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+import asyncio
+import functools
+import inspect
+import os
+import sys
+import tkinter
+import tkinter.constants
+import tkinter.scrolledtext
+import tkinter.ttk
+
+from telethon import TelegramClient, events, utils
+
+# Some configuration for the app
+TITLE = 'Telethon GUI'
+SIZE = '640x280'
+
+# Session name, API ID and hash to use; loaded from environmental variables
+SESSION = os.environ.get('TG_SESSION', 'gui')
+
+API_ID = os.environ.get('TG_API_ID')
+if not API_ID:
+    API_ID = input('Enter API ID (or add TG_API_ID to env vars): ')
+
+API_HASH = os.environ.get('TG_API_HASH')
+if not API_HASH:
+    API_HASH = input('Enter API hash (or add TG_API_HASH to env vars): ')
+
+
+def callback(func):
+    """
+    This decorator turns `func` into a callback for Tkinter
+    to be able to use, even if `func` is an awaitable coroutine.
+    """
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
+        result = func(*args, **kwargs)
+        if inspect.iscoroutine(result):
+            asyncio.create_task(result)
+
+    return wrapped
+
+
+def allow_copy(widget):
+    """
+    This helper makes `widget` readonly but allows copying with ``Ctrl+C``.
+    """
+    widget.bind('<Control-c>', lambda e: None)
+    widget.bind('<Key>', lambda e: "break")
+
+
+class App(tkinter.Tk):
+    """
+    Our main GUI application; we subclass `tkinter.Tk`
+    so the `self` instance can be the root widget.
+
+    One must be careful when assigning members or
+    defining methods since those may interfer with
+    the root widget.
+
+    You may prefer to have ``App.root = tkinter.Tk()``
+    and create widgets with ``self.root`` as parent.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, client, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.cl = client
+        self.title(TITLE)
+        self.geometry(SIZE)
+
+        # Signing in row; the entry supports phone and bot token
+        self.sign_in_label = tkinter.Label(self, text='Loading...')
+        self.sign_in_label.grid(row=0, column=0)
+        self.sign_in_entry = tkinter.Entry(self)
+        self.sign_in_entry.grid(row=0, column=1, sticky=tkinter.EW)
+        self.sign_in_entry.bind('<Return>', self.sign_in)
+        self.sign_in_button = tkinter.Button(self, text='...',
+                                             command=self.sign_in)
+        self.sign_in_button.grid(row=0, column=2)
+        self.code = None
+
+        # The chat where to send and show messages from
+        tkinter.Label(self, text='Target chat:').grid(row=1, column=0)
+        self.chat = tkinter.Entry(self)
+        self.chat.grid(row=1, column=1, columnspan=2, sticky=tkinter.EW)
+        self.columnconfigure(1, weight=1)
+        self.chat.bind('<Return>', self.check_chat)
+        self.chat.bind('<FocusOut>', self.check_chat)
+        self.chat.focus()
+        self.chat_id = None
+
+        # Message log (incoming and outgoing); we configure it as readonly
+        self.log = tkinter.scrolledtext.ScrolledText(self)
+        allow_copy(self.log)
+        self.log.grid(row=2, column=0, columnspan=3, sticky=tkinter.NSEW)
+        self.rowconfigure(2, weight=1)
+        self.cl.add_event_handler(self.on_message, events.NewMessage)
+
+        # Sending messages
+        tkinter.Label(self, text='Message:').grid(row=3, column=0)
+        self.message = tkinter.Entry(self)
+        self.message.grid(row=3, column=1, sticky=tkinter.EW)
+        self.message.bind('<Return>', self.send_message)
+        tkinter.Button(self, text='Send',
+                       command=self.send_message).grid(row=3, column=2)
+
+        # Post-init (async, connect client)
+        self.cl.loop.create_task(self.post_init())
+
+    async def post_init(self):
+        """
+        Completes the initialization of our application.
+        Since `__init__` cannot be `async` we use this.
+        """
+        if await self.cl.is_user_authorized():
+            self.set_signed_in(await self.cl.get_me())
+        else:
+            # User is not logged in, configure the button to ask them to login
+            self.sign_in_button.configure(text='Sign in')
+            self.sign_in_label.configure(
+                text='Sign in (phone/token):')
+
+    async def on_message(self, event):
+        """
+        Event handler that will add new messages to the message log.
