Estimate Channel Post Count (Approx) — estimate_channel_post_count • telegramR

Gets the latest message ID and uses it as an upper-bound estimate of total posts. This is approximate due to deletions and gaps in message IDs.

Usage

estimate_channel_post_count(
  client,
  channel,
  timeout_sec = getOption("telegramR.iter_timeout", 60),
  reconnect_on_timeout = TRUE
)

Arguments

client: TelegramClient instance.
channel: character or numeric. Channel username (with or without "@") or numeric id.
timeout_sec: numeric. Timeout in seconds for network operations.
reconnect_on_timeout: logical. Reconnect on timeout if TRUE.

Value

A tibble with last_message_id and a note.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
client <- TelegramClient$new("my_session", api_id = 123, api_hash = "abc")
client$connect()

estimate_channel_post_count(client, "channelname")
} # }