changelog.md

Discordie changelog

2016-08-31, Version 0.8.1

• Minor changes in rate limit bucket structure, X-RateLimit-Reset support;
• Calling member.unban() on invalid member objects no longer throws;
• Added CHANNEL_PINNED_MESSAGE (type 6) to Discordie.MessageTypes.

2016-08-17, Version 0.8.0

Breaking Discord API v6 changes:

• Channel type is now a number, not string "text" and "voice": see Discordie.ChannelTypes;
• Direct message channels now have {Array<IUser>} recipients instead of {String} recipient_id, getter {IUser} recipient added and marked as deprecated;
• Channel field is_private has been removed from the API, getters isPrivate and is_private added to replace it. Getter is_private is marked as deprecated.

Overview of API v6 changes:

• New events CALL_CREATE, CALL_UPDATE, CALL_DELETE, CHANNEL_RECIPIENT_ADD, CHANNEL_RECIPIENT_REMOVE;
• Message fields added:
  • {Number} type: everything other than 0 is a system message, see Discordie.MessageTypes;
  • {Object} call: object present if this is a system message with call info.
• Channel fields removed: {String} type, {Boolean} is_private;
• Channel fields added: {Number} type, {Array} recipients, {String|null} owner_id, {String|null} icon.

Library changes:

• New local events CALL_UNAVAILABLE, CALL_RING;
• New method IDirectMessageChannelCollection.createGroupDM();
• IDirectMessageChannel:
  • New getters:
    • {ICall} call;
    • {Array|null} usersInCall;
    • {IAuthenticatedUser|IUser|null} owner;
    • {String|null} iconURL;
  • New methods:
    • {Boolean} isOwner(user);
    • {Promise} ring(recipients) (user accounts only);
    • {Promise} stopRinging(recipients) (user accounts only);
    • {Promise} changeCallRegion(region) (user accounts only);
    • {Promise} addRecipient(user) (user accounts only);
    • {Promise} removeRecipient(user) (user accounts only);
    • {Promise<IDirectMessageChannel, Error>} setName(name);
    • {Promise<IDirectMessageChannel, Error>} setIcon(icon);
    • {Promise} joinCall(selfMute, selfDeaf) (user accounts only);
    • {void} leaveCall();
    • {VoiceConnectionInfo|null} getVoiceConnectionInfo();
    • {Promise<ICall|null, Error>} fetchCall();
  • Marked getter recipient as deprecated, use recipients instead;
• IMessage:
  • New getters:
    • {Boolean|null} isSystem;
    • {String|null} systemMessage;
• IUser.getVoiceChannel(guild) now accepts null guild;
• New method IUserCollection.usersInCall(channel).

New:

• Option to disable implicit mentions in user.isMentioned(message, ignoreImplicitMentions);
• Bot token header is now forced depending on account type received in READY;
• Updated rate limits, including header support.

Fixed:

• channel.fetchMessages() failing with Discord's new parameter validation (since 2016-08-11).

2016-08-04, Version 0.7.6

New:

• Emoji field support: IGuild.emojis;
• Bot application and owner info: IAuthenticatedUser.getApplication().

Other:

• ICollectionBase.forEach now doesn't stop iterating if you return a truthy value in the callback.

2016-07-29, Version 0.7.5

API changes:

• New permission General.EXTERNAL_EMOTES.

New:

• Preemptive rate limit handling: bots can now send messages as fast as they are allowed;
• Collection lengths are now printed when inspected with console.log: ex. IGuildCollection { length: 8 };
• IDirectMessageChannel now supports fetching pinned messages.

Fixes:

• Fixed rare case of voice states not syncing after gateway being RESUMED;
• Fixed some promises returning strings instead of proper Error objects;
• Fixed array collections crashing on latest V8 engine.

Other:

• Buffers are now allocated using Buffer.alloc/Buffer.from instead of deprecated Buffer constructor whenever possible.

2016-07-16, Version 0.7.3

API changes:

• Removed human readable invites.

