Python-telegram-bot

- Bugfixes
- ``KeyboardReplyMarkup`` now accepts ``str`` again

**2016-04-27**

- Implement Bot API 2.0
- Almost complete recode of ``Dispatcher``
- Please read the `Transition Guide to 4.0 <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Transition-guide-to-Version-4.0>`_
- **Changes from 4.0rc1**
- The syntax of filters for ``MessageHandler`` (upper/lower cases)
- Handler groups are now identified by ``int`` only, and ordered
- **Note:** v4.0 has been skipped due to a PyPI accident

**2016-04-22**

(also some bugfixes :))

Telegram Passport (:pr:`1174`):

- Add full support for telegram passport.
- New types: PassportData, PassportFile, EncryptedPassportElement, EncryptedCredentials, PassportElementError, PassportElementErrorDataField, PassportElementErrorFrontSide, PassportElementErrorReverseSide, PassportElementErrorSelfie, PassportElementErrorFile and PassportElementErrorFiles.
- New bot method: set_passport_data_errors
- New filter: Filters.passport_data
- Field passport_data field on Message
- PassportData can be easily decrypted.
- PassportFiles are automatically decrypted if originating from decrypted PassportData.
- See new passportbot.py example for details on how to use, or go to `our telegram passport wiki page`_ for more info
- NOTE: Passport decryption requires new dependency `cryptography`.

Inputfile rework (:pr:`1184`):

- Change how Inputfile is handled internally
- This allows support for specifying the thumbnails of photos and videos using the thumb= argument in the different send\_ methods.
- Also allows Bot.send_media_group to actually finally send more than one media.
- Add thumb to Audio, Video and Videonote
- Add Bot.edit_message_media together with InputMediaAnimation, InputMediaAudio, and inputMediaDocument.

Other Bot API 4.0 changes:

- Add forusquare_type to Venue, InlineQueryResultVenue, InputVenueMessageContent, and Bot.send_venue. (:pr:`1170`)
- Add vCard support by adding vcard field to Contact, InlineQueryResultContact, InputContactMessageContent, and Bot.send_contact. (:pr:`1166`)
- Support new message entities: CASHTAG and PHONE_NUMBER. (:pr:`1179`)
- Cashtag seems to be things like `$USD` and `$GBP`, but it seems telegram doesn't currently send them to bots.
- Phone number also seems to have limited support for now
- Add Bot.send_animation, add width, height, and duration to Animation, and add Filters.animation. (:pr:`1172`)

Non Bot API 4.0 changes:

- Minor integer comparison fix (:pr:`1147`)
- Fix Filters.regex failing on non-text message (:pr:`1158`)
- Fix ProcessLookupError if process finishes before we kill it (:pr:`1126`)
- Add t.me links for User, Chat and Message if available and update User.mention_* (:pr:`1092`)
- Fix mention_markdown/html on py2 (:pr:`1112`)

.. _`our telegram passport wiki page`: https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Telegram-Passport

- Implement Bot API 2.0
- Almost complete recode of ``Dispatcher``
- Please read the `Transistion Guide to 4.0 <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Transition-guide-to-Version-4.0>`_

**2016-03-22**

- Move ``Updater``, ``Dispatcher`` and ``JobQueue`` to new ``telegram.ext`` submodule (thanks to rahiel)
- Add ``disable_notification`` parameter (thanks to aidarbiktimirov)
- Fix bug where commands sent by Telegram Web would not be recognized (thanks to shelomentsevd)
- Add option to skip old updates on bot startup
- Send files from ``BufferedReader``

**2016-02-28**

- Inline bots
- Send any file by URL
- Specialized exceptions: ``Unauthorized``, ``InvalidToken``, ``NetworkError`` and ``TimedOut``
- Integration for botan.io (thanks to ollmer)
- HTML Parsemode (thanks to jlmadurga)
- Bugfixes and under-the-hood improvements

**Very special thanks to Noam Meltzer (tsnoam) for all of his work!**

**2016-01-09**