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<p>Subscribe to <a href="https://t.me/botnews">@BotNews</a> to be the first to know about the latest updates and join the discussion in <a href="https://t.me/bottalk">@BotTalk</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="february-3-2023" href="#february-3-2023"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 3, 2023</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2023" href="#2023"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2023</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="february-3-2023" href="#february-3-2023"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 3, 2023</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.5</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/profile-pics-emoji-translations#chat-selection-for-bots">requests for users and chats</a> and support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/profile-pics-emoji-translations#granular-media-permissions">granular media permissions</a>.</li>
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<li>Added the parameter <em>use_independent_chat_permissions</em> to the methods <a href="/bots/api#restrictchatmember">restrictChatMember</a> and <a href="/bots/api#setchatpermissions">setChatPermissions</a>.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>user_chat_id</em> to the class <a href="/bots/api#chatjoinrequest">ChatJoinRequest</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-30-2022" href="#december-30-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 30, 2022</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2022" href="#2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-30-2022" href="#december-30-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 30, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.4</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added the field <em>is_persistent</em> to the class <a href="/bots/api#replykeyboardmarkup">ReplyKeyboardMarkup</a>, allowing to control when the keyboard is shown.</li>
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<li>Added the methods <em>showScanQrPopup</em>, <em>closeScanQrPopup</em>, and <em>readTextFromClipboard</em> to the class <a href="/bots/webapps#initializing-web-apps">WebApp</a>.</li>
<li>Added the parameter <em>options</em> to the method <em>openLink</em> of the class <a href="/bots/webapps#initializing-web-apps">WebApp</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-5-2022" href="#november-5-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 5, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-5-2022" href="#november-5-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 5, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.3</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/topics-in-groups-collectible-usernames#topics-in-groups">Topics in Groups</a>.</li>
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<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/topics-in-groups-collectible-usernames#collectible-usernames">Multiple Usernames</a> via the field <em>active_usernames</em> in the class <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a>.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>emoji_status_custom_emoji_id</em> to the class <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-12-2022" href="#august-12-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 12, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-12-2022" href="#august-12-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 12, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.2</strong></p>
<p><strong>Custom Emoji Support</strong></p>
<ul>
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<ul>
<li>Added the field <em>has_restricted_voice_and_video_messages</em> to the class <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> to support the <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/custom-emoji#privacy-settings-for-voice-messages">new setting</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-20-2022" href="#june-20-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 20, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-20-2022" href="#june-20-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 20, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.1</strong></p>
<p><strong>Media in Descriptions</strong></p>
<ul>
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<li>Added the parameter <em>secret_token</em> to the method <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a>.</li>
<li>As previously announced, only HTTPS links are now allowed in <em>login_url</em> inline keyboard buttons.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-16-2022" href="#april-16-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 16, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-16-2022" href="#april-16-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 16, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.0</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <strong>Web Apps</strong>, see the <a href="/bots/webapps">detailed manual here</a>. (<a href="https://telegram.org/blog/notifications-bots">blog announcement</a>)</li>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>After the next update, only HTTPS links will be allowed in <em>login_url</em> inline keyboard buttons.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-31-2022" href="#january-31-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 31, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-31-2022" href="#january-31-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 31, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.7</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/video-stickers-better-reactions">Video Stickers</a>.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>is_video</em> to the classes <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> and <a href="/bots/api#stickerset">StickerSet</a>.</li>
<li>Added the parameter <em>webm_sticker</em> to the methods <a href="/bots/api#createnewstickerset">createNewStickerSet</a> and <a href="/bots/api#addstickertoset">addStickerToSet</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-30-2021" href="#december-30-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 30, 2021</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2021" href="#2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-30-2021" href="#december-30-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 30, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.6</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Improved support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/protected-content-delete-by-date-and-more#protected-content-in-groups-and-channels">Protected Content</a>.</li>
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<li>Added new <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> type “spoiler”.</li>
<li>Added the ability to specify spoiler entities using <a href="/bots/api#html-style">HTML</a> and <a href="/bots/api#markdownv2-style">MarkdownV2</a> formatting options.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-7-2021" href="#december-7-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 7, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-7-2021" href="#december-7-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 7, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.5</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Bots are now allowed to contact users who sent a join request to a chat where the bot is an administrator with the <em>can_invite_users</em> administrator right – even if the user never interacted with the bot before.</li>
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> After this update it will become impossible to forward messages from some chats. Use the fields <em>has_protected_content</em> in the classes <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> and <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> to check this.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> After this update users are able to send messages on behalf of channels they own. Bots are expected to use the field <em>sender_chat</em> in the class <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> to correctly support such messages.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> As previously announced, user identifiers can now have up to 52 significant bits and require a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type to be stored safely.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-5-2021" href="#november-5-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 5, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-5-2021" href="#november-5-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 5, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.4</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added the the parameter <code>creates_join_request</code> to the methods <a href="/bots/api#createchatinvitelink">createChatInviteLink</a> and <a href="/bots/api#editchatinvitelink">editChatInviteLink</a> for managing chat invite links that create join requests (read more about this on our <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/shared-media-scrolling-calendar-join-requests-and-more#join-requests-for-groups-and-channels">blog</a>).</li>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>User identifiers will become bigger than <code>2^31 - 1</code> before the end of this year and it will be no longer possible to store them in a signed 32-bit integer type. User identifiers will have up to 52 significant bits, so a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type would still be safe for storing them. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such user identifiers.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-25-2021" href="#june-25-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 25, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-25-2021" href="#june-25-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 25, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.3</strong></p>
<p><strong>Personalized Commands</strong></p>
<ul>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>After one of the upcoming Bot API updates, user identifiers will become bigger than <code>2^31 - 1</code> and it will be no longer possible to store them in a signed 32-bit integer type. User identifiers will have up to 52 significant bits, so a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type would still be safe for storing them. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such user identifiers.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-26-2021" href="#april-26-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 26, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-26-2021" href="#april-26-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 26, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.2</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/payments-2-0-scheduled-voice-chats">Payments 2.0</a>, see <a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments">this manual</a> for more details about the <strong>Bot Payments API</strong>.</li>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>After one of the upcoming Bot API updates, user identifiers will become bigger than <code>2^31 - 1</code> and it will be no longer possible to store them in a signed 32-bit integer type. User identifiers will have up to 52 significant bits, so a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type would still be safe for storing them. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such user identifiers.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="march-9-2021" href="#march-9-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>March 9, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="march-9-2021" href="#march-9-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>March 9, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.1</strong></p>
<p><strong>Added two new update types</strong></p>
<ul>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>After one of the upcoming Bot API updates, some user identifiers will become bigger than <code>2^31 - 1</code> and it will be no longer possible to store them in a signed 32-bit integer type. User identifiers will have up to 52 significant bits, so a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type would still be safe for storing them. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such user identifiers.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-4-2020" href="#november-4-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 4, 2020</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2020" href="#2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-4-2020" href="#november-4-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 4, 2020</h4>
<p>Introducing <strong>Bot API 5.0</strong></p>
<p><strong>Run Your Own Bot API Server</strong></p>
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<ul>
<li>Supported the new <strong>football</strong> and <strong>slot machine</strong> animations for the random <a href="/bots/api#dice">dice</a>. Choose between different animations (dice, darts, basketball, football, slot machine) by specifying the <em>emoji</em> parameter in the method <a href="/bots/api#senddice">sendDice</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-4-2020" href="#june-4-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 4, 2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-4-2020" href="#june-4-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 4, 2020</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.9</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added the new field <em>via_bot</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object. You can now know which bot was used to send a message.</li>
<li>Supported video thumbnails for inline <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultgif">GIF</a> and <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultmpeg4gif">MPEG4</a> animations.</li>
<li>Supported the new basketball animation for the random <a href="/bots/api#dice">dice</a>. Choose between different animations (dice, darts, basketball) by specifying the <em>emoji</em> parameter in the method <a href="/bots/api#senddice">sendDice</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-24-2020" href="#april-24-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 24, 2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-24-2020" href="#april-24-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 24, 2020</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.8</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Supported explanations for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/400-million#better-quizzes">Quizzes 2.0</a>. Add explanations by specifying the parameters <em>explanation</em> and <em>explanation_parse_mode</em> in the method <a href="/bots/api#sendpoll">sendPoll</a>.</li>
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<li>Supported the new <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/400-million#bullseye">darts</a> animation for the dice mini-game. Choose between the default dice animation and darts animation by specifying the parameter <em>emoji</em> in the method <a href="/bots/api#senddice">sendDice</a>.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>emoji</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#dice">Dice</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="march-30-2020" href="#march-30-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>March 30, 2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="march-30-2020" href="#march-30-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>March 30, 2020</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.7</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added the method <a href="/bots/api#senddice">sendDice</a> for sending a dice message, which will have a random value from 1 to 6. (Yes, we&#39;re aware of the <em>“proper”</em> singular of <em>die</em>. But it&#39;s awkward, and we decided to help it change. One dice at a time!)</li>
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<li>Added the field <em>thumb</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#stickerset">StickerSet</a> object.</li>
<li>Added the ability to change thumbnails of sticker sets created by the bot using the method <a href="/bots/api#setstickersetthumb">setStickerSetThumb</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-23-2020" href="#january-23-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 23, 2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-23-2020" href="#january-23-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 23, 2020</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.6</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Supported <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/polls-2-0-vmq">Polls 2.0</a>.</li>
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<li>Added more information about the bot in response to the <a href="/bots/api#getme">getMe</a> request: added the fields <em>can_join_groups</em>, <em>can_read_all_group_messages</em> and <em>supports_inline_queries</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#user">User</a> object.</li>
<li>Added the optional field <em>language</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-31-2019" href="#december-31-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 31, 2019</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2019" href="#2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2019</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-31-2019" href="#december-31-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 31, 2019</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.5</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for two new <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> types, <em>underline</em> and <em>strikethrough</em>.</li>
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<li>Added the new method <a href="/bots/api#setchatadministratorcustomtitle">setChatAdministratorCustomTitle</a> to manage the custom titles of administrators promoted by the bot.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>slow_mode_delay</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="july-29-2019" href="#july-29-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 29, 2019</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="july-29-2019" href="#july-29-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 29, 2019</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.4</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/animated-stickers"><strong>animated stickers</strong></a>. New field <em>is_animated</em> in <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> and <a href="/bots/api#stickerset">StickerSet</a> objects, animated stickers can now be used in <a href="/bots/api#sendsticker">sendSticker</a> and <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultcachedsticker">InlineQueryResultCachedSticker</a>.</li>
