release v3.1.2

Fix file.download with custom_path

CHANGES.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+**2015-12-29**
+
+*Released 3.1.2*
+
+- Fix custom path for file downloads
+- Don't stop the dispatcher thread on uncaught errors in handlers
+
+**2015-12-21**
+
+*Released 3.1.1*
+
+- Fix a bug where asynchronous handlers could not have additional arguments
+- Add ``groups`` and ``groupdict`` as additional arguments for regex-based handlers
+
 **2015-12-16**
 
 *Released 3.1.0*

README.rst

@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ _`Getting started`
 
 View the last release API documentation at: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api
 
-------
+--------------------
 _`The Updater class`
-------
+--------------------
 
 The ``Updater`` class is the new way to create bots with ``python-telegram-bot``. It provides an easy-to-use interface to the ``telegram.Bot`` by caring about getting new updates from telegram and forwarding them to the ``Dispatcher`` class. We can register handler functions in the ``Dispatcher`` to make our bot react to Telegram commands, messages and even arbitrary updates.
 
@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ There are many more API methods, to read the full API documentation::
 
     $ pydoc telegram.Bot
 
------------
+----------
 _`Logging`
------------
+----------
 
 You can get logs in your main application by calling `logging` and setting the log level you want::
 
@@ -318,14 +318,24 @@ _`Examples`
 
 Here follows some examples to help you to get your own Bot up to speed:
 
-- `echobot <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/examples/echobot.py>`_ replies back messages.
+- `echobot2 <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/examples/echobot2.py>`_ replies back messages.
 
-- `roboed <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/examples/roboed.py>`_ talks to `Robô Ed <http://www.ed.conpet.gov.br/br/converse.php>`_.
+- `clibot <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/examples/clibot.py>`_ has a command line interface.
+
+- `Welcome Bot <https://github.com/jh0ker/welcomebot>`_ greets everyone who joins a group chat.
+
+Legacy examples (pre-3.0):
+
+- `echobot <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/examples/legacy/echobot.py>`_ replies back messages.
+
+- `roboed <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/examples/legacy/roboed.py>`_ talks to `Robô Ed <http://www.ed.conpet.gov.br/br/converse.php>`_.
 
 - `Simple-Echo-Telegram-Bot <https://github.com/sooyhwang/Simple-Echo-Telegram-Bot>`_ simple Python Telegram bot that echoes your input with Flask microframework, setWebhook method, and Google App Engine (optional) - by @sooyhwang.
 
 - `DevOps Reaction Bot <https://github.com/leandrotoledo/gae-devops-reaction-telegram-bot>`_ sends latest or random posts from `DevOps Reaction <http://devopsreactions.tumblr.com/>`_. Running on `Google App Engine <https://cloud.google.com/appengine>`_ (billing has to be enabled for fully Socket API support).
 
+Other notable examples:
+
 - `TwitterForwarderBot <https://github.com/franciscod/telegram-twitter-forwarder-bot>`_ forwards you tweets from people that you have subscribed to.
 
 ================

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ author = u'Leandro Toledo'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '3.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '3.1.0'
+release = '3.1.2'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

examples/LICENSE.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
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examples/clibot.py

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Example Bot to show some of the functionality of the library
+# This program is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 license.
 
 """
 This Bot uses the Updater class to handle the bot.
@@ -9,8 +13,8 @@ Then, the bot is started and the CLI-Loop is entered, where all text inputs are
 inserted into the update queue for the bot to handle.
 
 Usage:
-Basic Echobot example, repeats messages. Reply to last chat from the command
-line by typing "/reply <text>"
+Repeats messages with a delay.
+Reply to last chat from the command line by typing "/reply <text>"
 Type 'stop' on the command line to stop the bot.
 """
 
@@ -18,24 +22,20 @@ from telegram import Updater
 from telegram.dispatcher import run_async
 from time import sleep
 import logging
-import sys
 
-root = logging.getLogger()
-root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-
-ch = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
-ch.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-formatter = \
-    logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
-ch.setFormatter(formatter)
-root.addHandler(ch)
-
-last_chat_id = 0
+# Enable Logging
+logging.basicConfig(
+        format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s',
+        level=logging.INFO)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# We use this var to save the last chat id, so we can reply to it
+last_chat_id = 0
 
-# Command Handlers
+
+# Define a few (command) handlers. These usually take the two arguments bot and
+# update. Error handlers also receive the raised TelegramError object in error.
 def start(bot, update):
     """ Answer in Telegram """
     bot.sendMessage(update.message.chat_id, text='Hi!')
@@ -65,10 +65,11 @@ def unknown_command(bot, update):
 
