feat(core): isPeerAvailable method

packages/core/src/highlevel/client.ts

@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ import { getMyUsername } from './methods/users/get-my-username.js'
 import { getProfilePhoto } from './methods/users/get-profile-photo.js'
 import { getProfilePhotos } from './methods/users/get-profile-photos.js'
 import { getUsers } from './methods/users/get-users.js'
+import { isPeerAvailable } from './methods/users/is-peer-available.js'
 import { iterProfilePhotos } from './methods/users/iter-profile-photos.js'
 import { resolvePeerMany } from './methods/users/resolve-peer-many.js'
 import { resolveChannel, resolvePeer, resolveUser } from './methods/users/resolve-peer.js'
@@ -5536,6 +5537,27 @@ export interface TelegramClient extends ITelegramClient {
      * @param ids  Users' identifiers. Can be ID, username, phone number, `"me"`, `"self"` or TL object
      */
     getUsers(ids: MaybeArray<InputPeerLike>): Promise<(User | null)[]>
+    /**
+     * Check whether a given peer ID can be used to actually
+     * interact with the Telegram API.
+     * This method checks the internal peers cache for the given
+     * input peer, and returns `true` if it is available there.
+     *
+     * You can think of this method as a stripped down version of
+     * {@link resolvePeer}, which only returns `true` or `false`.
+     *
+     * > **Note:** This method works offline and never sends any requests.
+     * > This means that when passing a username or phone number, it will
+     * > only return `true` if the user with that username/phone number
+     * > is cached in the storage, and will not try to resolve the peer by calling the API,
+     * > which *may* lead to false negatives.
+     *
+     * **Available**: ✅ both users and bots
+     *
+     * @returns
+     */
+    isPeerAvailable(
+        peerId: InputPeerLike): Promise<boolean>
     /**
      * Iterate over profile photos
      *
@@ -6529,6 +6551,9 @@ TelegramClient.prototype.getProfilePhotos = function (...args) {
 TelegramClient.prototype.getUsers = function (...args) {
     return getUsers(this._client, ...args)
 }
+TelegramClient.prototype.isPeerAvailable = function (...args) {
+    return isPeerAvailable(this._client, ...args)
+}
 TelegramClient.prototype.iterProfilePhotos = function (...args) {
     return iterProfilePhotos(this._client, ...args)
 }

packages/core/src/highlevel/methods.ts

@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ export { getMyUsername } from './methods/users/get-my-username.js'
 export { getProfilePhoto } from './methods/users/get-profile-photo.js'
 export { getProfilePhotos } from './methods/users/get-profile-photos.js'
 export { getUsers } from './methods/users/get-users.js'
+export { isPeerAvailable } from './methods/users/is-peer-available.js'
 export { iterProfilePhotos } from './methods/users/iter-profile-photos.js'
 export { resolvePeerMany } from './methods/users/resolve-peer-many.js'
 export { resolvePeer } from './methods/users/resolve-peer.js'

packages/core/src/highlevel/methods/users/is-peer-available.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { parseMarkedPeerId } from '../../../utils/peer-utils.js'
+import type { ITelegramClient } from '../../client.types'
+import type { InputPeerLike } from '../../types'
+
+import { _normalizePeerId } from './resolve-peer.js'
+
+/**
+ * Check whether a given peer ID can be used to actually
+ * interact with the Telegram API.
+ * This method checks the internal peers cache for the given
+ * input peer, and returns `true` if it is available there.
+ *
+ * You can think of this method as a stripped down version of
+ * {@link resolvePeer}, which only returns `true` or `false`.
+ *
+ * > **Note:** This method works offline and never sends any requests.
+ * > This means that when passing a username or phone number, it will
+ * > only return `true` if the user with that username/phone number
+ * > is cached in the storage, and will not try to resolve the peer by calling the API,
+ * > which *may* lead to false negatives.
+ *
+ * @returns
+ */
+export async function isPeerAvailable(
+    client: ITelegramClient,
+    peerId: InputPeerLike,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+    peerId = _normalizePeerId(peerId)
+
+    if (typeof peerId === 'object') {
+        // InputPeer (actual one, not mtcute.*)
+        return true
+    }
+
+    if (typeof peerId === 'number') {
+        const fromStorage = await client.storage.peers.getById(peerId)
+        if (fromStorage) return true
+
+        // in some cases, the server allows bots to use access_hash=0.
+        const [peerType] = parseMarkedPeerId(peerId)
+
+        if (peerType === 'chat' || client.storage.self.getCached(true)?.isBot) {
+            return true
+        }
+
+        return false
+    }
+
+    if (typeof peerId === 'string') {
+        if (peerId === 'self' || peerId === 'me') {
+            // inputPeerSelf is always available
+            return true
+        }
+
+        peerId = peerId.replace(/[@+\s()]/g, '')
+
+        if (peerId.match(/^\d+$/)) {
+            // phone number
+            const fromStorage = await client.storage.peers.getByPhone(peerId)
+            if (fromStorage) return true
+        } else {
+            // username
+            const fromStorage = await client.storage.peers.getByUsername(peerId)
+            if (fromStorage) return true
+        }
+
+        return false
+    }
+
+    return false
+}

