api_hash: The API hash.
            username: The username.
            file_path: The file path to save the data to. Defaults to
                 "telegram_data.json".
        """
        self.chat_entity = chat_entity
        self.api_id = api_id
        self.api_hash = api_hash
        self.username = username
        self.file_path = file_path
[docs]    async def fetch_data_from_telegram(self) -> None:
        """Fetch data from Telegram API and save it as a JSON file."""
        from telethon.sync import TelegramClient
        data = []
        async with TelegramClient(self.username, self.api_id, self.api_hash) as client:
            async for message in client.iter_messages(self.chat_entity):
                is_reply = message.reply_to is not None
                reply_to_id = message.reply_to.reply_to_msg_id if is_reply else None
                data.append(
                    {
                        "sender_id": message.sender_id,
                        "text": message.text,
                        "date": message.date.isoformat(),
                        "message.id": message.id,
                        "is_reply": is_reply,
                        "reply_to_id": reply_to_id,
                    }
                )
        with open(self.file_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
            json.dump(data, f, ensure_ascii=False, indent=4)
    def _get_message_threads(self, data: pd.DataFrame) -> dict:
        """Create a dictionary of message threads from the given data.
        Args:
            data (pd.DataFrame): A DataFrame containing the conversation \
                data with columns:
                - message.sender_id
                - text
                - date
                - message.id
                - is_reply
                - reply_to_id
        Returns:
            dict: A dictionary where the key is the parent message ID and \