telethon.errors.rpcerrorlist.FloodWaitError while sending message to batch of phone numbers

Code that causes the issue

from telethon.sync import TelegramClient
with TelegramClient('anon', API_ID, API_HASH) as client:
    for phone_number in phone_numbers:
        await client.send_message(phone_number, 'test message')

Traceback

functions.contacts.GetContactsRequest(0))).users:
  File "/Users/plastun/venv/telethon/lib/python3.7/site-packages/telethon/client/users.py", line 74, in __call__
    result = await future
telethon.errors.rpcerrorlist.FloodWaitError: A wait of 6991 seconds is required (caused by GetContactsRequest)

Is there any efficient way to send messages to my contacts? I just want to send message to all my contacts.

Issue Analytics

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Created 4 years ago
Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

9reactions

Lonamicommented, Mar 11, 2020

Working as intended, not a bug.

6reactions

edelvallecommented, Mar 19, 2020

I click https://github.com/LonamiWebs/Telethon/issues?q=is%3Aissue++FloodWaitError

On every issue there is @Lonami being not very helpful at all.

This is not a problem of your library, but you will just get asked again and again about it. Instead of not being helpful, as for sure you have some more insight into this issue than we do. Could you point us to the right direction? Tell us where can we find a solution or report this problem, or why does it happen at all?

Because closing issues and just telling: “Working as intended, not a bug.” and “Not the place to task” is not very or kind.

Anyway, thank you very much for this library! I know how much effort takes to make any open source project work and how much times it consumes, not just in development, but also answering questions about it and receiving complains.

Thanks!