how to use contacts.getLocated() from Telegram API with telethon?

Question

I want to use the new "People nearby" feature from Telegram. I want to do it in python so I found Telethon. Then, I looked at the Telegram API and found the contacts.getLocated() method. https://core.telegram.org/method/contacts.getLocated

But this method is not available in the Telethon library I think. Or at least I didnt found how to call it.

from telethon import functions
functions.contacts.getLocated()

gave me: AttributeError: module 'telethon.tl.functions.contacts' has no attribute 'getLocated'

Can I call this method in any other way? Do I even have to use Telethon for this?

Answer 1

The Telethon documentation on full API explains how to use all of the raw Telegram methods have to offer. Searching for "get located" we find GetLocatedRequest. There is a button to copy the import, and also example code at the bottom:

from telethon.sync import TelegramClient
from telethon import functions, types

with TelegramClient(name, api_id, api_hash) as client:
    result = client(functions.contacts.GetLocatedRequest(
        geo_point=types.InputGeoPoint(
            lat=7.13,
            long=7.13
        ),
        self_expires=42
    ))
    print(result.stringify())

Needless to say you need to pass the right values in the geo point.