Add Markdown support for sendMessage method.

README.rst

@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ To post a text message::
 
     >>> bot.sendMessage(chat_id=chat_id, text="I'm sorry Dave I'm afraid I can't do that.")
 
+To post a text message with markdown::
+
+    >>> bot.sendMessage(chat_id=chat_id, text="*bold* _italic_ [link](http://google.com).", parse_mode=telegram.ParseMode.MARKDOWN)
+
 To post an Emoji (special thanks to `Tim Whitlock <http://apps.timwhitlock.info/emoji/tables/unicode>`_)::
 
     >>> bot.sendMessage(chat_id=chat_id, text=telegram.Emoji.PILE_OF_POO)

telegram/__init__.py

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ from .error import TelegramError
 from .inputfile import InputFile
 from .nullhandler import NullHandler
 from .emoji import Emoji
+from .parsemode import ParseMode
 from .message import Message
 from .update import Update
 from .bot import Bot
@@ -50,5 +51,5 @@ __all__ = ['Bot', 'Emoji', 'TelegramError', 'InputFile', 'ReplyMarkup',
            'ForceReply', 'ReplyKeyboardHide', 'ReplyKeyboardMarkup',
            'UserProfilePhotos', 'ChatAction', 'Location', 'Contact',
            'Video', 'Sticker', 'Document', 'Audio', 'PhotoSize', 'GroupChat',
-           'Update', 'Message', 'User', 'TelegramObject', 'NullHandler',
+           'Update', 'ParseMode', 'Message', 'User', 'TelegramObject', 'NullHandler',
            'Voice']

telegram/bot.py

@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ class Bot(TelegramObject):
     def sendMessage(self,
                     chat_id,
                     text,
+                    parse_mode=None,
                     disable_web_page_preview=None,
                     **kwargs):
         """Use this method to send text messages.
@@ -189,6 +190,10 @@ class Bot(TelegramObject):
           chat_id:
             Unique identifier for the message recipient - telegram.User or
             telegram.GroupChat id.
+          parse_mode:
+            Send Markdown, if you want Telegram apps to show bold, italic and
+            inline URLs in your bot's message. For the moment, only Telegram
+            for Android supports this. [Optional]
           text:
             Text of the message to be sent.
           disable_web_page_preview:
@@ -209,6 +214,8 @@ class Bot(TelegramObject):
         data = {'chat_id': chat_id,
                 'text': text}
 
+        if parse_mode:
+            data['parse_mode'] = parse_mode
         if disable_web_page_preview:
             data['disable_web_page_preview'] = disable_web_page_preview
 

telegram/parsemode.py

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# pylint: disable=R0903
+#
+# A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].
+
+"""This module contains a object that represents a Telegram Message Parse Modes"""
+
+
+class ParseMode(object):
+    """This object represents a Telegram Message Parse Modes."""
+
+    MARKDOWN = 'Markdown'