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Class:	BotMan A framework agnostic PHP library to build chat bot
Author:	By Marcel Pociot
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Change Log

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

[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