GramJS

⚠️ This project is archived and no longer maintained. Development continues in teleproto, an actively maintained fork. It's largely compatible with GramJS for most projects, migration means little more than swapping the package:
npm install teleproto
See the migration guide for details.

messages.CheckHistoryImport

Check whether chat history exported from another chat app can be imported into a specific Telegram chat, click here for more info ».

Example

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

const session = new StringSession(""); // You should put your string session here
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
  await client.connect(); // This assumes you have already authenticated with .start()

  const result = await client.invoke(
    new Api.messages.CheckHistoryImport({
      importHead: "some string here",
    })
  );
  console.log(result); // prints the result
})();
import { Api, TelegramClient } from "telegram";
import { StringSession } from "telegram/sessions";

const session = new StringSession(""); // You should put your string session here
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
  await client.connect(); // This assumes you have already authenticated with .start()

  const result: Api.messages.HistoryImportParsed = await client.invoke(
    new Api.messages.CheckHistoryImport({
      importHead: "some string here",
    })
  );
  console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
peerInputPeerThe chat where we want to import history ».

Result

messages.CheckedHistoryImportPeer

Possible errors

CodeTypeDescription
400PEER_ID_INVALIDThe provided peer id is invalid.
400USER_NOT_MUTUAL_CONTACTThe provided user is not a mutual contact.

Can bots use this method?

No

Imported messages

Telegram allows importing messages and media from foreign chat apps.

messages.CheckedHistoryImportPeer

Contains a confirmation text to be shown to the user, upon importing chat history, click here for more info ».