packages/core/src/highlevel/methods/users/resolve-peer.ts

@@ -8,20 +8,8 @@ import { MtPeerNotFoundError } from '../../types/errors.js'
 import type { InputPeerLike } from '../../types/peers/index.js'
 import { toInputChannel, toInputPeer, toInputUser } from '../../utils/peer-utils.js'
 
-// @available=both
-/**
- * Get the `InputPeer` of a known peer id.
- * Useful when an `InputPeer` is needed in Raw API.
- *
- * @param peerId  The peer identifier that you want to extract the `InputPeer` from.
- * @param force  Whether to force re-fetch the peer from the server (only for usernames and phone numbers)
- */
-export async function resolvePeer(
-    client: ITelegramClient,
-    peerId: InputPeerLike,
-    force = false,
-): Promise<tl.TypeInputPeer> {
-    // for convenience we also accept tl and User/Chat objects directly
+export function _normalizePeerId(peerId: InputPeerLike): number | string | tl.TypeInputPeer {
+// for convenience we also accept tl and User/Chat objects directly
     if (typeof peerId === 'object') {
         if (tl.isAnyPeer(peerId)) {
             peerId = getMarkedPeerId(peerId)
@@ -36,16 +24,36 @@ export async function resolvePeer(
     if (typeof peerId === 'object') {
         switch (peerId._) {
             case 'mtcute.dummyInputPeerMinUser':
-                peerId = peerId.userId
-                break
+                return peerId.userId
             case 'mtcute.dummyInputPeerMinChannel':
-                peerId = toggleChannelIdMark(peerId.channelId)
-                break
+                return toggleChannelIdMark(peerId.channelId)
             default:
                 return peerId
         }
     }
 
+    return peerId
+}
+
+// @available=both
+/**
+ * Get the `InputPeer` of a known peer id.
+ * Useful when an `InputPeer` is needed in Raw API.
+ *
+ * @param peerId  The peer identifier that you want to extract the `InputPeer` from.
+ * @param force  Whether to force re-fetch the peer from the server (only for usernames and phone numbers)
+ */
+export async function resolvePeer(
+    client: ITelegramClient,
+    peerId: InputPeerLike,
+    force = false,
+): Promise<tl.TypeInputPeer> {
+    peerId = _normalizePeerId(peerId)
+    if (typeof peerId === 'object') {
+        // InputPeer (actual one, not mtcute.*)
+        return peerId
+    }
+
     if (typeof peerId === 'number' && !force) {
         const fromStorage = await client.storage.peers.getById(peerId)
         if (fromStorage) return fromStorage
@@ -152,7 +160,7 @@ export async function resolvePeer(
     // if it's not the case, we'll get an `PEER_ID_INVALID` error anyways
     const [peerType, bareId] = parseMarkedPeerId(peerId)
 
-    if (peerType !== 'chat' && !client.storage.self.getCached(true)?.isBot) {
+    if (!(peerType === 'chat' || client.storage.self.getCached(true)?.isBot)) {
         throw new MtPeerNotFoundError(`Peer ${peerId} is not found in local cache`)
     }