

import {Api, TelegramClient} from 'telegram';
import {StringSession} from 'telegram/sessions';

const session = new StringSession('');
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
    const result: Api.account.Takeout = await client.invoke(new Api.account.initTakeoutSession({
        contacts: true,
        messageUsers: true,
        messageChats: true,
        messageMegagroups: true,
        messageChannels: true,
        files: true,
        fileMaxSize: 7615220,
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TL schema

account.takeout#4dba4501 id:long = account.Takeout;
---functions---
account.initTakeoutSession#f05b4804 flags:# contacts:flags.0?true message_users:flags.1?true message_chats:flags.2?true message_megagroups:flags.3?true message_channels:flags.4?true files:flags.5?true file_max_size:flags.5?int = account.Takeout;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
flags	#	Flags, see TL conditional fields
contacts	flags.0?true	Whether to export contacts
message_users	flags.1?true	Whether to export messages in private chats
message_chats	flags.2?true	Whether to export messages in legacy groups
message_megagroups	flags.3?true	Whether to export messages in supergroups
message_channels	flags.4?true	Whether to export messages in channels
files	flags.5?true	Whether to export files
file_max_size	flags.5?int	Maximum size of files to export

Result

account.Takeout

Possible errors

Code	Type	Description
420	TAKEOUT_INIT_DELAY_X	Wait X seconds before initing takeout

Can bots use this methd ?

yes

Related pages

Channels

How to handle channels, supergroups, groups, and what's the difference between them.