Add a custom SentCode type

telethon/_client/auth.py

@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ async def _replace_session_state(self, *, save=True, **changes):
 
 async def send_code_request(
         self: 'TelegramClient',
-        phone: str) -> '_tl.auth.SentCode':
+        phone: str) -> 'SentCode':
     result = None
     phone = utils.parse_phone(phone) or self._phone
     phone_hash = self._phone_code_hash.get(phone)
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ async def send_code_request(
 
     self._phone = phone
 
-    return result
+    return _custom.SentCode._new(result)
 
 async def qr_login(self: 'TelegramClient', ignored_ids: typing.List[int] = None) -> _custom.QRLogin:
     qr_login = _custom.QRLogin(self, ignored_ids or [])

telethon/_client/telegramclient.py

@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class TelegramClient:
     @forward_call(auth.send_code_request)
     async def send_code_request(
             self: 'TelegramClient',
-            phone: str) -> '_tl.auth.SentCode':
+            phone: str) -> 'SentCode':
         """
         Sends the Telegram code needed to login to the given phone number.
 
@@ -513,14 +513,24 @@ class TelegramClient:
                 The phone to which the code will be sent.
 
         Returns
-            An instance of :tl:`SentCode`.
+            An instance of `SentCode`.
 
         Example
             .. code-block:: python
 
                 phone = '+34 123 123 123'
                 sent = await client.send_code_request(phone)
-                print(sent)
+                print(sent.type)
+
+                # Wait before resending sent.next_type, if any
+                if sent.next_type:
+                    await asyncio.sleep(sent.timeout or 0)
+                    resent = await client.send_code_request(phone)
+                    print(sent.type)
+
+                # Checking the code locally
+                code = input('Enter code: ')
+                print('Code looks OK:', resent.check(code))
         """
 
     @forward_call(auth.qr_login)