.close() or .stop() method

[SARFEX]

How can I stop background processing? process.exit() is not a solution :)

[alik0211]

What do you mean by "background processing"?

[SARFEX]

I need to execute a single command, and then complete the process. But it does not close and waits, probably because of socket connection.

[alik0211]

Why process.exit() is not a solution?

[SergeyFromHell]

I use a trick:

  function close() {
    // to protect myself from using closed instance of MTProto:
    mt.call = () => {
      throw new Error('MTProto has been closed.');
    };

    // shutdown all connections and forbid to connect:
    for (let rpc of Object.values(mt.rpcs)) {
      rpc.transport.connect = () => {};
      rpc.transport.socket.destroy();
    };
  }

But it surely would be better to have a proper api function for that purpose. Closing the whole process is not an option - it could do many other things, only one of which is telegram operations. And there could be unknown in forward (dynamic) set of accounts to operate (my case).

[alik0211]

Interesting. I may add a stop in future versions.

[Elexy]

I use the library to test a bot so I can use @SergeyFromHell 's trick with a process.exit() at the end. Would be nice to have a proper stop(). Even nicer would be a method like run_until_complete() as in Telethon

[alik0211]

I plan to add a stop method

[andreieuganox]

Any update from 2021?)