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<li>All <strong>webhook requests</strong> from the Bot API are now coming from the subnets <code>149.154.160.0/20</code> and <code>91.108.4.0/22</code>. Most users won&#39;t need to do anything to continue receiving webhooks. If you control inbound access with a firewall, you may need to update your configuration. You can always find the list of actual IP addresses of servers used to send webhooks there: <a href="/bots/webhooks"><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks">https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks</a></a>.</li>
<li>As of the <strong>next Bot API</strong> update (<strong>version 4.5</strong>), nested <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> objects will be allowed in message texts and captions. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such entities.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-31-2019" href="#may-31-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 31, 2019</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-31-2019" href="#may-31-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 31, 2019</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.3</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/privacy-discussions-web-bots#meet-seamless-web-bots"><strong>Seamless Telegram Login</strong></a> on external websites.</li>
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<li>Bots that have the <em>can_edit_messages</em> right in a channel can now use the method <a href="/bots/api#editmessagereplymarkup">editMessageReplyMarkup</a> for messages written by other administrators forever without the 48 hours limit.</li>
<li>Don&#39;t forget that starting in <strong>July 2019</strong>, <strong>webhook requests</strong> from Bot API will be coming from the subnets <code>149.154.160.0/20</code> and <code>91.108.4.0/22</code>. Most users won&#39;t need to do anything to continue receiving webhooks. If you control inbound access with a firewall, you may need to update your configuration. You can always find the list of actual IP addresses of servers used to send webhooks there: <a href="/bots/webhooks"><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks">https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks</a></a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-14-2019" href="#april-14-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 14, 2019</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-14-2019" href="#april-14-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 14, 2019</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.2</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for native polls: added the object <a href="/bots/api#poll">Poll</a>, the methods <a href="/bots/api#sendpoll">sendPoll</a> and <a href="/bots/api#stoppoll">stopPoll</a> and the field <em>poll</em> in the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> and <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a> objects.</li>
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<li>Starting in July 2019, webhook requests from Bot API will be coming from the subnets <code>149.154.160.0/20</code> and <code>91.108.4.0/22</code>. Most users won&#39;t need to do anything to continue receiving webhooks. If you control inbound access with a firewall, you may need to update your configuration. You can always find the list of actual IP addresses of servers used to send webhooks there: <a href="/bots/webhooks"><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks">https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks</a></a>.</li>
<li>Document thumbnails now should be inscribed in a 320x320 square instead of 90x90.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-27-2018" href="#august-27-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 27, 2018</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2018" href="#2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2018</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-27-2018" href="#august-27-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 27, 2018</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.1</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for translated versions of documents in <a href="/passport">Telegram Passport</a>.</li>
<li>New field <em>translation</em> in <a href="/bots/api#encryptedpassportelement">EncryptedPassportElement</a>.</li>
<li>New errors: <a href="/bots/api#passportelementerrortranslationfile">PassportElementErrorTranslationFile</a> and <a href="/bots/api#passportelementerrortranslationfile">PassportElementErrorTranslationFiles</a> and <a href="/bots/api#passportelementerrorunspecified">PassportElementErrorUnspecified</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="july-26-2018" href="#july-26-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 26, 2018</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="july-26-2018" href="#july-26-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 26, 2018</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.0</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/passport"><strong>Telegram Passport</strong></a>. See the official announcement on the <a href="https://telegram.org/blog">blog</a> and the <a href="https://core.telegram.org/passport">manual</a> for details.</li>
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<li>If a webhook returns the HTTP error <code>410 Gone</code> for all requests for more than 23 hours successively, it can be automatically removed.</li>
<li>Added <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard">vCard</a> support when sharing contacts: added the field <em>vcard</em> to the objects <a href="/bots/api#contact">Contact</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultcontact">InlineQueryResultContact</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inputcontactmessagecontent">InputContactMessageContent</a> and the method <a href="/bots/api#sendcontact">sendContact</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="february-13-2018" href="#february-13-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 13, 2018</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="february-13-2018" href="#february-13-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 13, 2018</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.6</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Supported <a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#formatting-options">text formatting</a> in media captions. Specify the desired <em>parse_mode</em> (<a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#markdown-style">Markdown</a> or <a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#html-style">HTML</a>) when you provide a caption.</li>
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<li>Added the new field <em>connected_website</em> to <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a>. The bot will receive a message with this field in a private chat when a user logs in on the bot&#39;s connected website using the <a href="https://core.telegram.org/widgets/login">Login Widget</a> and allows sending messages from your bot.</li>
<li>Added the new parameter <em>supports_streaming</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#sendvideo">sendVideo</a> method and a field with the same name to the <a href="/bots/api#inputmediavideo">InputMediaVideo</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-17-2017" href="#november-17-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 17, 2017</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2017" href="#2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-17-2017" href="#november-17-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 17, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.5</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Added the new method <a href="/bots/api#sendmediagroup">sendMediaGroup</a> and two kinds of <a href="/bots/api#inputmedia">InputMedia</a> objects to support the new <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/albums-saved-messages">albums feature</a>.</li>
<li>Added support for pinning messages in channels. <a href="/bots/api#pinchatmessage">pinChatMessage</a> and <a href="/bots/api#unpinchatmessage">unpinChatMessage</a> accept channels.</li>
<li>Added the new fields <em>provider_data</em>, <em>send_phone_number_to_provider</em>, <em>send_email_to_provider</em> to <a href="/bots/api#sendinvoice">sendInvoice</a> for sharing information about the invoice with the payment provider.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="october-11-2017" href="#october-11-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 11, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="october-11-2017" href="#october-11-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 11, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.4</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Bots can now send and receive <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/live-locations">Live Locations</a>. Added new field <em>live_period</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#sendlocation">sendLocation</a> method and the <a href="/bots/api#editmessagelivelocation">editMessageLiveLocation</a> and <a href="/bots/api#stopmessagelivelocation">stopMessageLiveLocation</a> methods as well as the necessary objects for inline bots.</li>
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<li>The <a href="/bots/api#getchat">getChat</a> request now returns the group&#39;s sticker set for supergroups if available.</li>
<li>Bots now receive entities from media captions in the new field <em>caption_entities</em> in <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-23-2017" href="#august-23-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 23, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-23-2017" href="#august-23-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 23, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.3</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Bots can now mention users via <a href="/bots/api#formatting-options">inline mentions</a>, without using usernames.</li>
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<li>Added the new fields <em>author_signature</em> and <em>forward_signature</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object.</li>
<li>Added the new field <em>is_bot</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#user">User</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="july-21-2017" href="#july-21-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 21, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="july-21-2017" href="#july-21-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 21, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.2</strong>. Teach your bot to handle <a href="/bots/api#stickers">stickers and sticker sets</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Added new methods for working with stickers: <a href="/bots/api#getstickerset">getStickerSet</a>, <a href="/bots/api#uploadstickerfile">uploadStickerFile</a>, <a href="/bots/api#createnewstickerset">createNewStickerSet</a>, <a href="/bots/api#addstickertoset">addStickerToSet</a>, <a href="/bots/api#setstickerpositioninset">setStickerPositionInSet</a>, and <a href="/bots/api#deletestickerfromset">deleteStickerFromSet</a>.</li>
<li>Added the fields <em>set_name</em> and <em>mask_position</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> object, plus two new objects, <a href="/bots/api#stickerset">StickerSet</a>, and <a href="/bots/api#maskposition">MaskPosition</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-30-2017" href="#june-30-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 30, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-30-2017" href="#june-30-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 30, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.1</strong>. Build your own robotic police force for supergoups with these new methods for admin bots:</p>
<ul>
<li>Added new methods <a href="/bots/api#restrictchatmember">restrictChatMember</a> and <a href="/bots/api#promotechatmember">promoteChatMember</a> to manage users and admins, added new parameter <em>until_date</em> to <a href="/bots/api#kickchatmember">kickChatMember</a> for temporary bans.</li>
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<li>Added the new fields <em>photo</em>, <em>description</em> and <em>invite_link</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> object.</li>
<li>Added the new fields <em>until_date</em>, <em>can_be_edited</em>, <em>can_change_info</em>, <em>can_post_messages</em>, <em>can_edit_messages</em>, <em>can_delete_messages</em>, <em>can_invite_users</em>, <em>can_restrict_members</em>, <em>can_pin_messages</em>, <em>can_promote_members</em>, <em>can_send_messages</em>, <em>can_send_media_messages</em>, <em>can_send_other_messages</em> and <em>can_add_web_page_previews</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#chatmember">ChatMember</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-18-2017" href="#may-18-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 18, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-18-2017" href="#may-18-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 18, 2017</h4>
<p>Introducing <strong>Bot API 3.0</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>NEW Payment Platform</strong></p>
<p>See <a href="/bots/payments">Introduction to Bot Payments</a> for a brief overview. If you&#39;re not a developer, you may like <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/payments">this user-friendly blog post</a> better.</p>
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<li><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#inlinekeyboardbutton">Inline keyboards</a> with <em>switch_inline_query</em> and <em>switch_inline_query_current_chat</em> can no longer be sent to channels because they are useless there.</li>
<li>New fields <em>gif_duration</em> in <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultgif">InlineQueryResultGif</a> and <em>mpeg4_duration</em> in <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultmpeg4gif">InlineQueryResultMpeg4Gif</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-4-2016" href="#december-4-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 4, 2016</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2016" href="#2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-4-2016" href="#december-4-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 4, 2016</h4>
<p>Introducing <strong>Bot API 2.3.1</strong>, a nifty little update that will give you more control over how your bot gets its updates.</p>
<ul>
<li>Use the new field <em>max_connections</em> in <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a> to optimize your bot&#39;s server load</li>
<li>Use <em>allowed_updates</em> in <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a> and <a href="/bots/api#getupdates">getUpdates</a> to selectively subscribe to updates of a certain type. Among other things, this allows you to stop getting updates about new posts in channels where your bot is an admin.</li>
<li><a href="/bots/api#deletewebhook">deleteWebhook</a> moved out of <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a> to get a whole separate method for itself.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-21-2016" href="#november-21-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 21, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-21-2016" href="#november-21-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 21, 2016</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 2.3</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Modified <a href="/bots/faq#what-messages-will-my-bot-get"><strong>bot privacy mode</strong></a> for the sake of consistency. </li>
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<li>Added the new parameter <em>cache_time</em> to <a href="/bots/#answercallbackquery">answerCallbackQuery</a>. Will eventually work in Telegram apps — somewhere after version 3.14, maybe 3.15.</li>
<li>Renamed <em>hide_keyboard</em> to <em>remove_keyboard</em> in <a href="/bots/#replykeyboardremove">ReplyKeyboardRemove</a> for clarity. <em>hide_keyboard</em> will still work for a while for backward compatibility.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="october-3-2016" href="#october-3-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 3, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="october-3-2016" href="#october-3-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 3, 2016</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 2.2.</strong> <a href="/bots/games">Introducing a new Gaming Platform!</a> See <a href="/bots/games">this introduction</a> for a brief overview.<br>If you&#39;re not a developer, you may like <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/games"><strong>this user-friendly blog post</strong></a> better.</p>
<ul>
<li>New tools for building <a href="/bots/api#games"><strong>HTML5 games</strong></a>.</li>
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<li>New field <em>all_members_are_administrators</em> in the <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> object.</li>
<li>Certain server responses may now contain the new <a href="/bots/api#responseparameters"><em>parameters</em></a> field with expanded info on errors that occurred while processing your requests.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-25-2016" href="#may-25-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 25, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-25-2016" href="#may-25-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 25, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="/bots/api#inlinekeyboardmarkup">Inline keyboards</a> may now be used in group chats. Channels coming soon.</li>
<li>Check out <a href="https://telegram.me/vote">@vote</a> and <a href="https://telegram.me/like">@like</a> for examples.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-22-2016" href="#may-22-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 22, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-22-2016" href="#may-22-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 22, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Bot API 2.1.</strong> Added more tools for group administrator bots. Your bot can now get a list of administrators and members count in a group, check a user&#39;s current status (administrator, creator, left the group, kicked from the group), and leave a group.</li>