 
 @run_async
-def message(bot, update):
+def message(bot, update, **kwargs):
     """
     Example for an asynchronous handler. It's not guaranteed that replies will
-    be in order when using @run_async.
+    be in order when using @run_async. Also, you have to include **kwargs in
+    your parameter list. The kwargs contain all optional parameters that are
     """
 
     sleep(2)  # IO-heavy operation here
@@ -76,15 +77,12 @@ def message(bot, update):
                                                  update.message.text)
 
 
-def error(bot, update, error):
-    """ Print error to console """
-    logger.warn('Update %s caused error %s' % (update, error))
-
-
+# These handlers are for updates of type str. We use them to react to inputs
+# on the command line interface
 def cli_reply(bot, update, args):
     """
-    For any update of type telegram.Update or str, you can get the argument
-    list by appending args to the function parameters.
+    For any update of type telegram.Update or str that contains a command, you
+    can get the argument list by appending args to the function parameters.
     Here, we reply to the last active chat with the text after the command.
     """
     if last_chat_id is not 0:
@@ -96,6 +94,9 @@ def cli_noncommand(bot, update, update_queue):
     You can also get the update queue as an argument in any handler by
     appending it to the argument list. Be careful with this though.
     Here, we put the input string back into the queue, but as a command.
+
+    To learn more about those optional handler parameters, read:
+    http://python-telegram-bot.readthedocs.org/en/latest/telegram.dispatcher.html
     """
     update_queue.put('/%s' % update)
 
@@ -104,28 +105,39 @@ def unknown_cli_command(bot, update):
     logger.warn("Command not found: %s" % update)
 
 
+def error(bot, update, error):
+    """ Print error to console """
+    logger.warn('Update %s caused error %s' % (update, error))
+
+
 def main():
     # Create the EventHandler and pass it your bot's token.
-    token = 'token'
-    updater = Updater(token, workers=2)
+    token = 'TOKEN'
+    updater = Updater(token, workers=10)
 
     # Get the dispatcher to register handlers
     dp = updater.dispatcher
 
+    # This is how we add handlers for Telegram messages
     dp.addTelegramCommandHandler("start", start)
     dp.addTelegramCommandHandler("help", help)
     dp.addUnknownTelegramCommandHandler(unknown_command)
+    # Message handlers only receive updates that don't contain commands
     dp.addTelegramMessageHandler(message)
+    # Regex handlers will receive all updates on which their regex matches
     dp.addTelegramRegexHandler('.*', any_message)
 
+    # String handlers work pretty much the same
     dp.addStringCommandHandler('reply', cli_reply)
     dp.addUnknownStringCommandHandler(unknown_cli_command)
     dp.addStringRegexHandler('[^/].*', cli_noncommand)
 
+    # All TelegramErrors are caught for you and delivered to the error
+    # handler(s). Other types of Errors are not caught.
     dp.addErrorHandler(error)
 
     # Start the Bot and store the update Queue, so we can insert updates
-    update_queue = updater.start_polling(poll_interval=0.1, timeout=20)
+    update_queue = updater.start_polling(poll_interval=0.1, timeout=10)
 
     '''
     # Alternatively, run with webhook:
@@ -157,9 +169,9 @@ def main():
             updater.stop()
             break
 
-        # else, put the text into the update queue
+        # else, put the text into the update queue to be handled by our handlers
         elif len(text) > 0:
-            update_queue.put(text)  # Put command into queue
+            update_queue.put(text)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

examples/echobot2.py

@@ -1,36 +1,35 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Simple Bot to reply to Telegram messages
+# This program is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 license.
 
 """
 This Bot uses the Updater class to handle the bot.
 
 First, a few handler functions are defined. Then, those functions are passed to
 the Dispatcher and registered at their respective places.
-Then, the bot is started and the CLI-Loop is entered.
+Then, the bot is started and runs until we press Ctrl-C on the command line.
 
 Usage:
 Basic Echobot example, repeats messages.
-Type 'stop' on the command line to stop the bot.
+Press Ctrl-C on the command line or send a signal to the process to stop the
+bot.
 """
 
 from telegram import Updater
 import logging
-import sys
 
 # Enable logging
-root = logging.getLogger()
-root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-
-ch = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
-ch.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-formatter = \
-    logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
-ch.setFormatter(formatter)
-root.addHandler(ch)
+logging.basicConfig(
+        format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s',
+        level=logging.INFO)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-# Command Handlers
+# Define a few command handlers. These usually take the two arguments bot and
+# update. Error handlers also receive the raised TelegramError object in error.
 def start(bot, update):
     bot.sendMessage(update.message.chat_id, text='Hi!')
 