Fixes:

• Order of pinned messages now matches the client;
• Upgraded ws dependency from v0.8.0 to v1.1.1, fixes crash on node v6.x.x;
• Property previousNick in GUILD_MEMBER_UPDATE is now set correctly.

Other:

• Changed permission (methods IUser/IGuildMember.permissionsFor/can) error message from "Invalid user" to "User is not a member of the context".

2016-06-25, Version 0.7.2

New:

• Event GUILD_MEMBER_UPDATE now exposes object changes:

  • {Array<IRole>} rolesAdded;
  • {Array<IRole>} rolesRemoved;
  • {String|null} previousNick.

• IAuthenticatedUser.setGame/setStatus now also accept games as strings;

• Message pinning support:

  • ITextChannel

    • {Array<IMessage>} ITextChannel.pinnedMessages;
    • {Promise<Object, Error>} ITextChannel.fetchPinned();

  • IMessage

    • {Boolean} IMessage.pinned;
    • {Promise<IMessage, Error>} IMessage.pin();
    • {Promise<IMessage, Error>} IMessage.unpin();

  • IMessageCollection

    • {Array<IMessage>} IMessageCollection.forChannelPinned(channel) (same as pinnedMessages);
    • {Promise} IMessageCollection.pinMessage(messageId, channelId);
    • {Promise} IMessageCollection.unpinMessage(messageId, channelId);
    • {void} IMessageCollection.purgeChannelPinned(channel);
    • {void} IMessageCollection.purgePinned().

2016-06-18, Version 0.7.0

New:

• Gateway V5 support;
• Event MESSAGE_DELETE_BULK;
• Integrated API (REST) error messages; (ex. Error: Bad Request (Cannot send an empty message));
• MFA fields: IAuthenticatedUser.mfa_enabled, IGuild.mfa_level;
• Automatic Bad Gateway (HTTP 502) handling, will only throw a 502 after 10 retries.

Fixes:

• Permission overwrites for voice channels now actually have Voice section.

2016-05-29, Version 0.6.5

Fixes:

• Workaround for FFmpegEncoder 'end' event not firing on nodejs v5.11.0/4.4.5+.

2016-05-23, Version 0.6.4

New:

• User limits in voice channels:

  • Added param userLimit to IChannel.update;
  • Channel property user_limit;
  • Method channel.join() will return rejected promise if channel is full and permission Voice.MOVE_MEMBERS is denied.

2016-05-14, Version 0.6.2

New:

• Auto-reconnect with a constructor option: new Discordie({autoReconnect: true});;
• Profile editing aliases IAuthenticatedUser.setAvatar/setUsername.

2016-05-10, Version 0.6.1

Discord API Changes:

• New MANAGE_ROLES (ADMINISTRATOR) permission.

New:

• Bulk-delete messages with IMessageCollection.deleteMessages(array);
• Channel cloning IChannel.clone(name, type, bitrate);
• Added params permissionOverwrites, bitrate to IGuild.createChannel.

Fixes:

• Fixed self nicknames not setting without MANAGE_NICKNAMES permission.

2016-05-04, Version 0.6.0

New:

• Method IMessage.resolveContent() resolving <@(#|!|&)?id> entities to names to get human readable content;
• Nickname support:
  • Permissions CHANGE_NICKNAME, MANAGE_NICKNAMES;
  • IGuildMember.nick property;
  • IGuildMember.name getter, returns nick if exists, otherwise username;
  • IGuildMember.setNickname(nick) method.
• Mentionable roles:
  • IMessage.mention_roles property;
  • Param mentionable in IRole.commit(name, color, hoist, mentionable).
• Mentions:
  • IUser/IGuildMember.nickMention getter;
  • ITextChannel.mention getter;
  • IRole.mention getter.

2016-04-28, Version 0.5.7

Fixes:

• FFmpeg processes will be killed with SIGKILL if not exited within 5 second timeout;
• Method uploadFile now checks file existence if called with a file path.

2016-04-25, Version 0.5.6

Fixes:

• READY timeout no longer fires after a disconnect.

Performance:

• Internal opus now starts faster.

