MadelineProto 7

[danog]

Introducing MadelineProto 7!

This update is mandatory for all MadelineProto users.

Due to 64-bit user IDs and Telegram's new API TOS, starting from January 1, 2022, old MadelineProto instances will stop working completely: even now, legacy instances can't login due to UPDATE_APP_TO_LOGIN errors.

If you're using MadelineProto 1 through 6, visit the releases page to view changelogs and upgrade tips.
You can also open an issue or visit the support group if you encounter issues while upgrading.

For most usecases, no changes are needed: however, graphical clients based on MadelineProto must implement sponsored messages.

Features:

• MadelineProto 7 provides a simple cached API to work with sponsored messages:
  • getSponsoredMessages
    Get sponsored messages for channel, returns a list of sponsored message objects.
  • viewSponsoredMessage
    Mark sponsored message as read.

Clients must then handle fetched sponsored messages as described in the API documentation.

• Layer 135! See the API documentation for a list of changed methods and constructors in layer 131-133.
  Changes in layer 133-135:

Added methods:

• account.setAuthorizationTTL
• account.changeAuthorizationSettings
• messages.getSearchResultsCalendar
• messages.getSearchResultsPositions
• messages.hideChatJoinRequest
• messages.hideAllChatJoinRequests
• messages.toggleNoForwards
• messages.saveDefaultSendAs
• channels.getSendAs

Changed methods:

• Renamed channels.deleteUserHistory to channels.deleteParticipantHistory; the old method still works.
• Added base_theme param to account.installThemeAdded min_date, max_date params to messages.deleteHistory
• Added send_as param to messages.sendMessage, messages.sendMedia, messages.sendMultiMedia, messages.forwardMessages, messages.sendInlineBotResult
• Added request_needed, title params to messages.exportChatInvite, messages.editExportedChatInvite
• Added requested, q params to messages.getChatInviteImporters
• Renamed user_id=>participant in channels.reportSpam

Changed Constructors

• Added requests_pending param to chatFull
• Added recent_requesters param to chatFull
• Added requests_pending param to channelFull
• Added recent_requesters param to channelFull
• Added default_send_as param to channelFull
• Added request_chat_broadcast param to peerSettings
• Added request_chat_title param to peerSettings
• Added request_chat_date param to peerSettings
• Added private_forward_name param to userFull
• Added authorization_ttl_days param to account.authorizations
• Added request_needed param to chatInviteExported
• Added requested param to chatInviteExported
• Added title param to chatInviteExported
• Added request_needed param to chatInvite
• Added about param to chatInvite
• Added via_request param to channelParticipantSelf

New Constructors

• messageActionChatJoinedByRequest

• updatePendingJoinRequests

• updateBotChatInviteRequester

• inputKeyboardButtonUserProfile

• keyboardButtonUserProfile

• channelAdminLogEventActionParticipantJoinByRequest

• channelAdminLogEventActionToggleNoForwards

• channelAdminLogEventActionSendMessage

• New simplified EventHandler::startAndLoop API!

• Added support for t.me/+ invite links!

• New sponsored message API!

• Improved DB ORM API, used for example in the event handler!

• New FFI-based prime.madelineproto.xyz factorization module!

• An all new thread-safe madeline.php autoupdater!

• PHP 8.1 support!

• Zend hashmaps are now periodically reallocated to clean up RAM!

Deprecations:

• Dropped 32-bit support.
  Android users can install 64-bit builds of php using Termux.
  Raspberry pi users can use a 64-bit distro like archlinuxarm.org.
• madeline.php supports only php 7.1+
• composer supports only php 8+ (7.1+ support coming back soon)
• The eio extension is no longer compatible with MadelineProto.

Fixes:

• Fixed a side-channel reported by Theo von Arx and Kenneth G. Paterson @ ETH Zürich.

Internal improvements:

• Many, many internal bugfixes and performance improvements!
• Switched to the new RSA-OAEP-based authkey flow.
• Native openssl integration for faster crypto!
• Removed loads of legacy 32-bit hacks, greatly improving performance!

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