v2.8.4

• getFile and File.download is now fully supported (#69)

v2.8.3

• Moved Bot._requestURL to its own class (telegram.utils.request)
• Much better, such wow, Telegram Objects tests
• Add consistency for str properties on Telegram Objects
• Better design to test if chat_id is invalid
• Add ability to set custom filename on Bot.sendDocument(..,filename='') (#56)
• Fix Sticker as InputFile
• Send JSON requests over urlencoded post data (#58)
• Markdown support for Bot.sendMessage(..., parse_mode=ParseMode.MARKDOWN) (#58)
• Refactor of TelegramError class (no more handling IOError or URLError)

v2.8.2

• Fixed regression on Telegram ReplyMarkup
• Add certificate to is_inputfile method

v2.8.1

• Fix regression on Telegram objects with thumb properties (Document, Sticker, Video)

v2.8

• TelegramError when chat_id is empty for send* methods
• setWebhook now supports sending self-signed certificate (#53)
• Huge redesign of existing Telegram classes
• Added support for PyPy
• Added docstring for existing classes

v2.7.1

• Fixed JSON serialization for message (#42)

v2.7

• Added support for Voice object and sendVoice method. Due backward compatibility performer or/and title will be required for sendAudio (#39)
• Fixed JSON serialization when forwarded message (#38)

v2.6.1

• Fixed parsing image header issue on < Python 2.7.3 (#37)

v2.6.0

• Depreciation of require_authentication and clearCredentials methods - it will improve Bot initialization/unpickle performance (#33)
• Giving AUTHORS the proper credits for their contribution for this project (#34)
• Message.date and Message.forward_date are now datetime objects (#35)

v2.5.3

• telegram.Bot now supports to be unpickled (#31)