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# telegram-phone-number-checker
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This script lets you check whether a specific phone number is connected to a Telegram account.
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To run it, you need:
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1. A Telegram account with an active phone number;
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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:
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```
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API_ID=
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API_HASH=
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PHONE_NUMBER=
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```
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Then, run the script: `python3 telegram-phone-validation.py`
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You can expect the following possible responses:
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1. If available, you will receive the Telegram Username that is connected with this number.
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2. 'Response detected, but no user name returned by the API for the number: {phone_number}'. This means that it looks like the number was used to create a Telegram account but the user did not choose a Telegram Username. It is optional to create a Username on Telegram.
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3. 'ERROR: there was no response for the phone number: {phone_number}': There can be several reasons for this response. Either the phone number has not been used to create a Telegram account. Or: The phone number is connected to a Telegram account but the user has restricted the option to find him/her via the phone number. Or: another error occurred.
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