<li>Added new methods: <a href="/bots/api#getchat">getChat</a>, <a href="/bots/api#leavechat">leaveChat</a>, <a href="/bots/api#getchatadministrators">getChatAdministrators</a>, <a href="/bots/api#getchatmember">getChatMember</a>, <a href="/bots/api#getchatmemberscount">getChatMembersCount</a>.</li>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/edit">edited messages</a> and <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/edit#new-mentions">new mentions</a> from Telegram v.3.9. New fields: <em>edited_message</em> in <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a>, <em>edit_date</em> in <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a>, <em>user</em> in <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a>. New value <em>text_mention</em> for the <em>type</em> field in <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-12-2016" href="#may-12-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 12, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-12-2016" href="#may-12-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 12, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added consistency to what messages bots get in groups and supergroups. <a href="/bots/faq#what-messages-will-my-bot-get">See updated FAQ for details »</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-6-2016" href="#may-6-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 6, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-6-2016" href="#may-6-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 6, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added the field <em>emoji</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> object. Your bot can now know the emoji a sticker corresponds to.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>forward_from_chat</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object for messages forwarded from channels.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-9-2016" href="#april-9-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 9, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-9-2016" href="#april-9-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 9, 2016</h4>
<p>Introducing <strong>Bot API 2.0</strong>. Check out <a href="/bots/2-0-intro">this page</a> for a review of this major update.</p>
<ul>
<li>New <a href="/bots/2-0-intro#new-inline-keyboards"><strong>inline keyboards</strong></a> with <strong>callback</strong> and <strong>URL buttons</strong>. Added new objects <a href="/bots/api#inlinekeyboardmarkup">InlineKeyboardMarkup</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinekeyboardbutton">InlineKeyboardButton</a> and <a href="/bots/api#callbackquery">CallbackQuery</a>, added <em>reply_markup</em> fields to all <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresult">InlineQueryResult</a> objects. Added field <em>callback_query</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a> object, new method <a href="/bots/api#answercallbackquery">answerCallbackQuery</a>.</li>
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<li>Added fields <em>venue</em>, <em>pinned_message</em> and <em>entities</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object. Added new objects <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> and <a href="/bots/api#venue">Venue</a>, new methods <a href="/bots/api#sendvenue">sendVenue</a> and <a href="/bots/api#sendcontact">sendContact</a>.</li>
<li>Renamed the fields <em>new_chat_participant</em> and <em>left_chat_participant</em> of the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object to <em>new_chat_member</em> and <em>left_chat_member</em>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="february-20-2016" href="#february-20-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 20, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="february-20-2016" href="#february-20-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 20, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added the <em>disable_notification</em> parameter to all methods that send messages or any kind.</li>
<li>Removed backward compatibility from the method <a href="/bots/api#sendaudio">sendAudio</a>. Voice messages now must be sent using the method <a href="/bots/api#sendvoice">sendVoice</a>. There is no more need to specify a non-empty title or performer while sending the audio by <em>file_id</em>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-20-2016" href="#january-20-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 20, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-20-2016" href="#january-20-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 20, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>By the way, you can use both HTML-style and markdown-style formatting in your bot&#39;s messages to send bold, italic or fixed-width text and inline links. All official Telegram clients support this. See <a href="/bots/api#formatting-options">Formatting options</a> for details.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-14-2016" href="#january-14-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 14, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-14-2016" href="#january-14-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 14, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>You can now <a href="/bots/inline#collecting-feedback">collect feedback</a> on which results provided by your inline bot get chosen by the users. Added the <code>setinlinefeedback</code> command for Botfather, new type <a href="/bots/api#choseninlineresult">ChosenInlineResult</a>, new field <em>chosen_inline_result</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-4-2016" href="#january-4-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 4, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-4-2016" href="#january-4-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 4, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="/bots/inline">Inline Mode</a>, a new way for people to contact your bot by typing its username and a query in the text input field in any chat. Enable by sending <code>/setinline</code> to <a href="https://telegram.me/botfather">@BotFather</a>.</li>
<li>New optional field <em>inline_query</em> added to the <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a> object.</li>
<li>Added new method <a href="/bots/api#answerinlinequery">answerInlineQuery</a> and new objects <a href="/bots/api#inlinequery">InlineQuery</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultarticle">InlineQueryResultArticle</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultphoto">InlineQueryResultPhoto</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultgif">InlineQueryResultGif</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultmpeg4gif">InlineQueryResultMpeg4Gif</a> and <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultvideo">InlineQueryResultVideo</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-2015" href="#november-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November, 2015</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2015" href="#2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-2015" href="#november-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/supergroups">supergroups</a>. The <em>Type</em> field in the <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> object can now contain &#39;supergroup&#39;.</li>
<li>New optional fields added to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object: <em>supergroup_chat_created</em>, <em>migrate_to_chat_id</em>, <em>migrate_from_chat_id</em> and <em>channel_chat_created</em>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="october-8-2015" href="#october-8-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 8, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="october-8-2015" href="#october-8-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 8, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added initial channel support for bots (no Telegram clients support this at the moment, please wait for updates):</li>
<li>The <em>Chat</em> field in the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> is now of the new type <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a>.</li>
<li>You can now pass a channel username (in the format <code>@channelusername</code>) in the place of <em>chat_id</em> in all methods (and instead of <em>from_chat_id</em> in <a href="/bots/api#forwardmessage">forwardMessage</a>). For this to work, the bot must be an administrator in the channel (and that&#39;s exactly what Telegram clients don&#39;t support yet — adding bots as administrators coming soon).</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="september-18-2015" href="#september-18-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>September 18, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="september-18-2015" href="#september-18-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>September 18, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bots can now download files and media sent by users.</li>
<li>Added <a href="/bots/api#getfile">getFile</a> and <a href="/bots/api#file">File</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="september-7-2015" href="#september-7-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>September 7, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="september-7-2015" href="#september-7-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>September 7, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>You can now <a href="/bots/api#making-requests">pass parameters</a> using <em>application/json</em> (please note that this doesn&#39;t work for file uploads: use <em>multipart/form-data</em> to upload files).</li>
<li>Added very basic <a href="/bots/api#using-markdown">markdown support</a>. New field <em>parse_mode</em> added to <a href="/bots/api#sendmessage">sendMessage</a>. For the moment messages with markdown will be displayed correctly only in Telegram for <strong>Android</strong>. Other official apps will catch up soon.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-29-2015" href="#august-29-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 29, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-29-2015" href="#august-29-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 29, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added support for self-signed certificates: upload your certificate using the <em>certificate</em> parameter in the <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a> method.</li>
<li>You can now make <a href="/bots/api#making-requests-when-getting-updates">new requests</a> when responding to webhook updates.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-15-2015" href="#august-15-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 15, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-15-2015" href="#august-15-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 15, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added new type <strong><a href="/bots/api#voice">Voice</a></strong> and new method <a href="/bots/api#sendvoice"><strong>sendVoice</strong></a> for sending voice messages.</li>
<li>Earlier <strong><a href="/bots/api#audio">Audio</a></strong> and <strong><a href="/bots/api#sendaudio">sendAudio</a></strong> should now be used for sending music files. Telegram clients will show such files in the in-app music player. If you were using <a href="/bots/api#sendaudio"><strong>sendAudio</strong></a> for your bot to send voice messages, please use <a href="/bots/api#sendaudio"><strong>sendVoice</strong></a> instead.</li>
<li>Added optional fields <em>performer</em>, <em>title</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#audio"><strong>Audio</strong></a> object and <a href="/bots/api#sendaudio"><strong>sendAudio</strong></a> method.</li>
<li>Added optional field <em>voice</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message"><strong>Message</strong></a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="july-2015" href="#july-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="july-2015" href="#july-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>The <strong>thumb</strong> field is now optional for <a href="/bots/api#video">Video</a>, <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> and <a href="/bots/api#document">Document</a> objects</li>
<li>The API now supports both video and photo captions. The <strong>caption</strong> field has been removed from the <a href="/bots/api#video">Video</a> object and added to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object instead. </li>
<li><strong>caption</strong> and <strong>duration</strong> optional fields have been added to the <a href="/bots/api#sendvideo">sendVideo</a> method.</li>
<li>Fixed typo: <strong>user_id</strong> in the Contact object is now correctly labeled as Integer, not String</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-24-2015" href="#june-24-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 24, 2015</h3>
<p>The bot platform was <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution">officially launched</a>.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-24-2015" href="#june-24-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 24, 2015</h4>
<p>The bot platform is <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution">officially launched</a>.</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong><a href="/bots/api">Back to the Bot API Manual »</a></strong></p>
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<p>Subscribe to <a href="https://t.me/botnews">@BotNews</a> to be the first to know about the latest updates and join the discussion in <a href="https://t.me/bottalk">@BotTalk</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="february-3-2023" href="#february-3-2023"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 3, 2023</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2023" href="#2023"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2023</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="february-3-2023" href="#february-3-2023"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 3, 2023</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.5</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/profile-pics-emoji-translations#chat-selection-for-bots">requests for users and chats</a> and support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/profile-pics-emoji-translations#granular-media-permissions">granular media permissions</a>.</li>
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<li>Added the parameter <em>use_independent_chat_permissions</em> to the methods <a href="/bots/api#restrictchatmember">restrictChatMember</a> and <a href="/bots/api#setchatpermissions">setChatPermissions</a>.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>user_chat_id</em> to the class <a href="/bots/api#chatjoinrequest">ChatJoinRequest</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-30-2022" href="#december-30-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 30, 2022</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2022" href="#2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-30-2022" href="#december-30-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 30, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.4</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added the field <em>is_persistent</em> to the class <a href="/bots/api#replykeyboardmarkup">ReplyKeyboardMarkup</a>, allowing to control when the keyboard is shown.</li>
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<li>Added the methods <em>showScanQrPopup</em>, <em>closeScanQrPopup</em>, and <em>readTextFromClipboard</em> to the class <a href="/bots/webapps#initializing-web-apps">WebApp</a>.</li>
<li>Added the parameter <em>options</em> to the method <em>openLink</em> of the class <a href="/bots/webapps#initializing-web-apps">WebApp</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-5-2022" href="#november-5-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 5, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-5-2022" href="#november-5-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 5, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.3</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/topics-in-groups-collectible-usernames#topics-in-groups">Topics in Groups</a>.</li>
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<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/topics-in-groups-collectible-usernames#collectible-usernames">Multiple Usernames</a> via the field <em>active_usernames</em> in the class <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a>.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>emoji_status_custom_emoji_id</em> to the class <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-12-2022" href="#august-12-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 12, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-12-2022" href="#august-12-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 12, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.2</strong></p>
<p><strong>Custom Emoji Support</strong></p>
<ul>
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<ul>
<li>Added the field <em>has_restricted_voice_and_video_messages</em> to the class <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> to support the <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/custom-emoji#privacy-settings-for-voice-messages">new setting</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-20-2022" href="#june-20-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 20, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-20-2022" href="#june-20-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 20, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.1</strong></p>
<p><strong>Media in Descriptions</strong></p>
<ul>
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<li>Added the parameter <em>secret_token</em> to the method <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a>.</li>
<li>As previously announced, only HTTPS links are now allowed in <em>login_url</em> inline keyboard buttons.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-16-2022" href="#april-16-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 16, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-16-2022" href="#april-16-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 16, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.0</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <strong>Web Apps</strong>, see the <a href="/bots/webapps">detailed manual here</a>. (<a href="https://telegram.org/blog/notifications-bots">blog announcement</a>)</li>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>After the next update, only HTTPS links will be allowed in <em>login_url</em> inline keyboard buttons.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-31-2022" href="#january-31-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 31, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-31-2022" href="#january-31-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 31, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.7</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/video-stickers-better-reactions">Video Stickers</a>.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>is_video</em> to the classes <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> and <a href="/bots/api#stickerset">StickerSet</a>.</li>
<li>Added the parameter <em>webm_sticker</em> to the methods <a href="/bots/api#createnewstickerset">createNewStickerSet</a> and <a href="/bots/api#addstickertoset">addStickerToSet</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-30-2021" href="#december-30-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 30, 2021</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2021" href="#2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-30-2021" href="#december-30-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 30, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.6</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Improved support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/protected-content-delete-by-date-and-more#protected-content-in-groups-and-channels">Protected Content</a>.</li>
