Fetch Random Media Messages from Telegram Chat

This code defines a function to fetch a random number of media messages from a specified Telegram chat. The function uses the Telethon library to send network requests, get historical messages, and filter out media messages.

Technology Stack : Telethon library

Code Type : The type of code

Code Difficulty : Advanced

                
                    
def fetch_random_media_messages(chat, limit=10):
    from telethon.tl.functions.messages import GetHistoryRequest
    from telethon.tl.types import InputPeerUser, InputPeerChat
    from telethon.tl.functions.users import GetUsersRequest

    # Determine if the chat is a user or a group chat
    if isinstance(chat, str):
        peer = InputPeerUser(int(chat))
    else:
        peer = InputPeerChat(chat)

    # Fetch the history of messages
    async def fetch_history():
        async for message in client.iter_messages(peer, limit=limit):
            yield message

    # Convert the generator to a list
    return list(fetch_history())