Versions 1.3

• Updated dependencies
  • in particular, updated python-telegram-bot to version 20.2, which is able to consume Telegram Bot API 6
• by the same token, fixed a bug preventing users from receiving messages sent by the bot as private messages in response to a join request from their end
• added more formatting tools to CI
• cleaned up the code base a bit (~25%)

Version 1.2

No new code, just a validation that the existing code has nice tests coverage and works well for most users.
Reminder of its main features:

• handle join requests to any chat group from the bot
• times out users who fail to validate a join request in the bot chat
• option to ban user on timeout
• customized greetings in the target chat group based on language detection and using different emojis depending on the current month of the year
• validation workflow allowing to submit requesting users to a questionnaire, which ends up accepting the user's join request after reviewing the answers to the questionnaire.

Version 1.1

Now building & deploying from GitHub.

Version 1.0

This release includes:

• custom localized greetings
• step-by-step guide to use the bot and deploy it through Docker
• uvloop for excellent async performance