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Function get_user_followers() does not work as expected due to API limitations #49

@Fab-Ko

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@Fab-Ko

Hello,
as implemented right now, the function simply does not work as expected.

The function get_user_followers defined here does not return all followers.
According to the API documentation only 20 entries (default) but at maximum 100 entries are returned.

Possible Solutions:

  • Enhance the function to download all pages and collect all followers. BUT: In channels with many followers, the download of the complete list is not even useful. This could consum a huge amount of memory.
  • Remove the follower list and only grab the statistical data like for example number of followers. Add a function which enables the bot owner to download the information specific to a user. Done in the pull request here

Maybe someone has a better solution.

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