Telegram data collector v0.01

Combination of tools to download your telegram data.

Structure

0_download_dialogs_list.py

Download dialogs meta data for account.

--dialogs_limit number of dialogs

-h show this help message and exit

--config_path path to config file

--debug_mode Debug mode

1_download_dialogs_data.py

Download all messages from the dialogs.

Use flags --skip_private, --skip_groups, and --skip_channels to skip private chats, groups, and channels respectively.

Requirements

Python 3.8.13

How to run

0. create virtual env python -m venv .venv
1. activate virtual env . .venv/bin/activate
2. install dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt
3. get your credentials https://my.telegram.org/apps
4. set credentials (api_id, api_hash) in config/config.json (can be based on the config_example.json)

How to start

0. python 0_download_dialogs_list.py --dialogs_limit -1
1. python 1_download_dialogs_data.py --dialogs_ids -1 --dialog_msg_limit -1