2016-04-19, Version 0.5.5

Fixes:

• FFmpegEncoder stdin errors can now be handled with the standard encoder.stdin.on("error", handler);
• Fixed debug mode FFmpegEncoder listener leak warnings from EventEmitter.

Performance:

• Optimized voice state tracking;
• Optimized (DirectMessage)ChannelCollection.get;
• Events PRESENCE_UPDATE and TYPING_START will only fire if there are listeners assigned to them.

2016-04-17, Version 0.5.4

New:

• Gateway sharding support (shardId and shardCount options in Discordie constructor).

Fixes:

• Fixed empty audio output with 48kHz input data.

2016-04-14, Version 0.5.2

Fixes:

• Fixed audio subsystem breaking (not buffering data) when using PM2 (process manager);

2016-04-13, Version 0.5.1

Fixes:

• Rate limited file uploads with streams now resend data correctly;

Performance:

• Minor performance improvement for audio mixing without volume set.

2016-04-12, Version 0.5.0

New:

• High level audio streams (AudioEncoderStream, FFmpegEncoder, OggOpusPlayer, WebmOpusPlayer), instantiated using IVoiceConnection.createExternalEncoder and IVoiceConnection.getEncoderStream.

2016-04-09, Version 0.4.4

New:

• Rate limit handling for messages. All messages are now put in a queue and sent sequentially;
• Low level audio API extensions (AudioEncoder) - new methods .enqueueMultiple and .clearQueue;
• Event GUILD_CREATE now has a parameter becameAvailable to discriminate between joined and unavailable guilds.

Fixes:

• Normal precision scheduling now processes packet queue correctly;
• AudioEncoder queue changed to pause after 1 second of inactivity;
• V4 READY timeout changed to reset after each GUILD_CREATE;
• Fixed voice disconnecting after resuming gateway connection;

2016-04-06, Version 0.4.2

New:

• Gateway V4 support;
• Exposed GATEWAY_RESUMED event;
• Bans now can be added without member object - IGuild.ban(user).

2016-03-25, Version 0.4.0

Notable changes:

• Fully migrated to bot multiserver voice API (user accounts no longer can connect to more than one guild concurrently);
• Improved voice disconnect handling logic: more info in VOICE_DISCONNECTED event docs (no breaking changes);
• Presence updates for friend lists are no longer dispatched over PRESENCE_UPDATE event;
• (Discord-side) Invites.accept no longer works on bot accounts.

New:

• Exposed user.bot boolean property;
• Implemented offline guild members requesting: Users.fetchMembers(singleGuildOrGuildsArray);
• Alternative methods for deleting/editing messages by id:
  • Messages.editMessage(content, messageId, channelId);
  • Messages.deleteMessage(messageId, channelId);
• Pending voice connections can now be cancelled with .leave() on the same channel.

Fixes:

• GUILD_MEMBER_REMOVE is now handled correctly and actually removes members from cache;
• Fixed IGuild.getPruneEstimate() and IGuild.pruneMembers();
• Encoder states are no longer created in proxy mode;
• Voice connections now properly disconnect on GUILD_UNAVAILABLE;
• Fixed IVoiceChannel.joined reporting incorrect state for pending connections.

Performance:

• Improved performance for voice encryption and RTP muxing.

2016-03-09, Version 0.3.0

Notable changes:

• Memory and CPU usage has been reduced greatly;
• Implemented caching of member interfaces;
• Messages are sorted on insertion using binary sort, sorting after fetching is removed;
• JSON.stringify on interfaces returns a copy of raw model data instead of stringifying models recursively;
• Interfaces can now be properly formatted (inspected) using console.log and util.inspect;

Fixes:

• Fix voice state tracking on READY for clients in multiple servers;
• Cache voice server address on connect and no longer attempt to resolve hostname during UDP packet send calls;
• Fix DirectMessageChannels.getOrOpen(recipient) crashing on node 5.7.0;

2016-02-27, Version 0.2.1

Performance:

• Improve performance of <Collection>.get;

Fixes:

• Fix voice leave or disconnect crashing the library when called for voice connections on secondary gateways;