telethon.errors.rpcerrorlist.BotMethodInvalidError

[firexx]

i add me as user with add command like /add +4917699999999 myname

(here ist a fake mobile number, but i used existing) then after i /start logging i get in the console the exception throwed

Unhandled exception on start
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ak/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/telethon/client/users.py", line 525, in _get_entity_from_string
    functions.contacts.GetContactsRequest(0))).users:
  File "/home/ak/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/telethon/client/users.py", line 30, in __call__
    return await self._call(self._sender, request, ordered=ordered)
  File "/home/ak/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/telethon/client/users.py", line 79, in _call
    result = await future
telethon.errors.rpcerrorlist.BotMethodInvalidError: The API access for bot users is restricted. The method you tried to invoke cannot be executed as a bot (caused by GetContactsRequest)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ak/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/telethon/client/updates.py", line 454, in _dispatch_update
    await callback(event)
  File "spy.py", line 137, in start
    account = await client.get_entity(contact.id)
  File "/home/ak/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/telethon/client/users.py", line 330, in get_entity
    result.append(await self._get_entity_from_string(x))
  File "/home/ak/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/telethon/client/users.py", line 529, in _get_entity_from_string
    raise ValueError('Cannot get entity by phone number as a '
ValueError: Cannot get entity by phone number as a bot (try using integer IDs, not strings)

[firexx]

on first start it is wrong to request bots token, with the owner phone number it is work. if you on first strat provide the information the ticket can be closed

[giammi56]

you need to use your own phone number