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Channel python-telegram-bot (@pythontelegrambotchannel) in the English language segment is an active participant. Currently, the community unites 17 073 subscribers, ranking 7 767 in the Technologies & Applications category and 13 523 in the China region.
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I just released a hotfix version 5.3.1 which resolves https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/579 by enforcing the use of
urllib3 v1.20 instead of v1.21.
We are still working on the v6 release.17 068
Released v5.3
- Implement API changes of November 21st (Bot API 2.3)
-
JobQueue now supports datetime.timedelta in addition to seconds
- JobQueue now supports running jobs only on certain days
- New Filters.reply filter
- Bugfix for Message.edit_reply_markup
- Other bugfixes
Update with pip install -U python-telegram-bot17 068
The prophecy was fullfilled! We just released v5.2
- Implement API changes of October 3rd (games update)
- Add
Message.edit_* methods
- Filters for the MessageHandler can now be combined using bitwise operators (& and |)
- Add a way to save user- and chat-related data temporarily (check out the new conversationbot2.py example)
- Other bugfixes and improvements17 068
Just a heads up: We are aware of the Bot API changes of today, October 3rd, and we are already working on it.
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A new release, at last!
python-telegram-bot v5.1 is now available on PyPI
Changelog:
- Drop Python 2.6 support
- Deprecate telegram.Emoji
- Use ujson if available
- Add instance methods to Message, Chat, User, InlineQuery and CallbackQuery
- RegEx filtering for CallbackQueryHandler and InlineQueryHandler
- New MessageHandler filters: forwarded and entity
- Add Message.get_entity to correctly handle UTF-16 codepoints and MessageEntity offsets
- Fix bug in ConversationHandler when first handler ends the conversation
- Allow multiple Dispatcher instances
- Add ChatMigrated Exception
- Properly split and handle arguments in CommandHandler
First of all: Sorry for letting you wait so long between two releases. Second of all: Holy shit! What an epic changelog!
7 different contributors worked on this release, and there is some cool new stuff to explore. Check out our updated examples on GitHub!
As always, you can upgrade to the latest version with
pip install -U python-telegram-bot17 068
Another cool blog post that uses python-telegram-bot for a chat bot with Natural Language Processing! Link: http://blog.algorithmia.com/create-a-chatbot-telegram-python-summarize-text/
We will start collecting articles like this in the wiki, please add any articles you know (or have written yourself) here: https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Press
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To our friends in Brazil, check out this great tutorial by JΓΊlia Rizza:
https://juliarizza.wordpress.com/2016/08/06/fazendo-um-bot-para-telegram-em-python/
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We want to keep a list of projects that are related to
python-telegram-bot in some way.
If you are developing such a project, please add it to this list: https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Related-Projects17 068
New major release v5.0
- Rework
JobQueue
- Introduce ConversationHandler
- Add telegram.constants module
There's also a small guide to help you with the transition: https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Transition-guide-to-Version-5.017 068
The just released v4.3.3 brings back proxy support that was removed with the switch to
urllib3 in the v4.3 release.17 068
Another fix release, v4.3.2, was just published.
The
timeout parameter is now respected again in all telegram.Bot methods.
Update to latest version:
$ pip install -U python-telegram-bot17 068
We just released a fix release v4.3.1, because v4.3 had a wrong version of
urllib3 as minimum requirement.
Please also check out our new wiki articles!
Webhooks: https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Webhooks
Hosting a bot at baum.xyz: https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Hosting-a-bot-at-baum.xyz17 068
Released v4.3
- Use
urllib3.PoolManager for connection re-use
- Rewrite run_async decorator to re-use threads
- New requirements: urllib3 and certifi
This release significantly improves performance, so we decided to release it separetely from v5.0, which is coming during the next weeks.17 068
Released v4.2.1
Minor bug fixes:
- Fix
CallbackQuery.to_dict() bug (thanks to jlmadurga)
- Fix editMessageText exception when receiving a CallbackQuery
Update to latest version:
$ pip install -U python-telegram-bot17 068
Released v4.2
- Implement Bot API 2.1
- Move
botan module to telegram.contrib
- New exception type: BadRequest
Also, we have a small tutorial now: https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Extensions-%E2%80%93-Your-first-Bot
Update to latest version with pip install -U python-telegram-bot
PS: We're already working on v5.0, featuring an improved JobQueue and better Emoji support.17 068
Released v4.1.2
This is a fix release for a critical bug due to Bot API 2.1 changes, where
getUpdates would fail.
Please update immediately:
pip install -U python-telegram-bot17 068
We are currently considering dropping Python 2.6 support. Would you mind answering this quick poll? https://www.strawpoll.me/10227996
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Released v4.1.1
This release fixes the Deprecation warning caused by
Dispatcher using two newly deprecated (mostly internally used) methods π17 068
We couldn't find 4.0.4 to release this time, releasing 4.1 instead. π
Released 4.1
- Implement API changes from May 6, 2016
- Fix bug when
start_polling with clean=True
- Methods now have snake_case equivalent, for example telegram.Bot.send_message is the same as telegram.Bot.sendMessage