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<li>Added new <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> type “spoiler”.</li>
<li>Added the ability to specify spoiler entities using <a href="/bots/api#html-style">HTML</a> and <a href="/bots/api#markdownv2-style">MarkdownV2</a> formatting options.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-7-2021" href="#december-7-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 7, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-7-2021" href="#december-7-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 7, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.5</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Bots are now allowed to contact users who sent a join request to a chat where the bot is an administrator with the <em>can_invite_users</em> administrator right – even if the user never interacted with the bot before.</li>
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> After this update it will become impossible to forward messages from some chats. Use the fields <em>has_protected_content</em> in the classes <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> and <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> to check this.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> After this update users are able to send messages on behalf of channels they own. Bots are expected to use the field <em>sender_chat</em> in the class <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> to correctly support such messages.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> As previously announced, user identifiers can now have up to 52 significant bits and require a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type to be stored safely.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-5-2021" href="#november-5-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 5, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-5-2021" href="#november-5-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 5, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.4</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added the the parameter <code>creates_join_request</code> to the methods <a href="/bots/api#createchatinvitelink">createChatInviteLink</a> and <a href="/bots/api#editchatinvitelink">editChatInviteLink</a> for managing chat invite links that create join requests (read more about this on our <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/shared-media-scrolling-calendar-join-requests-and-more#join-requests-for-groups-and-channels">blog</a>).</li>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>User identifiers will become bigger than <code>2^31 - 1</code> before the end of this year and it will be no longer possible to store them in a signed 32-bit integer type. User identifiers will have up to 52 significant bits, so a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type would still be safe for storing them. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such user identifiers.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-25-2021" href="#june-25-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 25, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-25-2021" href="#june-25-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 25, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.3</strong></p>
<p><strong>Personalized Commands</strong></p>
<ul>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>After one of the upcoming Bot API updates, user identifiers will become bigger than <code>2^31 - 1</code> and it will be no longer possible to store them in a signed 32-bit integer type. User identifiers will have up to 52 significant bits, so a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type would still be safe for storing them. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such user identifiers.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-26-2021" href="#april-26-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 26, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-26-2021" href="#april-26-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 26, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.2</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/payments-2-0-scheduled-voice-chats">Payments 2.0</a>, see <a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments">this manual</a> for more details about the <strong>Bot Payments API</strong>.</li>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>After one of the upcoming Bot API updates, user identifiers will become bigger than <code>2^31 - 1</code> and it will be no longer possible to store them in a signed 32-bit integer type. User identifiers will have up to 52 significant bits, so a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type would still be safe for storing them. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such user identifiers.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="march-9-2021" href="#march-9-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>March 9, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="march-9-2021" href="#march-9-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>March 9, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.1</strong></p>
<p><strong>Added two new update types</strong></p>
<ul>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>After one of the upcoming Bot API updates, some user identifiers will become bigger than <code>2^31 - 1</code> and it will be no longer possible to store them in a signed 32-bit integer type. User identifiers will have up to 52 significant bits, so a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type would still be safe for storing them. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such user identifiers.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-4-2020" href="#november-4-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 4, 2020</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2020" href="#2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-4-2020" href="#november-4-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 4, 2020</h4>
<p>Introducing <strong>Bot API 5.0</strong></p>
<p><strong>Run Your Own Bot API Server</strong></p>
<ul>
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<ul>
<li>Supported the new <strong>football</strong> and <strong>slot machine</strong> animations for the random <a href="/bots/api#dice">dice</a>. Choose between different animations (dice, darts, basketball, football, slot machine) by specifying the <em>emoji</em> parameter in the method <a href="/bots/api#senddice">sendDice</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-4-2020" href="#june-4-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 4, 2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-4-2020" href="#june-4-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 4, 2020</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.9</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added the new field <em>via_bot</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object. You can now know which bot was used to send a message.</li>
<li>Supported video thumbnails for inline <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultgif">GIF</a> and <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultmpeg4gif">MPEG4</a> animations.</li>
<li>Supported the new basketball animation for the random <a href="/bots/api#dice">dice</a>. Choose between different animations (dice, darts, basketball) by specifying the <em>emoji</em> parameter in the method <a href="/bots/api#senddice">sendDice</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-24-2020" href="#april-24-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 24, 2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-24-2020" href="#april-24-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 24, 2020</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.8</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Supported explanations for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/400-million#better-quizzes">Quizzes 2.0</a>. Add explanations by specifying the parameters <em>explanation</em> and <em>explanation_parse_mode</em> in the method <a href="/bots/api#sendpoll">sendPoll</a>.</li>
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<li>Supported the new <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/400-million#bullseye">darts</a> animation for the dice mini-game. Choose between the default dice animation and darts animation by specifying the parameter <em>emoji</em> in the method <a href="/bots/api#senddice">sendDice</a>.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>emoji</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#dice">Dice</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="march-30-2020" href="#march-30-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>March 30, 2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="march-30-2020" href="#march-30-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>March 30, 2020</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.7</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added the method <a href="/bots/api#senddice">sendDice</a> for sending a dice message, which will have a random value from 1 to 6. (Yes, we&#39;re aware of the <em>“proper”</em> singular of <em>die</em>. But it&#39;s awkward, and we decided to help it change. One dice at a time!)</li>
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<li>Added the field <em>thumb</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#stickerset">StickerSet</a> object.</li>
<li>Added the ability to change thumbnails of sticker sets created by the bot using the method <a href="/bots/api#setstickersetthumb">setStickerSetThumb</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-23-2020" href="#january-23-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 23, 2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-23-2020" href="#january-23-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 23, 2020</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.6</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Supported <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/polls-2-0-vmq">Polls 2.0</a>.</li>
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<li>Added more information about the bot in response to the <a href="/bots/api#getme">getMe</a> request: added the fields <em>can_join_groups</em>, <em>can_read_all_group_messages</em> and <em>supports_inline_queries</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#user">User</a> object.</li>
<li>Added the optional field <em>language</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-31-2019" href="#december-31-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 31, 2019</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2019" href="#2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2019</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-31-2019" href="#december-31-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 31, 2019</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.5</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for two new <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> types, <em>underline</em> and <em>strikethrough</em>.</li>
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<li>Added the new method <a href="/bots/api#setchatadministratorcustomtitle">setChatAdministratorCustomTitle</a> to manage the custom titles of administrators promoted by the bot.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>slow_mode_delay</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="july-29-2019" href="#july-29-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 29, 2019</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="july-29-2019" href="#july-29-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 29, 2019</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.4</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/animated-stickers"><strong>animated stickers</strong></a>. New field <em>is_animated</em> in <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> and <a href="/bots/api#stickerset">StickerSet</a> objects, animated stickers can now be used in <a href="/bots/api#sendsticker">sendSticker</a> and <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultcachedsticker">InlineQueryResultCachedSticker</a>.</li>
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<li>All <strong>webhook requests</strong> from the Bot API are now coming from the subnets <code>149.154.160.0/20</code> and <code>91.108.4.0/22</code>. Most users won&#39;t need to do anything to continue receiving webhooks. If you control inbound access with a firewall, you may need to update your configuration. You can always find the list of actual IP addresses of servers used to send webhooks there: <a href="/bots/webhooks"><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks">https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks</a></a>.</li>
<li>As of the <strong>next Bot API</strong> update (<strong>version 4.5</strong>), nested <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> objects will be allowed in message texts and captions. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such entities.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-31-2019" href="#may-31-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 31, 2019</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-31-2019" href="#may-31-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 31, 2019</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.3</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/privacy-discussions-web-bots#meet-seamless-web-bots"><strong>Seamless Telegram Login</strong></a> on external websites.</li>
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<li>Bots that have the <em>can_edit_messages</em> right in a channel can now use the method <a href="/bots/api#editmessagereplymarkup">editMessageReplyMarkup</a> for messages written by other administrators forever without the 48 hours limit.</li>
<li>Don&#39;t forget that starting in <strong>July 2019</strong>, <strong>webhook requests</strong> from Bot API will be coming from the subnets <code>149.154.160.0/20</code> and <code>91.108.4.0/22</code>. Most users won&#39;t need to do anything to continue receiving webhooks. If you control inbound access with a firewall, you may need to update your configuration. You can always find the list of actual IP addresses of servers used to send webhooks there: <a href="/bots/webhooks"><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks">https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks</a></a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-14-2019" href="#april-14-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 14, 2019</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-14-2019" href="#april-14-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 14, 2019</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.2</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for native polls: added the object <a href="/bots/api#poll">Poll</a>, the methods <a href="/bots/api#sendpoll">sendPoll</a> and <a href="/bots/api#stoppoll">stopPoll</a> and the field <em>poll</em> in the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> and <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a> objects.</li>
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<li>Starting in July 2019, webhook requests from Bot API will be coming from the subnets <code>149.154.160.0/20</code> and <code>91.108.4.0/22</code>. Most users won&#39;t need to do anything to continue receiving webhooks. If you control inbound access with a firewall, you may need to update your configuration. You can always find the list of actual IP addresses of servers used to send webhooks there: <a href="/bots/webhooks"><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks">https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks</a></a>.</li>
<li>Document thumbnails now should be inscribed in a 320x320 square instead of 90x90.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-27-2018" href="#august-27-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 27, 2018</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2018" href="#2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2018</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-27-2018" href="#august-27-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 27, 2018</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.1</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for translated versions of documents in <a href="/passport">Telegram Passport</a>.</li>
<li>New field <em>translation</em> in <a href="/bots/api#encryptedpassportelement">EncryptedPassportElement</a>.</li>
<li>New errors: <a href="/bots/api#passportelementerrortranslationfile">PassportElementErrorTranslationFile</a> and <a href="/bots/api#passportelementerrortranslationfile">PassportElementErrorTranslationFiles</a> and <a href="/bots/api#passportelementerrorunspecified">PassportElementErrorUnspecified</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="july-26-2018" href="#july-26-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 26, 2018</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="july-26-2018" href="#july-26-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 26, 2018</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.0</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/passport"><strong>Telegram Passport</strong></a>. See the official announcement on the <a href="https://telegram.org/blog">blog</a> and the <a href="https://core.telegram.org/passport">manual</a> for details.</li>
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<li>If a webhook returns the HTTP error <code>410 Gone</code> for all requests for more than 23 hours successively, it can be automatically removed.</li>
<li>Added <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard">vCard</a> support when sharing contacts: added the field <em>vcard</em> to the objects <a href="/bots/api#contact">Contact</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultcontact">InlineQueryResultContact</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inputcontactmessagecontent">InputContactMessageContent</a> and the method <a href="/bots/api#sendcontact">sendContact</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="february-13-2018" href="#february-13-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 13, 2018</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="february-13-2018" href="#february-13-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 13, 2018</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.6</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Supported <a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#formatting-options">text formatting</a> in media captions. Specify the desired <em>parse_mode</em> (<a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#markdown-style">Markdown</a> or <a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#html-style">HTML</a>) when you provide a caption.</li>
