Post #19

Introducing the new Gaming Platform. As of today, your bot can offer HTML5 games – anything from simple puzzles and arcades to multiplayer 3D-shooters and real-time strategy games. Read the blog announcement: https://telegram.org/blog/games Check out our introduction to Games: https://core.telegram.org/bots/games Also in this update: - You can now specify an HTTP URL for a file in all methods where InputFile or file_id can be used. Telegram will get the file from the specified URL and send it to the user. - Added a new method for checking current webhook status. - Added a detailed guide to webhooks: https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks - And more. See the full changelog: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#recent-changes