+        """
+        # We want to show only messages sent to this chat
+        if event.chat_id != self.chat_id:
+            return
+
+        # Decide a prefix (">> " for our messages, "<user>" otherwise)
+        if event.out:
+            text = '>> '
+        else:
+            sender = await event.get_sender()
+            text = '<{}> '.format(utils.get_display_name(sender))
+
+        # If the message has media show "(MediaType) "
+        if event.media:
+            text += '({}) '.format(event.media.__class__.__name__)
+
+        text += event.text
+        text += '\n'
+
+        # Append the text to the end with a newline, and scroll to the end
+        self.log.insert(tkinter.INSERT, text)
+        self.log.yview(tkinter.END)
+
+    # noinspection PyUnusedLocal
+    @callback
+    async def sign_in(self, event=None):
+        """
+        Note the `event` argument. This is required since this callback
+        may be called from a ``widget.bind`` (such as ``'<Return>'``),
+        which sends information about the event we don't care about.
+
+        This callback logs out if authorized, signs in if a code was
+        sent or a bot token is input, or sends the code otherwise.
+        """
+        self.sign_in_label.configure(text='Working...')
+        self.sign_in_entry.configure(state=tkinter.DISABLED)
+        if await self.cl.is_user_authorized():
+            await self.cl.log_out()
+            self.destroy()
+            return
+
+        value = self.sign_in_entry.get().strip()
+        if self.code:
+            self.set_signed_in(await self.cl.sign_in(code=value))
+        elif ':' in value:
+            self.set_signed_in(await self.cl.sign_in(bot_token=value))
+        else:
+            self.code = await self.cl.send_code_request(value)
+            self.sign_in_label.configure(text='Code:')
+            self.sign_in_entry.configure(state=tkinter.NORMAL)
+            self.sign_in_entry.delete(0, tkinter.END)
+            self.sign_in_entry.focus()
+            return
+
+    def set_signed_in(self, me):
+        """
+        Configures the application as "signed in" (displays user's
+        name and disables the entry to input phone/bot token/code).
+        """
+        self.sign_in_label.configure(text='Signed in')
+        self.sign_in_entry.configure(state=tkinter.NORMAL)
+        self.sign_in_entry.delete(0, tkinter.END)
+        self.sign_in_entry.insert(tkinter.INSERT, utils.get_display_name(me))
+        self.sign_in_entry.configure(state=tkinter.DISABLED)
+        self.sign_in_button.configure(text='Log out')
+        self.chat.focus()
+
+    # noinspection PyUnusedLocal
+    @callback
+    async def send_message(self, event=None):
+        """
+        Sends a message. Does nothing if the client is not connected.
+        """
+        if not self.cl.is_connected():
+            return
+
+        # The user needs to configure a chat where the message should be sent.
+        #
+        # If the chat ID does not exist, it was not valid and the user must
+        # configure one; hint them by changing the background to red.
+        if not self.chat_id:
+            self.chat.configure(bg='red')
+            self.chat.focus()
+            return
+
+        # Get the message, clear the text field and focus it again
+        text = self.message.get()
+        self.message.delete(0, tkinter.END)
+        self.message.focus()
+
+        # Send the message text and get back the sent message object
+        message = await self.cl.send_message(self.chat_id, text)
+
+        # Process the sent message as if it were an event
+        await self.on_message(message)
+
+    # noinspection PyUnusedLocal
+    @callback
+    async def check_chat(self, event=None):
+        """
+        Checks the input chat where to send and listen messages from.
+        """
+        chat = self.chat.get().strip()
+        if chat.isdigit():
+            chat = int(chat)
+
+        try:
+            # Valid chat ID, set it and configure the colour back to white
+            self.chat_id = await self.cl.get_peer_id(chat)
+            self.chat.configure(bg='white')
+        except ValueError:
+            # Invalid chat ID, let the user know with a yellow background
+            self.chat_id = None
+            self.chat.configure(bg='yellow')
+
+
+async def main(loop, interval=0.05):
+    client = TelegramClient(SESSION, API_ID, API_HASH, loop=loop)
+    try:
+        await client.connect()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print('Failed to connect', e, file=sys.stderr)
+        return
+
+    app = App(client)
+    try:
+        while True:
+            # We want to update the application but get back
+            # to asyncio's event loop. For this we sleep a
+            # short time so the event loop can run.
+            #
+            # https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/33ecpl
+            app.update()
+            await asyncio.sleep(interval)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass
+    except tkinter.TclError as e:
+        if 'application has been destroyed' not in e.args[0]:
+            raise
+    finally:
+        await app.cl.disconnect()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Some boilerplate code to set up the main method
+    aio_loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    try:
+        aio_loop.run_until_complete(main(aio_loop))
+    finally:
+        if not aio_loop.is_closed():
+            aio_loop.close()