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<li>Added the new field <em>connected_website</em> to <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a>. The bot will receive a message with this field in a private chat when a user logs in on the bot&#39;s connected website using the <a href="https://core.telegram.org/widgets/login">Login Widget</a> and allows sending messages from your bot.</li>
<li>Added the new parameter <em>supports_streaming</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#sendvideo">sendVideo</a> method and a field with the same name to the <a href="/bots/api#inputmediavideo">InputMediaVideo</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-17-2017" href="#november-17-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 17, 2017</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2017" href="#2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-17-2017" href="#november-17-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 17, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.5</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Added the new method <a href="/bots/api#sendmediagroup">sendMediaGroup</a> and two kinds of <a href="/bots/api#inputmedia">InputMedia</a> objects to support the new <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/albums-saved-messages">albums feature</a>.</li>
<li>Added support for pinning messages in channels. <a href="/bots/api#pinchatmessage">pinChatMessage</a> and <a href="/bots/api#unpinchatmessage">unpinChatMessage</a> accept channels.</li>
<li>Added the new fields <em>provider_data</em>, <em>send_phone_number_to_provider</em>, <em>send_email_to_provider</em> to <a href="/bots/api#sendinvoice">sendInvoice</a> for sharing information about the invoice with the payment provider.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="october-11-2017" href="#october-11-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 11, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="october-11-2017" href="#october-11-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 11, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.4</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Bots can now send and receive <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/live-locations">Live Locations</a>. Added new field <em>live_period</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#sendlocation">sendLocation</a> method and the <a href="/bots/api#editmessagelivelocation">editMessageLiveLocation</a> and <a href="/bots/api#stopmessagelivelocation">stopMessageLiveLocation</a> methods as well as the necessary objects for inline bots.</li>
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<li>The <a href="/bots/api#getchat">getChat</a> request now returns the group&#39;s sticker set for supergroups if available.</li>
<li>Bots now receive entities from media captions in the new field <em>caption_entities</em> in <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-23-2017" href="#august-23-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 23, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-23-2017" href="#august-23-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 23, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.3</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Bots can now mention users via <a href="/bots/api#formatting-options">inline mentions</a>, without using usernames.</li>
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<li>Added the new fields <em>author_signature</em> and <em>forward_signature</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object.</li>
<li>Added the new field <em>is_bot</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#user">User</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="july-21-2017" href="#july-21-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 21, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="july-21-2017" href="#july-21-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 21, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.2</strong>. Teach your bot to handle <a href="/bots/api#stickers">stickers and sticker sets</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Added new methods for working with stickers: <a href="/bots/api#getstickerset">getStickerSet</a>, <a href="/bots/api#uploadstickerfile">uploadStickerFile</a>, <a href="/bots/api#createnewstickerset">createNewStickerSet</a>, <a href="/bots/api#addstickertoset">addStickerToSet</a>, <a href="/bots/api#setstickerpositioninset">setStickerPositionInSet</a>, and <a href="/bots/api#deletestickerfromset">deleteStickerFromSet</a>.</li>
<li>Added the fields <em>set_name</em> and <em>mask_position</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> object, plus two new objects, <a href="/bots/api#stickerset">StickerSet</a>, and <a href="/bots/api#maskposition">MaskPosition</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-30-2017" href="#june-30-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 30, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-30-2017" href="#june-30-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 30, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.1</strong>. Build your own robotic police force for supergoups with these new methods for admin bots:</p>
<ul>
<li>Added new methods <a href="/bots/api#restrictchatmember">restrictChatMember</a> and <a href="/bots/api#promotechatmember">promoteChatMember</a> to manage users and admins, added new parameter <em>until_date</em> to <a href="/bots/api#kickchatmember">kickChatMember</a> for temporary bans.</li>
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<li>Added the new fields <em>photo</em>, <em>description</em> and <em>invite_link</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> object.</li>
<li>Added the new fields <em>until_date</em>, <em>can_be_edited</em>, <em>can_change_info</em>, <em>can_post_messages</em>, <em>can_edit_messages</em>, <em>can_delete_messages</em>, <em>can_invite_users</em>, <em>can_restrict_members</em>, <em>can_pin_messages</em>, <em>can_promote_members</em>, <em>can_send_messages</em>, <em>can_send_media_messages</em>, <em>can_send_other_messages</em> and <em>can_add_web_page_previews</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#chatmember">ChatMember</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-18-2017" href="#may-18-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 18, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-18-2017" href="#may-18-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 18, 2017</h4>
<p>Introducing <strong>Bot API 3.0</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>NEW Payment Platform</strong></p>
<p>See <a href="/bots/payments">Introduction to Bot Payments</a> for a brief overview. If you&#39;re not a developer, you may like <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/payments">this user-friendly blog post</a> better.</p>
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<li><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#inlinekeyboardbutton">Inline keyboards</a> with <em>switch_inline_query</em> and <em>switch_inline_query_current_chat</em> can no longer be sent to channels because they are useless there.</li>
<li>New fields <em>gif_duration</em> in <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultgif">InlineQueryResultGif</a> and <em>mpeg4_duration</em> in <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultmpeg4gif">InlineQueryResultMpeg4Gif</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-4-2016" href="#december-4-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 4, 2016</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2016" href="#2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-4-2016" href="#december-4-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 4, 2016</h4>
<p>Introducing <strong>Bot API 2.3.1</strong>, a nifty little update that will give you more control over how your bot gets its updates.</p>
<ul>
<li>Use the new field <em>max_connections</em> in <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a> to optimize your bot&#39;s server load</li>
<li>Use <em>allowed_updates</em> in <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a> and <a href="/bots/api#getupdates">getUpdates</a> to selectively subscribe to updates of a certain type. Among other things, this allows you to stop getting updates about new posts in channels where your bot is an admin.</li>
<li><a href="/bots/api#deletewebhook">deleteWebhook</a> moved out of <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a> to get a whole separate method for itself.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-21-2016" href="#november-21-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 21, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-21-2016" href="#november-21-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 21, 2016</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 2.3</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Modified <a href="/bots/faq#what-messages-will-my-bot-get"><strong>bot privacy mode</strong></a> for the sake of consistency. </li>
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<li>Added the new parameter <em>cache_time</em> to <a href="/bots/#answercallbackquery">answerCallbackQuery</a>. Will eventually work in Telegram apps — somewhere after version 3.14, maybe 3.15.</li>
<li>Renamed <em>hide_keyboard</em> to <em>remove_keyboard</em> in <a href="/bots/#replykeyboardremove">ReplyKeyboardRemove</a> for clarity. <em>hide_keyboard</em> will still work for a while for backward compatibility.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="october-3-2016" href="#october-3-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 3, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="october-3-2016" href="#october-3-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 3, 2016</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 2.2.</strong> <a href="/bots/games">Introducing a new Gaming Platform!</a> See <a href="/bots/games">this introduction</a> for a brief overview.<br>If you&#39;re not a developer, you may like <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/games"><strong>this user-friendly blog post</strong></a> better.</p>
<ul>
<li>New tools for building <a href="/bots/api#games"><strong>HTML5 games</strong></a>.</li>
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<li>New field <em>all_members_are_administrators</em> in the <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> object.</li>
<li>Certain server responses may now contain the new <a href="/bots/api#responseparameters"><em>parameters</em></a> field with expanded info on errors that occurred while processing your requests.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-25-2016" href="#may-25-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 25, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-25-2016" href="#may-25-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 25, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="/bots/api#inlinekeyboardmarkup">Inline keyboards</a> may now be used in group chats. Channels coming soon.</li>
<li>Check out <a href="https://telegram.me/vote">@vote</a> and <a href="https://telegram.me/like">@like</a> for examples.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-22-2016" href="#may-22-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 22, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-22-2016" href="#may-22-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 22, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Bot API 2.1.</strong> Added more tools for group administrator bots. Your bot can now get a list of administrators and members count in a group, check a user&#39;s current status (administrator, creator, left the group, kicked from the group), and leave a group.</li>
<li>Added new methods: <a href="/bots/api#getchat">getChat</a>, <a href="/bots/api#leavechat">leaveChat</a>, <a href="/bots/api#getchatadministrators">getChatAdministrators</a>, <a href="/bots/api#getchatmember">getChatMember</a>, <a href="/bots/api#getchatmemberscount">getChatMembersCount</a>.</li>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/edit">edited messages</a> and <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/edit#new-mentions">new mentions</a> from Telegram v.3.9. New fields: <em>edited_message</em> in <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a>, <em>edit_date</em> in <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a>, <em>user</em> in <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a>. New value <em>text_mention</em> for the <em>type</em> field in <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-12-2016" href="#may-12-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 12, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-12-2016" href="#may-12-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 12, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added consistency to what messages bots get in groups and supergroups. <a href="/bots/faq#what-messages-will-my-bot-get">See updated FAQ for details »</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-6-2016" href="#may-6-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 6, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-6-2016" href="#may-6-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 6, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added the field <em>emoji</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> object. Your bot can now know the emoji a sticker corresponds to.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>forward_from_chat</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object for messages forwarded from channels.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-9-2016" href="#april-9-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 9, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-9-2016" href="#april-9-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 9, 2016</h4>
<p>Introducing <strong>Bot API 2.0</strong>. Check out <a href="/bots/2-0-intro">this page</a> for a review of this major update.</p>
<ul>
<li>New <a href="/bots/2-0-intro#new-inline-keyboards"><strong>inline keyboards</strong></a> with <strong>callback</strong> and <strong>URL buttons</strong>. Added new objects <a href="/bots/api#inlinekeyboardmarkup">InlineKeyboardMarkup</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinekeyboardbutton">InlineKeyboardButton</a> and <a href="/bots/api#callbackquery">CallbackQuery</a>, added <em>reply_markup</em> fields to all <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresult">InlineQueryResult</a> objects. Added field <em>callback_query</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a> object, new method <a href="/bots/api#answercallbackquery">answerCallbackQuery</a>.</li>
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<li>Added fields <em>venue</em>, <em>pinned_message</em> and <em>entities</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object. Added new objects <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> and <a href="/bots/api#venue">Venue</a>, new methods <a href="/bots/api#sendvenue">sendVenue</a> and <a href="/bots/api#sendcontact">sendContact</a>.</li>
<li>Renamed the fields <em>new_chat_participant</em> and <em>left_chat_participant</em> of the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object to <em>new_chat_member</em> and <em>left_chat_member</em>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="february-20-2016" href="#february-20-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 20, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="february-20-2016" href="#february-20-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 20, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added the <em>disable_notification</em> parameter to all methods that send messages or any kind.</li>
<li>Removed backward compatibility from the method <a href="/bots/api#sendaudio">sendAudio</a>. Voice messages now must be sent using the method <a href="/bots/api#sendvoice">sendVoice</a>. There is no more need to specify a non-empty title or performer while sending the audio by <em>file_id</em>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-20-2016" href="#january-20-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 20, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-20-2016" href="#january-20-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 20, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>By the way, you can use both HTML-style and markdown-style formatting in your bot&#39;s messages to send bold, italic or fixed-width text and inline links. All official Telegram clients support this. See <a href="/bots/api#formatting-options">Formatting options</a> for details.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-14-2016" href="#january-14-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 14, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-14-2016" href="#january-14-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 14, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>You can now <a href="/bots/inline#collecting-feedback">collect feedback</a> on which results provided by your inline bot get chosen by the users. Added the <code>setinlinefeedback</code> command for Botfather, new type <a href="/bots/api#choseninlineresult">ChosenInlineResult</a>, new field <em>chosen_inline_result</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-4-2016" href="#january-4-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 4, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-4-2016" href="#january-4-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 4, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="/bots/inline">Inline Mode</a>, a new way for people to contact your bot by typing its username and a query in the text input field in any chat. Enable by sending <code>/setinline</code> to <a href="https://telegram.me/botfather">@BotFather</a>.</li>
<li>New optional field <em>inline_query</em> added to the <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a> object.</li>
<li>Added new method <a href="/bots/api#answerinlinequery">answerInlineQuery</a> and new objects <a href="/bots/api#inlinequery">InlineQuery</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultarticle">InlineQueryResultArticle</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultphoto">InlineQueryResultPhoto</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultgif">InlineQueryResultGif</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultmpeg4gif">InlineQueryResultMpeg4Gif</a> and <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultvideo">InlineQueryResultVideo</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-2015" href="#november-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November, 2015</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2015" href="#2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-2015" href="#november-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/supergroups">supergroups</a>. The <em>Type</em> field in the <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> object can now contain &#39;supergroup&#39;.</li>
