Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[2.8.9]

Fixed

• Add support for Laravel 12

[2.8.7]

Fixed

• Allow spatie/macroable v2.0 (for php8+)

[2.1.5|

Added

• Added the ability to pass arrays as command callables

[2.1.4]

Added

• Group commands can now be chained - #599
• Skip and Stop conversation can be applied at groups - #600

Fixed

• Fixed API.ai session management - #610
• Fixed React PHP version constraints

[2.1.3]

Fixed

• Fixed an issue with the driver verification (this time for real).

[2.1.2]

Fixed

• Fixed an issue with the driver verification.

[2.1.1]

Added

• Added incoming message setText method ### Fixed
• BotMan `say` and `ask` methods now return Response objects.

[2.1.0]

Added

• Added ability to cache message user information (#542)
• Added macro functionality to the Conversation method
• Added `getStoredConversationQuestion` method

Fixed

• Fix incorrect 'conversation_cache_time' config path (#557)

[2.0.4]

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where non-HTTP drivers were validated

[2.0.3]

Fixed

• Use available drivers instead of configured ones for verification because of Slack events verification

[2.0.2]

Added

• Drivers can have a method called `additionalDrivers` to simplify manual driver loading, when not using BotMan studio.

Fixed

• Fixed matching middleware inside of conversations not receiving the manipulated `$message` object.

[2.0.0]

Added

• Added ability to originate inline conversations.
• Moved each driver into their own repository.
• Facebook - Added support to send file and audio attachments.
• Telegram - Added support to send file, audio and location attachments.
• Added Kik driver.
• Added custom Attachment classes.
• Added support to listen for message service events.
• Changed the way middleware works in BotMan.
• Added support for Slack interactive menu messages.
• Added Facebook Referral driver.
• Allow replying to an existing thread for Slack drivers (#327).
• Added `loadDriver` method to BotMan.
• Added ability to use BotMan with a local socket.

Changed

• Switched from plain text to JSON responses for Slack slash commands, to allow richer message formatting.
• Moved message matching into a separate `Matcher` class.

Removed

• Removed `FacebookPostbackDriver`, `FacebookOptinDriver` and `FacebookReferralDriver` in favor of the new event API.

[1.5.6]

Fixed

Custom drivers now get loaded first.

[1.5.5]

Fixed

Fix botframework not using shorthand closing tags (#345)

[1.5.4]

Fixed

Fix error when originating MS Bot Framework messages - fixes (#324)

[1.5.3]

Fixed

Fixed an issue with the SlackRTM driver in combination with regular file uploads (#323)

[1.5.2]

Changed

• Added unicode support
• Added support for Telegram voice messages

[1.5.1]

Changed

• Additional parameters for `say`, `reply` and `ask` methods now recursively merge the parameters.

[1.5.0]

Added

• Added `askForImages`, `askForVideos`, `askForAudio`, `askForLocation`.
• Added support for receiving images, videos, audio files and locations.
• Added `sendRequest` method to perform low-level driver API requests.
• Allow regular expressions in API.ai middleware
• Added fake driver for testing
• Allow typing indicators for Slack RTM driver

Changed

• Cache API.ai calls
• Cache Wit.AI calls

[1.4.1]

Added

• Added on-the-fly mini-conversations using `$botman->ask($question, Closure $next, $additionalParameters = [])`.
• Added ability to either temporarily skip conversations or completely stop them using the `skipConversation` and `stopConversation` methods on the conversation object.
• Added a `ShouldQueue` interface that your Conversation classes should use if you want to store / serialize them in queues.
• Added `filePath()` method to the Message class. (SlackRTM support only)

Changed

• FacebookDriver now returns user first + lastname
• Fixed a bug with Windows + cash file names (#200)
• Fixed a bug with fluent middleware syntax (#203)
• Fixed a bug with multiple middlewares (#209)

[1.4.0]

Added

• Added methods to set typing indicators `$botman->types()` and `$botman->typesAndWaits(2);`.
• Added api.ai middleware.
• Added additional parameters to `$botman->say` method.

• Added ability to load command-specific middleware: 
  $bot->hears('foo', function($bot){})->middleware(new TestMiddleware());
  

• Added ability to listen only on specific drivers or channels.
• Added `repeat()` method to conversation objects to repeat the last asked question.
• [SlackDriver, SlackRTMDriver] added `replyInThread` method for Slacks new threaded messaging feature.
• Added video message to Facebook, BotFramework and Telegram drivers.
• Added Facebook template support.
• Added `$botman->getUser()` method to retrieve general user information.

Changed

• Fixed an error that occured when responding to the Facebook driver with thumbs up.
• Fixed SlackRTM driver to respond using the RTM API (Fixes issues #99 and #67).
• Moved listening to Facebook Postback payloads into a separate driver (FacebookPostbackDriver) so it does not interfere with normal user text
• Correctly handle Skype group chats #128
• Telegram - Fixed empty button callback payload #138
• Telegram - Fixed questions not working when the message type is an entity (url, email, etc) #139
• The MiddlewareInterface now uses the DriverInterface instead of the abstract Driver class

Removed

• Removed ability to only listen to direct messages / public channels as this was a relic of the old `slackbot` package.

[1.3.0]

Added

• Added WeChat messaging driver.
• Added BotMan state methods to store user, channel or driver related data. - `$botman->userStorage()` - `$botman->channelStorage()` - `$botman->driverStorage()`

Changed

• Forced opis/closure `$this` scope serialization.

[1.2.2]

Added

• Added support for Slack slash commands. Just hear for the complete slash command `$bot->hears('/command foo', ...`.

Changed

• Fixed an error when trying to originate a message using a specific driver name (Issue #70).

[1.2.1]

Added

• Added support for Microsoft Bot Framework Web Chat

[1.2.0]

Added

• Added the `SlackRTMDriver` to make use of the Slack Realtime API.
• Added a new `Message` class to compose messages with images.
• Image support is available for these drivers: - Facebook - Telegram - Slack - Microsoft Bot Framework

Changed

• Middleware classes now receive a third parameter `$regexMatched` inside the `isMessageMatching` method. You can use this method to determine if the regular expression was also matched, in case you do not want to replace the complete `hears` logic, but only add custom logic to it. Note: This will require you to modify your custom middleware classes.

[1.1.1]

Changed

• Fixed a bug where middleware `isMessageMatching` of `false` would still match the message.

[1.1.0]

Added

• The `hears` method can now handle `ClassName@method` syntax.

Changed

• Fixed a bug in combination with middleware classes and regular expression matches

[1.0.1]

Added

• Added `send` method to BotMan, to allow originating messages

Changed

• The `hears` regular expression now checks for the start of the string https://github.com/mpociot/botman/issues/52

Changed

[1.0.0] - 2016-12-08

• Initial release