Remove get_chat_preview and have get_chat deal with ChatPreview objects

pyrogram/client/methods/chats/__init__.py

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ from .get_chat import GetChat
 from .get_chat_member import GetChatMember
 from .get_chat_members import GetChatMembers
 from .get_chat_members_count import GetChatMembersCount
-from .get_chat_preview import GetChatPreview
 from .get_dialogs import GetDialogs
 from .iter_chat_members import IterChatMembers
 from .iter_dialogs import IterDialogs
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ class Chats(
     UnpinChatMessage,
     GetDialogs,
     GetChatMembersCount,
-    GetChatPreview,
     IterDialogs,
     IterChatMembers,
     UpdateChatUsername,

pyrogram/client/methods/chats/get_chat.py

@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ class GetChat(BaseClient):
     def get_chat(
         self,
         chat_id: Union[int, str]
-    ) -> "pyrogram.Chat":
-        """Get up to date information about the chat.
+    ) -> Union["pyrogram.Chat", "pyrogram.ChatPreview"]:
+        """Get up to date information about a chat.
+
         Information include current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or
         channel, etc.
 
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ class GetChat(BaseClient):
                 of the target channel/supergroup (in the format @username).
 
         Returns:
-            :obj:`Chat`: On success, a chat object is returned.
+            :obj:`Chat` | :obj:`ChatPreview`: On success, if you've already joined the chat, a chat object is returned,
+            otherwise, a chat preview object is returned.
 
         Raises:
             RPCError: In case of a Telegram RPC error.
@@ -48,16 +50,14 @@ class GetChat(BaseClient):
         match = self.INVITE_LINK_RE.match(str(chat_id))
 
         if match:
-            h = match.group(1)
-
             r = self.send(
                 functions.messages.CheckChatInvite(
-                    hash=h
+                    hash=match.group(1)
                 )
             )
 
             if isinstance(r, types.ChatInvite):
-                raise ValueError("You haven't joined \"t.me/joinchat/{}\" yet".format(h))
+                return pyrogram.ChatPreview._parse(self, r)
 
             self.fetch_peers([r.chat])
 

pyrogram/client/methods/chats/get_chat_preview.py

@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-# Pyrogram - Telegram MTProto API Client Library for Python
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2019 Dan Tès <https://github.com/delivrance>
-#
-# This file is part of Pyrogram.
-#
-# Pyrogram is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
-# by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Pyrogram is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-# along with Pyrogram.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-import pyrogram
-from pyrogram.api import functions, types
-from ...ext import BaseClient
-
-
-class GetChatPreview(BaseClient):
-    def get_chat_preview(
-        self,
-        invite_link: str
-    ):
-        """Get the preview of a chat using the invite link.
-
-        This method only returns a chat preview, if you want to join a chat use :meth:`join_chat`
-
-        Parameters:
-            invite_link (``str``):
-                Unique identifier for the target chat in form of *t.me/joinchat/* links.
-
-        Returns:
-            :obj:`Chat`: In case you already joined the chat.
-
-            :obj:`ChatPreview` -- In case you haven't joined the chat yet.
-
-        Raises:
-            RPCError: In case of a Telegram RPC error.
-            ValueError: In case of an invalid invite link.
-        """
-        match = self.INVITE_LINK_RE.match(invite_link)
-
-        if match:
-            r = self.send(
-                functions.messages.CheckChatInvite(
-                    hash=match.group(1)
-                )
-            )
-
-            if isinstance(r, types.ChatInvite):
-                return pyrogram.ChatPreview._parse(self, r)
-
-            if isinstance(r, types.ChatInviteAlready):
-                chat = r.chat
-
-                if isinstance(chat, types.Chat):
-                    return pyrogram.Chat._parse_chat_chat(self, chat)
-
-                if isinstance(chat, types.Channel):
-                    return pyrogram.Chat._parse_channel_chat(self, chat)
-        else:
-            raise ValueError("The invite_link is invalid")

pyrogram/client/types/user_and_chats/chat_preview.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class ChatPreview(PyrogramType):
         title (``str``):
             Title of the chat.
 
-        photo (:obj:`ChatPhoto`):
+        photo (:obj:`ChatPhoto`, *optional*):
             Chat photo. Suitable for downloads only.
 
         type (``str``):
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class ChatPreview(PyrogramType):
         *,
         client: "pyrogram.BaseClient" = None,
         title: str,
-        photo: ChatPhoto,
+        photo: ChatPhoto = None,
         type: str,
         members_count: int,
         members: List[User] = None