4.0

This is the final release for this project as it will no longer be maintained.

• Upgraded to .NET 7.0
• Migrated to Slash Commands, example: /bot info
• Fixed multiple bugs with the the Lavalink implementation.
• Fixed the /wikipedia command not returning results.
• Added the missing Pokemon token field to the configuration template.
• Updated the endpoint link to Urban Dictionary.
• Updated nuget packages to their latest versions.
• Updated outputs of multiple commands.
• Removed redundant developer comments.
• Commented out commands that could not migrate to slash.
• Improvements to the project documentation.

3.1

• Added a waiting indicator to commands that call an API.
• Migrated the documentation to a separate site: http://www.criticalflaw.ca/FlawBOT/
• Fixed .wikipedia throwing a wrong error if no results are found, added pagination.
• Fixed .weather not returning results if the precipitation value has decimal point.
• Fixed .tf2 news pagination posting multiple times per call.
• Fixed the test project not running properly.
• Fixed namespace inconsistencies, merged like-commands into same module.
• Updated README, LICENSE, Lavalink, gitignore. Added Code of Conduct, Contributions and Sponsorship pages.
• Updated the bot settings and how the bot loads them.
• Cleaned up the codebase, updated nuget packages, upgraded to DSharpPlus v4.0.

3.0

Changelog

• Added commands for playing music using LavaLink: play [URL], stop, pause, resume, nowplaying
• Added pagination to the following commands: twitch, wikipedia, omdb, tf2 list
• Correct warning message will now be returned if a command was invoked incorrectly.
• Fixed multiple issues where steam and tf2 commands were unable to find data.
• Fixed the twitch command failing to reliably retrieve data from the Helix API.
• Fixed the help command failing to retrieve information for subcommands without overloads.
• Improved error handling and logging, fixed multiple cases where null exception errors were not being caught.
• Merged the randomcat and catpic commands into a single cat command.
• Merged the talk and tts commands and moved them out of the bot group.
• Added lavalink and accompanying configuration file to the project directory, click here for more info.
• Removed some commands that were seldom used.
• Updated the ip command to use a new API now that the old one is deprecated.
• Updated the tf2 ip command to return a banner image from teamwork.tf with server info.
• Updated the bot to utilize sharding, click here for more info.
• Updated the output of the following commands: twitch, wikipedia, poll, imgur, tf2 (all commands) and few others.

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Backend Changes

• Moved a reused text strings into the resource file.
• Steam app list is now loaded on startup and is used instead of calling the API every time.
• Updated nuget packages to the latest version (11/17/2020).
• Updated the following commands to use API wrappers for retrieving data; pokemon, twitch, wikipedia
• Updated the test project to reflect above changes.
• Upgraded the project to NET 5.0 and DSharpPlus 4.0-RC1
• Merged the Framework and Core projects, updated the launch configuration.
• Miscellaneous tweaks and improvements to performance and command outputs.

2.6

Bug-Fixes/Improvements

• Added a command for retrieving TF2 community creators (.tf2 creators criticalflaw)
• Added a command for retrieving curated TF2 server lists (.tf2 server-list)
• Cleaned up the look of various commands.
• Fixed an exception handling for various command for when null data is returned.
• Updated .tf2 maps to include a description of the given game mode.
• Updated .speedrun command to displays the speedrun categories, with embedded links.
• Updated the format of news listing commands to embed the links into the title.

Miscellaneous

• Improvements to the test suite, including loading of the API tokens before running the tests.
• Integrated the new TeamworkTF.Sharp API wrapper.
• Removed the GoodReads command (replacing with Google Books) and remnants of the join command.
• Updated NuGet packages and upgraded to .NET Core 3.1
• Updated the backend Steam service to work with the latest version of the Steam API wrapper.

2.5

Bug-Fixes/Improvements

• Fixed the .pokemon command not returning results if the Ability value is null.
• Fixed the .pokemon command not returning the correct Weakness values.
• Fixed the .simpsons command not returning results if a field is empty (applies to .morbotron and .rick).
• Fixed the .steam game command not returning results if the game price is not set.
• Fixed the .steam user command not returning results when searching with an ID instead of vanity Url.
• Fixed the .tf2 map command not returning results when searching with a partial map name.
• Improved error handling on various commands, namely those calling the teamwork.tf API.
• Multiple commands have an improved visual output and more invoking aliases.
• Updated the .speedrun command to paginate the results.
• Updated the steam and tf2 command modules to use the updated SteamWebAPI.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed several tests not validating the results properly, removed unused ones.
• Interactivity prompts (Please enter [input] in the next [number] of minutes...) is now handled by Bot Services.
• Updated variable and method names as well as output text for various commands.
• tts command is now part of the bot module (.bot tts hello world)

2.4

New Features

• Added an emoji module, includes commands add, modify, delete, list and info.
• Added an ip command for retrieving the geographic location of an IP address, invoked with .ip.

Bug-Fixes/Improvements

• Backend improvements and cleanup.
• Certain commands will now remove user message that invoked the command.
• Fixed the twitch command calling a deprecated API version.
• Paginated results will now indicate when on the last set of results.
• Removed the classifieds_all, classifieds_my commands from the Team Fortress module.
• Removed the subreddit command from the Reddit module.
• Removed the entire Smash Bros. module.
• Reworked the Reddit, Twitch and Steam API integration.
• Updated JSON deserialization files, removed unused variables.
• Updated NuGet packages.
• Updated output of the tf2 server, news, nasa, pokemon, speedrun, twitch, tf2 schema, tf2 server, book commands
• Updated output text and error messages.
• Updated the poll command to be preset to three minutes, new call is now .poll [question]

Other

• Migrated the project to NET Core 3.0

2.3

New Features

• Added a .news command for retrieving news articles from NewsAPI.org.
• Added a .book command for retrieving book information from GoodReads.
• Added a .ip command for retrieving geolocation information of a public IP address.
• Added a .reddit command for retrieving new, top or hot posts from a subreddit (ex. .reddit top tf2)

Bug-Fixes/Improvements

• Fixed the .tf2 servers command inconsistently returning results.
• Updated the .tf2 news command to use pagination.

Other

• Common output messages are now stored in the resource file.
• Corrected various spelling mistakes. Updated nuget packages.
• Refactored various commands in the channel group.
• Removed unused reddit and backpack.tf commands and nuget packages.
• Removed unused JSON model variables.

2.2

New Features

• Added a .nasa command for retrieving the Astrology Picture of the Day from the NASA API.
• Added a .amiibo command for retrieving given Nintendo amiibo figurine information.
• Added a .sudo setname command for changing the name of the bot client (owner only).

Bug-Fixes/Improvements

• Fixed any user being able to respond to the .bot leave command
• Fixed the speedrun and tf2 schema commands not returning results consistently
• Replaced the now deprecated API URL for the smash command
• Updated the output of the speedrun and smash commands

Other

• Added exception handling for DSharpPlus' exception type ChecksFailed
• Added the null-coalescing operator (??) wherever applicable
• All API URLs are now stored in the resource file
• Miscellaneous bug-fixes, refactors and general improvements.
• Moved the connect command to the Steam group (.steam connect)
• Split the codebase into separate core and framework projects. Core holds all the command definitions for interacting with the Discord API while the Framework handles API calls.