Watch million telegram stories for free with python and telethon

telegram_watch_stories.py

"""

        t.me/danokhlopkov
       x.com/danokhlopkov
  github.com/danokhlopkov
  
  Strategy:
  1. get chats / groups you're in
  2. iterate over participants and find ones with stories
  3. watch them
  
"""


from telethon import TelegramClient
from telethon import types, functions

api_id, api_hash = "", ""  # get yours on my.telegram.org

client = TelegramClient("google_danokhlopkov", api_id, api_hash)

async for dialog in client.iter_dialogs(limit=500):
    if dialog.is_group:
        async for user in client.iter_participants(entity=dialog.entity, limit=1000):
            if (
                not user.stories_unavailable and 
                not user.stories_hidden and 
                user.stories_max_id
            ):
                res = await client(
                    functions.stories.ReadStoriesRequest(
                        user_id=user.id, 
                        max_id=user.stories_max_id
                    )
                )
                
                
"""
    Next steps:
    1. time.sleep(random.random() * m + n) 
    2. add logging to have an illusion of control
    3. save users' and chats' matadata in db for future projects
    4. get banned for the Telegram ToS violation. It was your fault
    
    See you 👋
"""