this lib is a joke

[VityaSchel]

and file references are expired and broken

[dieptang]

{ _: 'message', flags: 50816, post: true, id: 53375, to_id: { _: 'peerChannel', channel_id: 1325499115 }, date: 1668842287, message: '', media: { _: 'messageMediaPhoto', photo: { _: 'photo', flags: 0, id: '6325815975047443198', access_hash: '11021783537486444698', date: 1668842287, sizes: [Array] }, caption: 'Test message' }, entities: [], views: 83, edit_date: 1668842290 }

messageMediaPhoto seems don't have file references anymore. Anyone have any ideas?
How can we download the chat photos?

[VityaSchel]

Btw if anyone has FILE_REFERENCE_EXPIREd error, you must pass thumb_size even if you don't want to download thumb

This function accepts sizes array as param, tries to find the best version of photo available and outputs string you need to pass as thumb_size:

export function findSizeType(sizes: object[]): string {
  return sizes.find(s => s['_'] === 'photoSizeProgressive')?.['type']
    ?? sizes.filter(s => s['_'] === 'photoSize').sort((a, b) => b['w']*b['h'] - a['w']*a['h'])?.['type']
    ?? sizes[0]['type']
}

[dieptang]

Btw if anyone has FILE_REFERENCE_EXPIREd error, you must pass thumb_size even if you don't want to download thumb

This function accepts sizes array as param, tries to find the best version of photo available and outputs string you need to pass as thumb_size:

export function findSizeType(sizes: object[]): string {
  return sizes.find(s => s['_'] === 'photoSizeProgressive')?.['type']
    ?? sizes.filter(s => s['_'] === 'photoSize').sort((a, b) => b['w']*b['h'] - a['w']*a['h'])?.['type']
    ?? sizes[0]['type']
}

I don't have the problem with photoSize. Currently I call

let history = await telegram('messages.getHistory', { peer: { _: 'inputPeerChannel', channel_id: chat.id, access_hash: chat.access_hash },, limit: 10 })

And I want to get the photo from media object. Something like this

if (messages[0].media && messages[0].media.caption) {
    if (messages[0].media.photo) {
      const file = await telegram('upload.getFile', {
        location: {
          _: 'inputPhotoFileLocation',
          id: messages[0].media.photo.id,
          dc_id: 5,
          access_hash: messages[0].media.photo.access_hash,
          file_reference: Buffer.from("some_binary_code_here", "hex"),
          //file_reference: buf, //tried
          //Buffer.from(message.media.photo.file_reference.toString('hex'), 'hex'),
          //[...message.media.photo.file_reference] and others
          thumb_size: 'y'
        },
        offset: 0,
        limit: 1024 * 1024
      });
      console.log('file', file);
    }

The error has appeared, due to missing file_reference.

[VityaSchel]

Btw if anyone has FILE_REFERENCE_EXPIREd error, you must pass thumb_size even if you don't want to download thumb

This function accepts sizes array as param, tries to find the best version of photo available and outputs string you need to pass as thumb_size:

export function findSizeType(sizes: object[]): string {
  return sizes.find(s => s['_'] === 'photoSizeProgressive')?.['type']
    ?? sizes.filter(s => s['_'] === 'photoSize').sort((a, b) => b['w']*b['h'] - a['w']*a['h'])?.['type']
    ?? sizes[0]['type']
}

I don't have the problem with photoSize. Currently I call

let history = await telegram('messages.getHistory', { peer: { _: 'inputPeerChannel', channel_id: chat.id, access_hash: chat.access_hash },, limit: 10 })

And I want to get the photo from media object. Something like this

if (messages[0].media && messages[0].media.caption) {
    if (messages[0].media.photo) {
      const file = await telegram('upload.getFile', {
        location: {
          _: 'inputPhotoFileLocation',
          id: messages[0].media.photo.id,
          dc_id: 5,
          access_hash: messages[0].media.photo.access_hash,
          file_reference: Buffer.from("some_binary_code_here", "hex"),
          //file_reference: buf, //tried
          //Buffer.from(message.media.photo.file_reference.toString('hex'), 'hex'),
          //[...message.media.photo.file_reference] and others
          thumb_size: 'y'
        },
        offset: 0,
        limit: 1024 * 1024
      });
      console.log('file', file);
    }

The error has appeared, due to missing file_reference.

file reference is within that constructor, with id and access hash

[mayeaux]

Fact check: true

[Lucienest]

bold promises, yet outdated!