Core: Make sure all of the latest Telegram API updates are in

Created on 25 Dec 2016 · 5Comments · Source: php-telegram-bot/core

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog

Just a checklist to make sure that all new features are included.
Putting the games on this list too, which should be implemented at some point! (#308)

December 4, 2016 - Bot API 2.3.1

[x] Use the new field max_connections in setWebhook to optimize your bot's server load
[x] Use allowed_updates in setWebhook and getUpdates to selectively subscribe to updates of a certain type. Among other things, this allows you to stop getting updates about new posts in channels where your bot is an admin.
[x] deleteWebhook moved out of setWebhook to get a whole separate method for itself.

November 21, 2016 - Bot API 2.3

[x] Your bot can now get updates about posts in channels. Added new fields channel_post and edited_channel_post to Update.
[x] Added the new field forward_from_message_id to Message. (#364)
[x] Added the new parameter cache_time to answerCallbackQuery. Will eventually work in Telegram apps — somewhere after version 3.14, maybe 3.15. (#364)
[x] Renamed hide_keyboard to remove_keyboard in ReplyKeyboardRemove for clarity. hide_keyboard will still work for a while for backward compatibility.
[ ] You can now update high scores to a lower value by using the new force parameter in setGameScore. Handy for punishing cheaters or fixing errors in your game's High Score table.
[ ] Starting today, messages with high scores will be updated with new high scores by default. Use disable_edit_message in setGameScore if you don't want this.
[ ] The edit_message parameter from setGameScore is no longer in use. For backward compatibility, it will be taken into account for a while, unless disable_edit_message is passed explicitly.

October 3, 2016 - Bot API 2.2

[x] New method getWebhookInfo to check current webhook status.
[x] Added the option to specify an HTTP URL for a file in all methods where InputFile or file_id can be used (except voice messages). Telegram will get the file from the specified URL and send it to the user. Files must be smaller than 5 MB for photos and smaller than 20 MB for all other types of content.
[x] Added new field switch_inline_query_current_chat in InlineKeyboardButton.
[x] Added caption fields to sendAudio, sendVoice, InlineQueryResultAudio, InlineQueryResultVoice, InlineQueryResultCachedAudio, and InlineQueryResultCachedVoice. (#364)
[x] New field all_members_are_administrators in the Chat object. (#364)
[ ] Use the new url parameter in answerCallbackQuery to create buttons that open your bot with user-specific parameters.
[ ] New method sendGame, new object InlineQueryResultGame, new field game in Message.
[ ] New parameter url in answerCallbackQuery. Create a game and accept the conditions using Botfather to send custom urls that open your games for the user.
[ ] New field callback_game in InlineKeyboardButton, new fields game_short_name and chat_instance in CallbackQuery, new object CallbackGame.
[ ] New methods setGameScore and getGameHighScores.

May 25, 2016

[x] Inline keyboards may now be used in group chats. Channels coming soon.
(inline keyboards in channels were silently enabled by Telegram)

May 22, 2016 - Bot API 2.1

[x] Added new methods: getChat, leaveChat, getChatAdministrators, getChatMember, getChatMembersCount.
[x] Added support for edited messages and new mentions from Telegram v.3.9. New fields: edited_message in Update, edit_date in Message, user in MessageEntity. New value text_mention for the type field in MessageEntity.

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noplanman

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Feel free to update my comment above to keep it up to date 👍

Yep, looks like the games is the main thing that's missing, nice!

noplanman on 30 Dec 2016

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Added the option to specify an HTTP URL for a file in all methods where InputFile or file_id (...)

I don't think this requires any code changes since you can simply do Request::sendPhoto([chat_id' => $chat_id, 'photo' => $file_url]); to achieve new functionality.