<li>New optional fields added to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object: <em>supergroup_chat_created</em>, <em>migrate_to_chat_id</em>, <em>migrate_from_chat_id</em> and <em>channel_chat_created</em>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="october-8-2015" href="#october-8-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 8, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="october-8-2015" href="#october-8-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 8, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added initial channel support for bots (no Telegram clients support this at the moment, please wait for updates):</li>
<li>The <em>Chat</em> field in the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> is now of the new type <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a>.</li>
<li>You can now pass a channel username (in the format <code>@channelusername</code>) in the place of <em>chat_id</em> in all methods (and instead of <em>from_chat_id</em> in <a href="/bots/api#forwardmessage">forwardMessage</a>). For this to work, the bot must be an administrator in the channel (and that&#39;s exactly what Telegram clients don&#39;t support yet — adding bots as administrators coming soon).</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="september-18-2015" href="#september-18-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>September 18, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="september-18-2015" href="#september-18-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>September 18, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bots can now download files and media sent by users.</li>
<li>Added <a href="/bots/api#getfile">getFile</a> and <a href="/bots/api#file">File</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="september-7-2015" href="#september-7-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>September 7, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="september-7-2015" href="#september-7-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>September 7, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>You can now <a href="/bots/api#making-requests">pass parameters</a> using <em>application/json</em> (please note that this doesn&#39;t work for file uploads: use <em>multipart/form-data</em> to upload files).</li>
<li>Added very basic <a href="/bots/api#using-markdown">markdown support</a>. New field <em>parse_mode</em> added to <a href="/bots/api#sendmessage">sendMessage</a>. For the moment messages with markdown will be displayed correctly only in Telegram for <strong>Android</strong>. Other official apps will catch up soon.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-29-2015" href="#august-29-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 29, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-29-2015" href="#august-29-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 29, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added support for self-signed certificates: upload your certificate using the <em>certificate</em> parameter in the <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a> method.</li>
<li>You can now make <a href="/bots/api#making-requests-when-getting-updates">new requests</a> when responding to webhook updates.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-15-2015" href="#august-15-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 15, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-15-2015" href="#august-15-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 15, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added new type <strong><a href="/bots/api#voice">Voice</a></strong> and new method <a href="/bots/api#sendvoice"><strong>sendVoice</strong></a> for sending voice messages.</li>
<li>Earlier <strong><a href="/bots/api#audio">Audio</a></strong> and <strong><a href="/bots/api#sendaudio">sendAudio</a></strong> should now be used for sending music files. Telegram clients will show such files in the in-app music player. If you were using <a href="/bots/api#sendaudio"><strong>sendAudio</strong></a> for your bot to send voice messages, please use <a href="/bots/api#sendaudio"><strong>sendVoice</strong></a> instead.</li>
<li>Added optional fields <em>performer</em>, <em>title</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#audio"><strong>Audio</strong></a> object and <a href="/bots/api#sendaudio"><strong>sendAudio</strong></a> method.</li>
<li>Added optional field <em>voice</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message"><strong>Message</strong></a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="july-2015" href="#july-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="july-2015" href="#july-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>The <strong>thumb</strong> field is now optional for <a href="/bots/api#video">Video</a>, <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> and <a href="/bots/api#document">Document</a> objects</li>
<li>The API now supports both video and photo captions. The <strong>caption</strong> field has been removed from the <a href="/bots/api#video">Video</a> object and added to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object instead. </li>
<li><strong>caption</strong> and <strong>duration</strong> optional fields have been added to the <a href="/bots/api#sendvideo">sendVideo</a> method.</li>
<li>Fixed typo: <strong>user_id</strong> in the Contact object is now correctly labeled as Integer, not String</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-24-2015" href="#june-24-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 24, 2015</h3>
<p>The bot platform was <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution">officially launched</a>.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-24-2015" href="#june-24-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 24, 2015</h4>
<p>The bot platform is <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution">officially launched</a>.</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong><a href="/bots/api">Back to the Bot API Manual »</a></strong></p>
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<p>Subscribe to <a href="https://t.me/botnews">@BotNews</a> to be the first to know about the latest updates and join the discussion in <a href="https://t.me/bottalk">@BotTalk</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="february-3-2023" href="#february-3-2023"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 3, 2023</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2023" href="#2023"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2023</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="february-3-2023" href="#february-3-2023"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 3, 2023</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.5</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/profile-pics-emoji-translations#chat-selection-for-bots">requests for users and chats</a> and support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/profile-pics-emoji-translations#granular-media-permissions">granular media permissions</a>.</li>
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<li>Added the parameter <em>use_independent_chat_permissions</em> to the methods <a href="/bots/api#restrictchatmember">restrictChatMember</a> and <a href="/bots/api#setchatpermissions">setChatPermissions</a>.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>user_chat_id</em> to the class <a href="/bots/api#chatjoinrequest">ChatJoinRequest</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-30-2022" href="#december-30-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 30, 2022</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2022" href="#2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-30-2022" href="#december-30-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 30, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.4</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added the field <em>is_persistent</em> to the class <a href="/bots/api#replykeyboardmarkup">ReplyKeyboardMarkup</a>, allowing to control when the keyboard is shown.</li>
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<li>Added the methods <em>showScanQrPopup</em>, <em>closeScanQrPopup</em>, and <em>readTextFromClipboard</em> to the class <a href="/bots/webapps#initializing-web-apps">WebApp</a>.</li>
<li>Added the parameter <em>options</em> to the method <em>openLink</em> of the class <a href="/bots/webapps#initializing-web-apps">WebApp</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-5-2022" href="#november-5-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 5, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-5-2022" href="#november-5-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 5, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.3</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/topics-in-groups-collectible-usernames#topics-in-groups">Topics in Groups</a>.</li>
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<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/topics-in-groups-collectible-usernames#collectible-usernames">Multiple Usernames</a> via the field <em>active_usernames</em> in the class <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a>.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>emoji_status_custom_emoji_id</em> to the class <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-12-2022" href="#august-12-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 12, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-12-2022" href="#august-12-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 12, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.2</strong></p>
<p><strong>Custom Emoji Support</strong></p>
<ul>
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<ul>
<li>Added the field <em>has_restricted_voice_and_video_messages</em> to the class <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> to support the <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/custom-emoji#privacy-settings-for-voice-messages">new setting</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-20-2022" href="#june-20-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 20, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-20-2022" href="#june-20-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 20, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.1</strong></p>
<p><strong>Media in Descriptions</strong></p>
<ul>
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<li>Added the parameter <em>secret_token</em> to the method <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a>.</li>
<li>As previously announced, only HTTPS links are now allowed in <em>login_url</em> inline keyboard buttons.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-16-2022" href="#april-16-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 16, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-16-2022" href="#april-16-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 16, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 6.0</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <strong>Web Apps</strong>, see the <a href="/bots/webapps">detailed manual here</a>. (<a href="https://telegram.org/blog/notifications-bots">blog announcement</a>)</li>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>After the next update, only HTTPS links will be allowed in <em>login_url</em> inline keyboard buttons.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-31-2022" href="#january-31-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 31, 2022</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-31-2022" href="#january-31-2022"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 31, 2022</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.7</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/video-stickers-better-reactions">Video Stickers</a>.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>is_video</em> to the classes <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> and <a href="/bots/api#stickerset">StickerSet</a>.</li>
<li>Added the parameter <em>webm_sticker</em> to the methods <a href="/bots/api#createnewstickerset">createNewStickerSet</a> and <a href="/bots/api#addstickertoset">addStickerToSet</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-30-2021" href="#december-30-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 30, 2021</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2021" href="#2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-30-2021" href="#december-30-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 30, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.6</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Improved support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/protected-content-delete-by-date-and-more#protected-content-in-groups-and-channels">Protected Content</a>.</li>
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<li>Added new <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> type “spoiler”.</li>
<li>Added the ability to specify spoiler entities using <a href="/bots/api#html-style">HTML</a> and <a href="/bots/api#markdownv2-style">MarkdownV2</a> formatting options.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-7-2021" href="#december-7-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 7, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-7-2021" href="#december-7-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 7, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.5</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Bots are now allowed to contact users who sent a join request to a chat where the bot is an administrator with the <em>can_invite_users</em> administrator right – even if the user never interacted with the bot before.</li>
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> After this update it will become impossible to forward messages from some chats. Use the fields <em>has_protected_content</em> in the classes <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> and <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> to check this.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> After this update users are able to send messages on behalf of channels they own. Bots are expected to use the field <em>sender_chat</em> in the class <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> to correctly support such messages.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> As previously announced, user identifiers can now have up to 52 significant bits and require a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type to be stored safely.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-5-2021" href="#november-5-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 5, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-5-2021" href="#november-5-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 5, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.4</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added the the parameter <code>creates_join_request</code> to the methods <a href="/bots/api#createchatinvitelink">createChatInviteLink</a> and <a href="/bots/api#editchatinvitelink">editChatInviteLink</a> for managing chat invite links that create join requests (read more about this on our <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/shared-media-scrolling-calendar-join-requests-and-more#join-requests-for-groups-and-channels">blog</a>).</li>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>User identifiers will become bigger than <code>2^31 - 1</code> before the end of this year and it will be no longer possible to store them in a signed 32-bit integer type. User identifiers will have up to 52 significant bits, so a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type would still be safe for storing them. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such user identifiers.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-25-2021" href="#june-25-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 25, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-25-2021" href="#june-25-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 25, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.3</strong></p>
<p><strong>Personalized Commands</strong></p>
<ul>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>After one of the upcoming Bot API updates, user identifiers will become bigger than <code>2^31 - 1</code> and it will be no longer possible to store them in a signed 32-bit integer type. User identifiers will have up to 52 significant bits, so a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type would still be safe for storing them. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such user identifiers.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-26-2021" href="#april-26-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 26, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-26-2021" href="#april-26-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 26, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.2</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/payments-2-0-scheduled-voice-chats">Payments 2.0</a>, see <a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments">this manual</a> for more details about the <strong>Bot Payments API</strong>.</li>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>After one of the upcoming Bot API updates, user identifiers will become bigger than <code>2^31 - 1</code> and it will be no longer possible to store them in a signed 32-bit integer type. User identifiers will have up to 52 significant bits, so a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type would still be safe for storing them. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such user identifiers.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="march-9-2021" href="#march-9-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>March 9, 2021</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="march-9-2021" href="#march-9-2021"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>March 9, 2021</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 5.1</strong></p>
<p><strong>Added two new update types</strong></p>
<ul>
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<p><strong><img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /> WARNING! <img class="emoji" src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29AA0.png" width="20" height="20" alt="⚠️" /></strong><br>After one of the upcoming Bot API updates, some user identifiers will become bigger than <code>2^31 - 1</code> and it will be no longer possible to store them in a signed 32-bit integer type. User identifiers will have up to 52 significant bits, so a 64-bit integer or double-precision float type would still be safe for storing them. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such user identifiers.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-4-2020" href="#november-4-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 4, 2020</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2020" href="#2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-4-2020" href="#november-4-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 4, 2020</h4>