@@ -61,14 +60,15 @@ def main():
     # on noncommand i.e message - echo the message on Telegram
     dp.addTelegramMessageHandler(echo)
 
-    # on error - print error to stdout
+    # log all errors
     dp.addErrorHandler(error)
 
     # Start the Bot
-    updater.start_polling(timeout=5)
+    updater.start_polling()
 
-    # Run the bot until the user presses Ctrl-C or the process receives SIGINT,
-    # SIGTERM or SIGABRT
+    # Run the bot until the you presses Ctrl-C or the process receives SIGINT,
+    # SIGTERM or SIGABRT. This should be used most of the time, since
+    # start_polling() is non-blocking and will stop the bot gracefully.
     updater.idle()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

examples/legacy/echobot.py

@@ -2,21 +2,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Simple Bot to reply to Telegram messages
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
-#
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].
-
+# This program is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 license.
 
 import logging
 import telegram

examples/legacy/roboed.py

@@ -2,23 +2,7 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 #
 # Robô Ed Telegram Bot
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
-#
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].
-
-
-__author__ = 'leandrotoledodesouza@gmail.com'
+# This program is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 license.
 
 import logging
 import telegram

setup.py

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ def requirements():
 
 setup(
     name='python-telegram-bot',
-    version='3.1.0',
+    version='3.1.2',
     author='Leandro Toledo',
-    author_email='leandrotoledodesouza@gmail.com',
+    author_email='devs@python-telegram-bot.org',
     license='LGPLv3',
     url='https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot',
     keywords='python telegram bot api wrapper',

telegram/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 """A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API"""
 
-__author__ = 'leandrotoledodesouza@gmail.com'
-__version__ = '3.1.0'
+__author__ = 'devs@python-telegram-bot.org'
+__version__ = '3.1.2'
 
 from .base import TelegramObject
 from .user import User

telegram/audio.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/base.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/bot.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=E0611,E0213,E1102,C0103,E1101,W0613,R0913,R0904
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/chat.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=C0103,W0622
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/chataction.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=R0903
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/contact.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/dispatcher.py

@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].
+
 
 """
 This module contains the Dispatcher class.
@@ -8,6 +25,7 @@ from functools import wraps
 from inspect import getargspec
 from threading import Thread, BoundedSemaphore, Lock
 from re import match
+from traceback import print_exc
 
 from telegram import (TelegramError, Update, NullHandler)
 
@@ -21,7 +39,9 @@ async_lock = Lock()
 
 def run_async(func):
     """
-    Function decorator that will run the function in a new thread.
+    Function decorator that will run the function in a new thread. A function
+    decorated with this will have to include **kwargs in their parameter list,
+    which will contain all optional parameters.
 
     Args:
         func (function): The function to run in the thread.
@@ -31,24 +51,24 @@ def run_async(func):
     """
 
     @wraps(func)
-    def pooled(*args, **kwargs):
+    def pooled(*pargs, **kwargs):
         """
         A wrapper to run a thread in a thread pool
         """
         global running_async, async_lock
-        result = func(*args, **kwargs)
+        result = func(*pargs, **kwargs)
         semaphore.release()
         with async_lock:
             running_async -= 1
         return result
 
     @wraps(func)
-    def async_func(*args, **kwargs):
+    def async_func(*pargs, **kwargs):
         """
         A wrapper to run a function in a thread
         """
         global running_async, async_lock
-        thread = Thread(target=pooled, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
+        thread = Thread(target=pooled, args=pargs, kwargs=kwargs)
         semaphore.acquire()
         with async_lock:
             running_async += 1
@@ -89,12 +109,21 @@ class Dispatcher:
             Example: '/add item1 item2 item3' -> ['item1', 'item2', 'item3']
             For other updates, args will be None
 
-    Attributes:
+    For regex-based handlers, you can also request information about the match.
+    For all other handlers, these will be None
+
+        groups:
+            A tuple that contains the result of
+            re.match(matcher, ...).groups()
+        groupdict:
+            A dictionary that contains the result of
+            re.match(matcher, ...).groupdict()
 
     Args:
         bot (telegram.Bot): The bot object that should be passed to the
-        handlers update_queue (queue.Queue): The synchronized queue that will
-        contain the updates.
+            handlers
+        update_queue (queue.Queue): The synchronized queue that will
+            contain the updates.
     """
     def __init__(self, bot, update_queue, workers=4):
         self.bot = bot
@@ -152,6 +181,10 @@ class Dispatcher:
                 self.logger.warn("Error was raised while processing Update.")
                 self.dispatchError(update, te)
 
+            # All other errors should not stop the thread, so just print them
+            except:
+                print_exc()
+
         self.logger.info('Dispatcher thread stopped')
 
     def stop(self):
@@ -183,7 +216,7 @@ class Dispatcher:
             self.dispatchStringCommand(update)
             handled = True
         elif type(update) is str:
-            self.dispatchStringRegex(update)
+            self.dispatchRegex(update)
             handled = True
 
         # An error happened while polling
@@ -193,7 +226,7 @@ class Dispatcher:
 
         # Telegram update (regex)
         if isinstance(update, Update):
-            self.dispatchTelegramRegex(update)
+            self.dispatchRegex(update)
             handled = True
 
         # Telegram update (command)
@@ -467,25 +500,30 @@ class Dispatcher:
         else:
             self.dispatchTo(self.unknown_telegram_command_handlers, update)
 
-    def dispatchTelegramRegex(self, update):
+    def dispatchRegex(self, update):
         """
-        Dispatches an update to all regex handlers that match the message
-        string.
+        Dispatches an update to all string or telegram regex handlers that
+        match the string/message content.
 
