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2022-08-29 16:38:51 New payment provider added:

• Paykassma

More about bot payments:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments Open / Comment

2022-08-12 17:29:11 Bot API 6.2

Custom Emoji
• Bots can identify custom emoji sent by Telegram Premium users via the new type "custom_emoji" and field custom_emoji_id added to the MessageEntity class.
• Added the method getCustomEmojiStickers to obtain information about specific emoji.
• Added the fields type and custom_emoji_id to the Sticker class.
• Added sticker_type as a new field for StickerSet and as a new parameter for createNewStickerSet.

Web Apps
• Implemented support for native dialog windows including alerts, popups with custom buttons and confirmation messages.
• A confirmation dialog can now be shown when users close the web app. The dialog can be toggled via the enableClosingConfirmation and disableClosingConfirmation functions.
• Added the field is_premium to the WebAppUser class — the standard User class already included this field, see version 6.1.

• Added has_restricted_voice_and_video_messages to the Chat class to support the new premium setting.

• And more, see the full changelog for details:

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#august-12-2022

Note: The documentation for createNewStickerSet and StickerSet no longer mentions the contains_masks parameter and field respectively. In both instances, contains_masks will continue to work for backward compatibility but developers should use sticker_type instead. Open / Comment

2022-06-21 12:09:29 Bot API 6.1

Telegram Premium
• To support 4GB files uploaded by premium accounts, file_size in most media classes can no longer be stored in a signed 32-bit integer type.
• Bots can now distinguish premium Users and Stickers with the new respective fields is_premium and premium_animation.

Web Apps
• Added several methods and fields to the class WebApp to handle API version, additional colors, haptic feedback and more.
• Added the events backButtonClicked, settingsButtonClicked and invoiceClosed.
• Updated ThemeParams, MainButton and WebAppInitData with new fields and methods.

Groups, Payments and Attachment Menu
• Bots can now process join requests created without an invite link – they will still receive a chat_join_request update.
• HTTP links for invoices can be generated with the new createInvoiceLink method.
• Bots can now detect when a user added them to their attachment menu via the new added_to_attachment_menu field. Integrated bots can now also be used in groups, supergroups and channels.

• Check that your bot's webhook was set by you with the new secret_token parameter.

• And more, see the full changelog for details:

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#june-20-2022

Warning: Only HTTPS links are now allowed in login_url. Open / Comment

2022-06-14 19:14:49 As of the next update, it will no longer be possible to store the value of file_size fields in a signed 32-bit integer type. This change is necessary to support 4GB files which some users will be able to upload. We expect this update to arrive in June 2022. Open / Comment

2022-05-27 19:07:44 New payment providers added:

• Unlimint
• ipay88

More about bot payments:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments Open / Comment

2022-05-09 11:19:01 New payment providers added:

• Smart Glocal
• Bank 131

More about bot payments:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments Open / Comment

2022-04-16 18:29:41 Bot API 6.0

• Added support for Web Apps.
• KeyboardButton and InlineKeyboardButton can now be used to launch Web Apps.
• Added control over the bot's menu button via setChatMenuButton and getChatMenuButton.
• Added control over the bot's default admin rights via setMyDefaultAdministratorRights and getMyDefaultAdministratorRights.
• Added support for t.me links to add bots as admins.

• And more, see the full changelog for details:

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#april-16-2022

Warning: After the next update, login_url will only allow HTTPS links. Open / Comment

2022-02-01 21:54:46 Bot API 5.7

• Added support for Video Stickers.

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#january-31-2022

Note: Clients released before January 31, 2022 will display messages containing video stickers as "unsupported message". Open / Comment

2021-12-31 11:54:19 Bot API 5.6

• Improved support for protected content: bots can now send it to any chat via the protect_content parameter.
• Implemented spoiler entities both as a new MessageEntity and a supported MarkdownV2 and HTML formatting option.

• See the full changelog for details:

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#december-30-2021

Warning: Clients released before December 30, 2021 will display messages containing spoilers as "unsupported message". Open / Comment

2021-12-07 16:12:10 Bot API 5.5

• Bots can now contact users who sent a join request to a chat where the bot is an admin – even if the user never interacted with the bot before.
• Added support for protected content in groups and channels.
• Added support for users posting as a channel in public groups and channel comments.
• Added support for mentioning users by their ID in inline keyboards.
• And more, see the full changelog for details:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#december-7-2021


Warning: As previously announced, user identifiers can now have up to 52 significant bits and require a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type to be stored safely. Open / Comment