<p>Introducing <strong>Bot API 5.0</strong></p>
<p><strong>Run Your Own Bot API Server</strong></p>
<ul>
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<ul>
<li>Supported the new <strong>football</strong> and <strong>slot machine</strong> animations for the random <a href="/bots/api#dice">dice</a>. Choose between different animations (dice, darts, basketball, football, slot machine) by specifying the <em>emoji</em> parameter in the method <a href="/bots/api#senddice">sendDice</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-4-2020" href="#june-4-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 4, 2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-4-2020" href="#june-4-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 4, 2020</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.9</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added the new field <em>via_bot</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object. You can now know which bot was used to send a message.</li>
<li>Supported video thumbnails for inline <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultgif">GIF</a> and <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultmpeg4gif">MPEG4</a> animations.</li>
<li>Supported the new basketball animation for the random <a href="/bots/api#dice">dice</a>. Choose between different animations (dice, darts, basketball) by specifying the <em>emoji</em> parameter in the method <a href="/bots/api#senddice">sendDice</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-24-2020" href="#april-24-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 24, 2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-24-2020" href="#april-24-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 24, 2020</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.8</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Supported explanations for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/400-million#better-quizzes">Quizzes 2.0</a>. Add explanations by specifying the parameters <em>explanation</em> and <em>explanation_parse_mode</em> in the method <a href="/bots/api#sendpoll">sendPoll</a>.</li>
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<li>Supported the new <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/400-million#bullseye">darts</a> animation for the dice mini-game. Choose between the default dice animation and darts animation by specifying the parameter <em>emoji</em> in the method <a href="/bots/api#senddice">sendDice</a>.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>emoji</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#dice">Dice</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="march-30-2020" href="#march-30-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>March 30, 2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="march-30-2020" href="#march-30-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>March 30, 2020</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.7</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added the method <a href="/bots/api#senddice">sendDice</a> for sending a dice message, which will have a random value from 1 to 6. (Yes, we&#39;re aware of the <em>“proper”</em> singular of <em>die</em>. But it&#39;s awkward, and we decided to help it change. One dice at a time!)</li>
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<li>Added the field <em>thumb</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#stickerset">StickerSet</a> object.</li>
<li>Added the ability to change thumbnails of sticker sets created by the bot using the method <a href="/bots/api#setstickersetthumb">setStickerSetThumb</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-23-2020" href="#january-23-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 23, 2020</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-23-2020" href="#january-23-2020"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 23, 2020</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.6</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Supported <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/polls-2-0-vmq">Polls 2.0</a>.</li>
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<li>Added more information about the bot in response to the <a href="/bots/api#getme">getMe</a> request: added the fields <em>can_join_groups</em>, <em>can_read_all_group_messages</em> and <em>supports_inline_queries</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#user">User</a> object.</li>
<li>Added the optional field <em>language</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-31-2019" href="#december-31-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 31, 2019</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2019" href="#2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2019</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-31-2019" href="#december-31-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 31, 2019</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.5</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for two new <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> types, <em>underline</em> and <em>strikethrough</em>.</li>
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<li>Added the new method <a href="/bots/api#setchatadministratorcustomtitle">setChatAdministratorCustomTitle</a> to manage the custom titles of administrators promoted by the bot.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>slow_mode_delay</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="july-29-2019" href="#july-29-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 29, 2019</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="july-29-2019" href="#july-29-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 29, 2019</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.4</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/animated-stickers"><strong>animated stickers</strong></a>. New field <em>is_animated</em> in <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> and <a href="/bots/api#stickerset">StickerSet</a> objects, animated stickers can now be used in <a href="/bots/api#sendsticker">sendSticker</a> and <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultcachedsticker">InlineQueryResultCachedSticker</a>.</li>
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<li>All <strong>webhook requests</strong> from the Bot API are now coming from the subnets <code>149.154.160.0/20</code> and <code>91.108.4.0/22</code>. Most users won&#39;t need to do anything to continue receiving webhooks. If you control inbound access with a firewall, you may need to update your configuration. You can always find the list of actual IP addresses of servers used to send webhooks there: <a href="/bots/webhooks"><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks">https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks</a></a>.</li>
<li>As of the <strong>next Bot API</strong> update (<strong>version 4.5</strong>), nested <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> objects will be allowed in message texts and captions. Please make sure that your code can correctly handle such entities.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-31-2019" href="#may-31-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 31, 2019</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-31-2019" href="#may-31-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 31, 2019</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.3</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/privacy-discussions-web-bots#meet-seamless-web-bots"><strong>Seamless Telegram Login</strong></a> on external websites.</li>
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<li>Bots that have the <em>can_edit_messages</em> right in a channel can now use the method <a href="/bots/api#editmessagereplymarkup">editMessageReplyMarkup</a> for messages written by other administrators forever without the 48 hours limit.</li>
<li>Don&#39;t forget that starting in <strong>July 2019</strong>, <strong>webhook requests</strong> from Bot API will be coming from the subnets <code>149.154.160.0/20</code> and <code>91.108.4.0/22</code>. Most users won&#39;t need to do anything to continue receiving webhooks. If you control inbound access with a firewall, you may need to update your configuration. You can always find the list of actual IP addresses of servers used to send webhooks there: <a href="/bots/webhooks"><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks">https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks</a></a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-14-2019" href="#april-14-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 14, 2019</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-14-2019" href="#april-14-2019"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 14, 2019</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.2</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for native polls: added the object <a href="/bots/api#poll">Poll</a>, the methods <a href="/bots/api#sendpoll">sendPoll</a> and <a href="/bots/api#stoppoll">stopPoll</a> and the field <em>poll</em> in the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> and <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a> objects.</li>
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<li>Starting in July 2019, webhook requests from Bot API will be coming from the subnets <code>149.154.160.0/20</code> and <code>91.108.4.0/22</code>. Most users won&#39;t need to do anything to continue receiving webhooks. If you control inbound access with a firewall, you may need to update your configuration. You can always find the list of actual IP addresses of servers used to send webhooks there: <a href="/bots/webhooks"><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks">https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks</a></a>.</li>
<li>Document thumbnails now should be inscribed in a 320x320 square instead of 90x90.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-27-2018" href="#august-27-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 27, 2018</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2018" href="#2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2018</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-27-2018" href="#august-27-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 27, 2018</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.1</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for translated versions of documents in <a href="/passport">Telegram Passport</a>.</li>
<li>New field <em>translation</em> in <a href="/bots/api#encryptedpassportelement">EncryptedPassportElement</a>.</li>
<li>New errors: <a href="/bots/api#passportelementerrortranslationfile">PassportElementErrorTranslationFile</a> and <a href="/bots/api#passportelementerrortranslationfile">PassportElementErrorTranslationFiles</a> and <a href="/bots/api#passportelementerrorunspecified">PassportElementErrorUnspecified</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="july-26-2018" href="#july-26-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 26, 2018</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="july-26-2018" href="#july-26-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 26, 2018</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 4.0</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/passport"><strong>Telegram Passport</strong></a>. See the official announcement on the <a href="https://telegram.org/blog">blog</a> and the <a href="https://core.telegram.org/passport">manual</a> for details.</li>
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<li>If a webhook returns the HTTP error <code>410 Gone</code> for all requests for more than 23 hours successively, it can be automatically removed.</li>
<li>Added <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard">vCard</a> support when sharing contacts: added the field <em>vcard</em> to the objects <a href="/bots/api#contact">Contact</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultcontact">InlineQueryResultContact</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inputcontactmessagecontent">InputContactMessageContent</a> and the method <a href="/bots/api#sendcontact">sendContact</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="february-13-2018" href="#february-13-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 13, 2018</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="february-13-2018" href="#february-13-2018"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 13, 2018</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.6</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Supported <a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#formatting-options">text formatting</a> in media captions. Specify the desired <em>parse_mode</em> (<a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#markdown-style">Markdown</a> or <a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#html-style">HTML</a>) when you provide a caption.</li>
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<li>Added the new field <em>connected_website</em> to <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a>. The bot will receive a message with this field in a private chat when a user logs in on the bot&#39;s connected website using the <a href="https://core.telegram.org/widgets/login">Login Widget</a> and allows sending messages from your bot.</li>
<li>Added the new parameter <em>supports_streaming</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#sendvideo">sendVideo</a> method and a field with the same name to the <a href="/bots/api#inputmediavideo">InputMediaVideo</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-17-2017" href="#november-17-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 17, 2017</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2017" href="#2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-17-2017" href="#november-17-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 17, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.5</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Added the new method <a href="/bots/api#sendmediagroup">sendMediaGroup</a> and two kinds of <a href="/bots/api#inputmedia">InputMedia</a> objects to support the new <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/albums-saved-messages">albums feature</a>.</li>
<li>Added support for pinning messages in channels. <a href="/bots/api#pinchatmessage">pinChatMessage</a> and <a href="/bots/api#unpinchatmessage">unpinChatMessage</a> accept channels.</li>
<li>Added the new fields <em>provider_data</em>, <em>send_phone_number_to_provider</em>, <em>send_email_to_provider</em> to <a href="/bots/api#sendinvoice">sendInvoice</a> for sharing information about the invoice with the payment provider.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="october-11-2017" href="#october-11-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 11, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="october-11-2017" href="#october-11-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 11, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.4</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Bots can now send and receive <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/live-locations">Live Locations</a>. Added new field <em>live_period</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#sendlocation">sendLocation</a> method and the <a href="/bots/api#editmessagelivelocation">editMessageLiveLocation</a> and <a href="/bots/api#stopmessagelivelocation">stopMessageLiveLocation</a> methods as well as the necessary objects for inline bots.</li>
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<li>The <a href="/bots/api#getchat">getChat</a> request now returns the group&#39;s sticker set for supergroups if available.</li>
<li>Bots now receive entities from media captions in the new field <em>caption_entities</em> in <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-23-2017" href="#august-23-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 23, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-23-2017" href="#august-23-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 23, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.3</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Bots can now mention users via <a href="/bots/api#formatting-options">inline mentions</a>, without using usernames.</li>
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<li>Added the new fields <em>author_signature</em> and <em>forward_signature</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object.</li>
<li>Added the new field <em>is_bot</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#user">User</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="july-21-2017" href="#july-21-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 21, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="july-21-2017" href="#july-21-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 21, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.2</strong>. Teach your bot to handle <a href="/bots/api#stickers">stickers and sticker sets</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Added new methods for working with stickers: <a href="/bots/api#getstickerset">getStickerSet</a>, <a href="/bots/api#uploadstickerfile">uploadStickerFile</a>, <a href="/bots/api#createnewstickerset">createNewStickerSet</a>, <a href="/bots/api#addstickertoset">addStickerToSet</a>, <a href="/bots/api#setstickerpositioninset">setStickerPositionInSet</a>, and <a href="/bots/api#deletestickerfromset">deleteStickerFromSet</a>.</li>
<li>Added the fields <em>set_name</em> and <em>mask_position</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> object, plus two new objects, <a href="/bots/api#stickerset">StickerSet</a>, and <a href="/bots/api#maskposition">MaskPosition</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-30-2017" href="#june-30-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 30, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-30-2017" href="#june-30-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 30, 2017</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 3.1</strong>. Build your own robotic police force for supergoups with these new methods for admin bots:</p>
<ul>
<li>Added new methods <a href="/bots/api#restrictchatmember">restrictChatMember</a> and <a href="/bots/api#promotechatmember">promoteChatMember</a> to manage users and admins, added new parameter <em>until_date</em> to <a href="/bots/api#kickchatmember">kickChatMember</a> for temporary bans.</li>
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<li>Added the new fields <em>photo</em>, <em>description</em> and <em>invite_link</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> object.</li>
<li>Added the new fields <em>until_date</em>, <em>can_be_edited</em>, <em>can_change_info</em>, <em>can_post_messages</em>, <em>can_edit_messages</em>, <em>can_delete_messages</em>, <em>can_invite_users</em>, <em>can_restrict_members</em>, <em>can_pin_messages</em>, <em>can_promote_members</em>, <em>can_send_messages</em>, <em>can_send_media_messages</em>, <em>can_send_other_messages</em> and <em>can_add_web_page_previews</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#chatmember">ChatMember</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-18-2017" href="#may-18-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 18, 2017</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-18-2017" href="#may-18-2017"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 18, 2017</h4>
