old_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python3
  import traceback
  
  from telethon.interactive_telegram_client import (InteractiveTelegramClient,
                                                    print_title)
  
  
  def load_settings(path='api/settings'):
      """Loads the user settings located under `api/`"""
      result = {}
      with open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
          for line in file:
              value_pair = line.split('=')
              left = value_pair[0].strip()
              right = value_pair[1].strip()
              if right.isnumeric():
                  result[left] = int(right)
              else:
                  result[left] = right
  
      return result
  
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      # Load the settings and initialize the client
      settings = load_settings()
      client = InteractiveTelegramClient(
          session_user_id=settings.get('session_name', 'anonymous'),
          user_phone=str(settings['user_phone']),
          api_id=settings['api_id'],
          api_hash=settings['api_hash'])
  
      print('Initialization done!')
  
      try:
          client.run()
  
      except Exception as e:
          print('Unexpected error ({}): {} at\n{}'.format(
              type(e), e, traceback.format_exc()))
  
      finally:
          print_title('Exit')
          print('Thanks for trying the interactive example! Exiting...')
          client.disconnect()
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python3
  import traceback
  
  from telethon.interactive_telegram_client import (InteractiveTelegramClient,
                                                    print_title)
  
  
  def load_settings(path='api/settings'):
      """Loads the user settings located under `api/`"""
      result = {}
      with open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
          for line in file:
              value_pair = line.split('=')
              left = value_pair[0].strip()
              right = value_pair[1].strip()
              if right.isnumeric():
                  result[left] = int(right)
              else:
                  result[left] = right
  
      return result
  
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      # Load the settings and initialize the client
      settings = load_settings()
      client = InteractiveTelegramClient(
          session_user_id=str(settings.get('session_name', 'anonymous')),
          user_phone=str(settings['user_phone']),
          api_id=settings['api_id'],
          api_hash=str(settings['api_hash']))
  
      print('Initialization done!')
  
      try:
          client.run()
  
      except Exception as e:
          print('Unexpected error ({}): {} at\n{}'.format(
              type(e), e, traceback.format_exc()))
  
      finally:
          print_title('Exit')
          print('Thanks for trying the interactive example! Exiting...')
          client.disconnect()
  
subject: Allow integer-only session name and hash for the example