First working version

README.md

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 # telegram-download-daemon
+
+A Telegram Daemon (not a bot) for file downloading automation 
+
+If you have got an Internet connected computer or NAS and you want to automate file downloading from Telegram channels, this
+daemon is for you. 
+
+Telegram bots are limited to 20Mb file size downloads. So I wrote this agent
+or daemon to allow bigger downloads.
+
+# Installation
+
+You need Python3 (tested in 3.5).
+
+Install Telethon module (using pip or your OS package system):
+	pip install --user telethon
+
+Install cryptg to use a C library to speed up downloads (optional)
+	pip install --user cryptg
+
+Obtain your own api id: https://core.telegram.org/api/obtaining_api_id
+
+Edit telegram-download-daemon.py and put your own api_id and api_hash values
+into the proper variables.
+
+Change the destination folder if desired.
+
+Use your favorite Telegram app to create a new (private)channel. 
+
+Change the channel_id in telegram-download-daemon.py.
+
+Run the script!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

telegram-download-daemon.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Telegram Download Daemon
+# Author: Alfonso E.M. <alfonso@el-magnifico.org>
+# You need to install telethon (and cryptg to speed up downloads)
+
+
+from telethon import TelegramClient, events
+from telethon.tl.types import PeerChannel
+import logging
+
+logging.basicConfig(format='[%(levelname) 5s/%(asctime)s]%(name)s:%(message)s',level=logging.WARNING)
+
+# Edit these lines:
+api_id = NNNNNN
+api_hash = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
+downloadFolder="/tmp"
+channel_id= NNNNNNNNN
+proxy = None  
+# End of interesting parameters 
+
+session = "DownloadDaemon"
+
+client = TelegramClient(session, api_id, api_hash, proxy=proxy).start()
+
+@client.on(events.NewMessage())
+async def handler(event):
+    if event.to_id != PeerChannel(channel_id):
+        return
+    print(event)
+    if event.media:
+       filename=event.media.document.attributes[0].file_name
+       answer="Downloading file %s (%i bytes)" % (filename,event.media.document.size)
+       print(answer)
+       await event.respond(answer)
+
+       await client.download_media(event.message,downloadFolder)
+       await event.respond(filename+" ready")
+
+
+with client:
+    client.run_until_disconnected()
+
+
+