Tgbotapi

Added support for Video Stickers.
Added the field is_video to the classes Sticker and StickerSet.
Added the parameter webm_sticker to the methods createNewStickerSet and addStickerToSet.

- Improved support for Protected Content.
- Added the parameter protect_content to the methods sendMessage, sendPhoto, sendVideo, sendAnimation, sendAudio, sendDocument, sendSticker, sendVideoNote, sendVoice, sendLocation, sendVenue, sendContact, sendPoll, sendDice, sendInvoice, sendGame, sendMediaGroup, copyMessage, forwardMessage to allow sending messages with protected content to any chat.
- Added support for spoiler entities, which will work in Telegram versions released after December 30, 2021. Older clients will display unsupported message.
- Added new MessageEntity type “spoiler”.
- Added the ability to specify spoiler entities using HTML and MarkdownV2 formatting options.

- Bots are now allowed to contact users who sent a join request to a chat where the bot is an administrator with the can_invite_users administrator right – even if the user never interacted with the bot before.
- Added support for mentioning users by their ID in inline keyboards. This will only work in Telegram versions released after December 7, 2021. Older clients will display unsupported message.
- Added the methods banChatSenderChat and unbanChatSenderChat for banning and unbanning channel chats in supergroups and channels.
- Added the field has_private_forwards to the class Chat for private chats, which can be used to check the possibility of mentioning the user by their ID.
- Added the field has_protected_content to the classes Chat and Message.
- Added the field is_automatic_forward to the class Message.

- Added the the parameter creates_join_request to the methods createChatInviteLink and editChatInviteLink for managing chat invite links that create join requests (read more about this on our blog).
- Added the fields creates_join_request and pending_join_request_count to the class ChatInviteLink.
- Added the field name to the class ChatInviteLink and the parameters name to the methods createChatInviteLink and editChatInviteLink for managing invite link names.
- Added updates about new requests to join the chat, represented by the class ChatJoinRequest and the field chat_join_request in the Update class. The bot must be an administrator in the chat with the can_invite_users administrator right to receive these updates.
- Added the methods approveChatJoinRequest and declineChatJoinRequest for managing requests to join the chat.
- Added support for the choose_sticker action in the method sendChatAction.

Personalized Commands
- Bots can now show lists of commands tailored to specific situations - including localized commands for users with different languages, as well as different commands based on chat type or for specific chats, and special lists of commands for chat admins.
- Added the class BotCommandScope, describing the scope to which bot commands apply.
- Added the parameters scope and language_code to the method setMyCommands to allow bots specify different commands for different chats and users.
- Added the parameters scope and language_code to the method getMyCommands.
- Added the method deleteMyCommands to allow deletion of the bot's commands for the given scope and user language.
- Improved visibility of bot commands in Telegram apps with the new 'Menu' button in chats with bots, read more on the blog.

Custom Placeholders
- Added the ability to specify a custom input field placeholder in the classes ReplyKeyboardMarkup and ForceReply.

And More
- Improved documentation of the class ChatMember by splitting it into 6 subclasses.
- Renamed the method kickChatMember to banChatMember.
- Renamed the method getChatMembersCount to getChatMemberCount.
- Values of the field file_unique_id in objects of the type PhotoSize and of the fields small_file_unique_id and big_file_unique_id in objects of the type ChatPhoto were changed.

- Support for Payments 2.0, see this manual for more details about the Bot Payments API.
- Added the type InputInvoiceMessageContent to support sending invoices as inline query results.
- Allowed sending invoices to group, supergroup and channel chats.
- Added the fields max_tip_amount and suggested_tip_amounts to the method sendInvoice to allow adding optional tips to the
payment.
- The parameter start_parameter of the method sendInvoice became optional. If the parameter isn't specified, the invoice
can be paid directly from forwarded messages.
- Added the field chat_type to the class InlineQuery, containing the type of the chat, from which the inline request was
sent.
- Added the type VoiceChatScheduled and the field voice_chat_scheduled to the class Message.
- Fixed an error in sendChatAction documentation to correctly mention “record_voice” and “upload_voice” instead of
“record_audio” and “upload_audio” for related to voice note actions. Old action names will still work for backward
compatibility.