Changelog

[unreleased]

[0.19.0] 2024-06-23

  • Python versions 3.7 and 3.8 are no longer supported.

  • tdlib 1.8.31.

[0.18.0] - 2023-03-13

  • Added support for tdlib > 1.8.5. (thanks to @JleMyP)

[0.17.0] - 2023-01-25

  • Added import_contacts method. (thanks to @vlad-lf)

  • Added markup support. It is now possible to send formatted text (html/markdown and telegram-specific formats, for example hidden spoiler styling) (thanks to @SKY-ALIN)

[0.16.0] - 2022-08-18

  • Search for the system library first, and fallback to the embedded one if the system was not found.

  • Fixed the finding system library mechanism (thanks to @weirdo-neutrino)

  • tdlib v1.8.5

[0.15.0] - 2021-12-03

  • tdlib v1.7.9. Fixes UPDATE_APP_TO_LOGIN errors.

[0.14.0] - 2020-12-17

  • tdlib v1.7.0

[0.13.0] - 2020-11-16

  • Non-blocking login, see examples/get_me_non_blocking_login.py (thanks to @melfnt).

  • Better stop. python-teleram calls close and waits until tdlib is closed.

[0.12.0] - 2020-03-29

  • New example: examples/clear_group_messages.py (thanks to @h4x3rotab)

  • Proxy support (thanks to @h4x3rotab)

  • New methods: delete_messages, get_supergroup_full_info, create_basic_group_chat. (thanks to @h4x3rotab)

  • Fix #67: fixed infinite waiting for a result during login or for an ok result type.

  • New Telegram initialization parameter: use_secret_chats (True by default) (thanks to @DopeforHope)

  • Fix #81: encryption_key for tdlib database encryption is now being sent to tdlib as a base64 encoded string.

[0.11.0] - 2020-02-15

  • tdlib upgraded to v1.6.0 (from this repository)

  • Added a new parameter to the call_method: block=False. If it is set to True, the method waits for the result from tdlib.

  • Added Telegram.get_message method (thanks to @ali-shokoohi)

  • Fixed a race condition when in some cases AsyncResult.wait() could raise TimeoutError or end up in an endless loop. (thanks to @akamaus)

  • Added a new method: get_user.

  • Added Telegram.remove_update_handler function to remove update handlers.

[0.10.0] - 2019-04-10

  • Incompatible Linux library has been changed, now it’s compiled on Ubuntu with libc.

[0.9.0] - 2019-04-05

  • Incompatible default path for files is changed. Now the library uses an md5 hash of the phone number or bot token instead of just a phone number. It should not be noticeable for most cases, but if you rely on locally saved files or database, you need to pass the files_directory parameter to the telegram.client.Telegram.

  • Fixed problem with randomly raised “Database encryption key is needed” errors during login process. (#12)

  • Fixed stop method execution. (#8)

  • Added examples/bot_login.py example.

[0.8.0] - 2019-03-17

  • telegram.client.Telegram now supports any update type with a new method add_update_handler(handler_type, func)

  • tdlib v 1.3.0

  • Fixed problem with openssl in Dockerfile (#4)

[0.7.0]

  • New method getMe with an example.

[0.6.1] - 2018-05-01

  • Fixes for the Linux pre-compiled tdlib library.

[0.6.0] - 2018-05-01

  • Fixes for the Linux pre-compiled tdlib library.

[0.5.0] - 2018-05-01

  • New required parameter in the telegram.client.Telegram: database_encryption_key.

  • Compiled tdlib files now are in the pypi package (Linux and MacOS).

  • Default location of the tdlib’s files changed to /tmp/.tdlib_files/{phone_number}.

  • Now you can define additional optional params:

    • use_test_dc (default False)

    • device_model

    • system_version

    • system_language_code

    • application_version

    • use_message_database (default True)

  • Added new example: chat_stats.py.

[0.4.0] - 2018-04-29

Added two new methods:

  • get_instant_view - get instant view of a web page

  • call_method - call any method with any params

New example: get_instant_view.py

[0.3.1] - 2018-04-29

  • Logging level in the examples changed to INFO.

  • Added new Makefile command: docker-echo-bot.

  • All docker- commands in the Makefile now mount /tmp/ from a host machine to store tdlib’s files.

[0.3.0] - 2018-04-28

  • Added Dockerfile and Makefile with some examples.

  • Changed directory for tdlib files to /tmp/.tdlib_files_{self.phone}/.