<p>Introducing <strong>Bot API 3.0</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>NEW Payment Platform</strong></p>
<p>See <a href="/bots/payments">Introduction to Bot Payments</a> for a brief overview. If you&#39;re not a developer, you may like <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/payments">this user-friendly blog post</a> better.</p>
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<li><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#inlinekeyboardbutton">Inline keyboards</a> with <em>switch_inline_query</em> and <em>switch_inline_query_current_chat</em> can no longer be sent to channels because they are useless there.</li>
<li>New fields <em>gif_duration</em> in <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultgif">InlineQueryResultGif</a> and <em>mpeg4_duration</em> in <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultmpeg4gif">InlineQueryResultMpeg4Gif</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="december-4-2016" href="#december-4-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 4, 2016</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2016" href="#2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="december-4-2016" href="#december-4-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>December 4, 2016</h4>
<p>Introducing <strong>Bot API 2.3.1</strong>, a nifty little update that will give you more control over how your bot gets its updates.</p>
<ul>
<li>Use the new field <em>max_connections</em> in <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a> to optimize your bot&#39;s server load</li>
<li>Use <em>allowed_updates</em> in <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a> and <a href="/bots/api#getupdates">getUpdates</a> to selectively subscribe to updates of a certain type. Among other things, this allows you to stop getting updates about new posts in channels where your bot is an admin.</li>
<li><a href="/bots/api#deletewebhook">deleteWebhook</a> moved out of <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a> to get a whole separate method for itself.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-21-2016" href="#november-21-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 21, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-21-2016" href="#november-21-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November 21, 2016</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 2.3</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Modified <a href="/bots/faq#what-messages-will-my-bot-get"><strong>bot privacy mode</strong></a> for the sake of consistency. </li>
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<li>Added the new parameter <em>cache_time</em> to <a href="/bots/#answercallbackquery">answerCallbackQuery</a>. Will eventually work in Telegram apps — somewhere after version 3.14, maybe 3.15.</li>
<li>Renamed <em>hide_keyboard</em> to <em>remove_keyboard</em> in <a href="/bots/#replykeyboardremove">ReplyKeyboardRemove</a> for clarity. <em>hide_keyboard</em> will still work for a while for backward compatibility.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="october-3-2016" href="#october-3-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 3, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="october-3-2016" href="#october-3-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 3, 2016</h4>
<p><strong>Bot API 2.2.</strong> <a href="/bots/games">Introducing a new Gaming Platform!</a> See <a href="/bots/games">this introduction</a> for a brief overview.<br>If you&#39;re not a developer, you may like <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/games"><strong>this user-friendly blog post</strong></a> better.</p>
<ul>
<li>New tools for building <a href="/bots/api#games"><strong>HTML5 games</strong></a>.</li>
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<li>New field <em>all_members_are_administrators</em> in the <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> object.</li>
<li>Certain server responses may now contain the new <a href="/bots/api#responseparameters"><em>parameters</em></a> field with expanded info on errors that occurred while processing your requests.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-25-2016" href="#may-25-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 25, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-25-2016" href="#may-25-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 25, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="/bots/api#inlinekeyboardmarkup">Inline keyboards</a> may now be used in group chats. Channels coming soon.</li>
<li>Check out <a href="https://telegram.me/vote">@vote</a> and <a href="https://telegram.me/like">@like</a> for examples.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-22-2016" href="#may-22-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 22, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-22-2016" href="#may-22-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 22, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Bot API 2.1.</strong> Added more tools for group administrator bots. Your bot can now get a list of administrators and members count in a group, check a user&#39;s current status (administrator, creator, left the group, kicked from the group), and leave a group.</li>
<li>Added new methods: <a href="/bots/api#getchat">getChat</a>, <a href="/bots/api#leavechat">leaveChat</a>, <a href="/bots/api#getchatadministrators">getChatAdministrators</a>, <a href="/bots/api#getchatmember">getChatMember</a>, <a href="/bots/api#getchatmemberscount">getChatMembersCount</a>.</li>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/edit">edited messages</a> and <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/edit#new-mentions">new mentions</a> from Telegram v.3.9. New fields: <em>edited_message</em> in <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a>, <em>edit_date</em> in <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a>, <em>user</em> in <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a>. New value <em>text_mention</em> for the <em>type</em> field in <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-12-2016" href="#may-12-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 12, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-12-2016" href="#may-12-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 12, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added consistency to what messages bots get in groups and supergroups. <a href="/bots/faq#what-messages-will-my-bot-get">See updated FAQ for details »</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="may-6-2016" href="#may-6-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 6, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="may-6-2016" href="#may-6-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>May 6, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added the field <em>emoji</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> object. Your bot can now know the emoji a sticker corresponds to.</li>
<li>Added the field <em>forward_from_chat</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object for messages forwarded from channels.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="april-9-2016" href="#april-9-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 9, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="april-9-2016" href="#april-9-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>April 9, 2016</h4>
<p>Introducing <strong>Bot API 2.0</strong>. Check out <a href="/bots/2-0-intro">this page</a> for a review of this major update.</p>
<ul>
<li>New <a href="/bots/2-0-intro#new-inline-keyboards"><strong>inline keyboards</strong></a> with <strong>callback</strong> and <strong>URL buttons</strong>. Added new objects <a href="/bots/api#inlinekeyboardmarkup">InlineKeyboardMarkup</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinekeyboardbutton">InlineKeyboardButton</a> and <a href="/bots/api#callbackquery">CallbackQuery</a>, added <em>reply_markup</em> fields to all <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresult">InlineQueryResult</a> objects. Added field <em>callback_query</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a> object, new method <a href="/bots/api#answercallbackquery">answerCallbackQuery</a>.</li>
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<li>Added fields <em>venue</em>, <em>pinned_message</em> and <em>entities</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object. Added new objects <a href="/bots/api#messageentity">MessageEntity</a> and <a href="/bots/api#venue">Venue</a>, new methods <a href="/bots/api#sendvenue">sendVenue</a> and <a href="/bots/api#sendcontact">sendContact</a>.</li>
<li>Renamed the fields <em>new_chat_participant</em> and <em>left_chat_participant</em> of the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object to <em>new_chat_member</em> and <em>left_chat_member</em>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="february-20-2016" href="#february-20-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 20, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="february-20-2016" href="#february-20-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>February 20, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added the <em>disable_notification</em> parameter to all methods that send messages or any kind.</li>
<li>Removed backward compatibility from the method <a href="/bots/api#sendaudio">sendAudio</a>. Voice messages now must be sent using the method <a href="/bots/api#sendvoice">sendVoice</a>. There is no more need to specify a non-empty title or performer while sending the audio by <em>file_id</em>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-20-2016" href="#january-20-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 20, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-20-2016" href="#january-20-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 20, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>By the way, you can use both HTML-style and markdown-style formatting in your bot&#39;s messages to send bold, italic or fixed-width text and inline links. All official Telegram clients support this. See <a href="/bots/api#formatting-options">Formatting options</a> for details.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-14-2016" href="#january-14-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 14, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-14-2016" href="#january-14-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 14, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>You can now <a href="/bots/inline#collecting-feedback">collect feedback</a> on which results provided by your inline bot get chosen by the users. Added the <code>setinlinefeedback</code> command for Botfather, new type <a href="/bots/api#choseninlineresult">ChosenInlineResult</a>, new field <em>chosen_inline_result</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="january-4-2016" href="#january-4-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 4, 2016</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="january-4-2016" href="#january-4-2016"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>January 4, 2016</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="/bots/inline">Inline Mode</a>, a new way for people to contact your bot by typing its username and a query in the text input field in any chat. Enable by sending <code>/setinline</code> to <a href="https://telegram.me/botfather">@BotFather</a>.</li>
<li>New optional field <em>inline_query</em> added to the <a href="/bots/api#update">Update</a> object.</li>
<li>Added new method <a href="/bots/api#answerinlinequery">answerInlineQuery</a> and new objects <a href="/bots/api#inlinequery">InlineQuery</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultarticle">InlineQueryResultArticle</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultphoto">InlineQueryResultPhoto</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultgif">InlineQueryResultGif</a>, <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultmpeg4gif">InlineQueryResultMpeg4Gif</a> and <a href="/bots/api#inlinequeryresultvideo">InlineQueryResultVideo</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="november-2015" href="#november-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November, 2015</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="2015" href="#2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="november-2015" href="#november-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>November, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/supergroups">supergroups</a>. The <em>Type</em> field in the <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a> object can now contain &#39;supergroup&#39;.</li>
<li>New optional fields added to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object: <em>supergroup_chat_created</em>, <em>migrate_to_chat_id</em>, <em>migrate_from_chat_id</em> and <em>channel_chat_created</em>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="october-8-2015" href="#october-8-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 8, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="october-8-2015" href="#october-8-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>October 8, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added initial channel support for bots (no Telegram clients support this at the moment, please wait for updates):</li>
<li>The <em>Chat</em> field in the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> is now of the new type <a href="/bots/api#chat">Chat</a>.</li>
<li>You can now pass a channel username (in the format <code>@channelusername</code>) in the place of <em>chat_id</em> in all methods (and instead of <em>from_chat_id</em> in <a href="/bots/api#forwardmessage">forwardMessage</a>). For this to work, the bot must be an administrator in the channel (and that&#39;s exactly what Telegram clients don&#39;t support yet — adding bots as administrators coming soon).</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="september-18-2015" href="#september-18-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>September 18, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="september-18-2015" href="#september-18-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>September 18, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bots can now download files and media sent by users.</li>
<li>Added <a href="/bots/api#getfile">getFile</a> and <a href="/bots/api#file">File</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="september-7-2015" href="#september-7-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>September 7, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="september-7-2015" href="#september-7-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>September 7, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>You can now <a href="/bots/api#making-requests">pass parameters</a> using <em>application/json</em> (please note that this doesn&#39;t work for file uploads: use <em>multipart/form-data</em> to upload files).</li>
<li>Added very basic <a href="/bots/api#using-markdown">markdown support</a>. New field <em>parse_mode</em> added to <a href="/bots/api#sendmessage">sendMessage</a>. For the moment messages with markdown will be displayed correctly only in Telegram for <strong>Android</strong>. Other official apps will catch up soon.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-29-2015" href="#august-29-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 29, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-29-2015" href="#august-29-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 29, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added support for self-signed certificates: upload your certificate using the <em>certificate</em> parameter in the <a href="/bots/api#setwebhook">setWebhook</a> method.</li>
<li>You can now make <a href="/bots/api#making-requests-when-getting-updates">new requests</a> when responding to webhook updates.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="august-15-2015" href="#august-15-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 15, 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="august-15-2015" href="#august-15-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>August 15, 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added new type <strong><a href="/bots/api#voice">Voice</a></strong> and new method <a href="/bots/api#sendvoice"><strong>sendVoice</strong></a> for sending voice messages.</li>
<li>Earlier <strong><a href="/bots/api#audio">Audio</a></strong> and <strong><a href="/bots/api#sendaudio">sendAudio</a></strong> should now be used for sending music files. Telegram clients will show such files in the in-app music player. If you were using <a href="/bots/api#sendaudio"><strong>sendAudio</strong></a> for your bot to send voice messages, please use <a href="/bots/api#sendaudio"><strong>sendVoice</strong></a> instead.</li>
<li>Added optional fields <em>performer</em>, <em>title</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#audio"><strong>Audio</strong></a> object and <a href="/bots/api#sendaudio"><strong>sendAudio</strong></a> method.</li>
<li>Added optional field <em>voice</em> to the <a href="/bots/api#message"><strong>Message</strong></a> object.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="july-2015" href="#july-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 2015</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="july-2015" href="#july-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>July 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>The <strong>thumb</strong> field is now optional for <a href="/bots/api#video">Video</a>, <a href="/bots/api#sticker">Sticker</a> and <a href="/bots/api#document">Document</a> objects</li>
<li>The API now supports both video and photo captions. The <strong>caption</strong> field has been removed from the <a href="/bots/api#video">Video</a> object and added to the <a href="/bots/api#message">Message</a> object instead. </li>
<li><strong>caption</strong> and <strong>duration</strong> optional fields have been added to the <a href="/bots/api#sendvideo">sendVideo</a> method.</li>
<li>Fixed typo: <strong>user_id</strong> in the Contact object is now correctly labeled as Integer, not String</li>
</ul>
<h3><a class="anchor" name="june-24-2015" href="#june-24-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 24, 2015</h3>
<p>The bot platform was <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution">officially launched</a>.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" name="june-24-2015" href="#june-24-2015"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>June 24, 2015</h4>
<p>The bot platform is <a href="https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution">officially launched</a>.</p>
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