Move phone number to .env file

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.env
+*.session

README.md

@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ This script lets you check whether a specific phone number is connected to a Tel
 To run it, you need:
 
 1. A Telegram account with an active phone number;
-2. Telegram 'API_ID' and 'API_HASH', which you can get by creating a developers account using this link: https://my.telegram.org/. Place these values in a .env file:
+2. Telegram 'API_ID' and 'API_HASH', which you can get by creating a developers account using this link: https://my.telegram.org/. Place these values in a .env file, along with the phone number of your Telegram account:
 
 ```
 API_ID=
 API_HASH=
+PHONE_NUMBER=
 ```
 
-Then, run the script: `python3 telegram-phone-validation.py --phone_number +15558675309`
+Then, run the script: `python3 telegram-phone-validation.py`
 
 You can expect the following possible responses:
 

telegram-phone-validation.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ result = {}
 
 API_ID = os.getenv('API_ID')
 API_HASH = os.getenv('API_HASH')
+PHONE_NUMBER = os.getenv('PHONE_NUMBER')
 
 def get_names(phone_number):
     try:
@@ -45,14 +46,13 @@ def user_validator():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Check to see if a phone number is a valid Telegram account')
-    parser.add_argument('--phone_number', dest='phone_number', action='store', help='Enter the phone number to check')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    client = TelegramClient(args.phone_number, API_ID, API_HASH)
+    client = TelegramClient(PHONE_NUMBER, API_ID, API_HASH)
     client.connect()
     if not client.is_user_authorized():
-        client.send_code_request(args.phone_number)
-        client.sign_in(args.phone_number, input('Enter the code (sent on telegram): '))
+        client.send_code_request(PHONE_NUMBER)
+        client.sign_in(PHONE_NUMBER, input('Enter the code (sent on telegram): '))
     user_validator()
     print(result)