TelegramChatDownloader/README.md

TelegramChatDownloader

A CLI program to download a chat from telegram.

How to install (linux only)

requirements:

• python3
• telethon
• TelegramAPI-ID install requirements:

pip3 install telethon```
get the downloader:
```git clone https://github.com/mrbesen/TelegramChatDownloader.git```
open the file telegramApi.py and enter your API ID, token and username.
run:
```cd TelegramChatDownloader/
./telegramApi.py```
##### Output Format
The chat structure is stored as "chat.xml" in the folder "out/"
All Media-files are Stored in the Folder out/media/
Stickers get downloaded too, but they wont get a file-postfix.
They are stored in the [WEBP](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebP) format.