         Args:
-            command (str): The command keyword
-            update (telegram.Update): The Telegram update that contains the
-                command
+            update (str, Update): The update that should be checked for matches
         """
 
-        matching_handlers = []
+        if isinstance(update, Update):
+            handlers = self.telegram_regex_handlers
+            to_match = update.message.text
+        elif isinstance(update, str):
+            handlers = self.string_regex_handlers
+            to_match = update
 
-        for matcher in self.telegram_regex_handlers:
-            if match(matcher, update.message.text):
-                for handler in self.telegram_regex_handlers[matcher]:
-                    matching_handlers.append(handler)
-
-        self.dispatchTo(matching_handlers, update)
+        for matcher in handlers:
+            m = match(matcher, to_match)
+            if m:
+                for handler in handlers[matcher]:
+                    self.call_handler(handler,
+                                      update,
+                                      groups=m.groups(),
+                                      groupdict=m.groupdict())
 
     def dispatchStringCommand(self, update):
         """
@@ -502,26 +540,6 @@ class Dispatcher:
         else:
             self.dispatchTo(self.unknown_string_command_handlers, update)
 
-    def dispatchStringRegex(self, update):
-        """
-        Dispatches an update to all string regex handlers that match the
-        string.
-
-        Args:
-            command (str): The command keyword
-            update (telegram.Update): The Telegram update that contains the
-                command
-        """
-
-        matching_handlers = []
-
-        for matcher in self.string_regex_handlers:
-            if match(matcher, update):
-                for handler in self.string_regex_handlers[matcher]:
-                    matching_handlers.append(handler)
-
-        self.dispatchTo(matching_handlers, update)
-
     def dispatchType(self, update):
         """
         Dispatches an update of any type.
@@ -560,7 +578,7 @@ class Dispatcher:
         for handler in self.error_handlers:
             handler(self.bot, update, error)
 
-    def dispatchTo(self, handlers, update):
+    def dispatchTo(self, handlers, update, **kwargs):
         """
         Dispatches an update to a list of handlers.
 
@@ -570,9 +588,9 @@ class Dispatcher:
         """
 
         for handler in handlers:
-            self.call_handler(handler, update)
+            self.call_handler(handler, update, **kwargs)
 
-    def call_handler(self, handler, update):
+    def call_handler(self, handler, update, **kwargs):
         """
         Calls an update handler. Checks the handler for keyword arguments and
         fills them, if possible.
@@ -581,13 +599,21 @@ class Dispatcher:
             handler (function): An update handler function
             update (any): An update
         """
-        kwargs = {}
+
+        target_kwargs = {}
         fargs = getargspec(handler).args
 
-        if 'update_queue' in fargs:
-            kwargs['update_queue'] = self.update_queue
+        '''
+        async handlers will receive all optional arguments, since we can't
+        their argument list.
+        '''
 
-        if 'args' in fargs:
+        is_async = 'pargs' == getargspec(handler).varargs
+
+        if is_async or 'update_queue' in fargs:
+            target_kwargs['update_queue'] = self.update_queue
+
+        if is_async or 'args' in fargs:
             if isinstance(update, Update):
                 args = update.message.text.split(' ')[1:]
             elif isinstance(update, str):
@@ -595,6 +621,12 @@ class Dispatcher:
             else:
                 args = None
 
-            kwargs['args'] = args
+            target_kwargs['args'] = args
 
-        handler(self.bot, update, **kwargs)
+        if is_async or 'groups' in fargs:
+            target_kwargs['groups'] = kwargs.get('groups', None)
+
+        if is_async or 'groupdict' in fargs:
+            target_kwargs['groupdict'] = kwargs.get('groupdict', None)
+
+        handler(self.bot, update, **target_kwargs)

telegram/document.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/emoji.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=C0103,C0301,R0903
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/error.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/file.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class File(TelegramObject):
         url = self.file_path
 
         if custom_path:
-            filename = basename(custom_path)
+            filename = custom_path
         else:
             filename = basename(url)
 

telegram/forcereply.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/inputfile.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=W0622,E0611
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/location.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/message.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=R0902,R0912,R0913
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Message(TelegramObject):
         message_id (int):
         from_user (:class:`telegram.User`):
         date (:class:`datetime.datetime`):
-        chat (:class:`telegram.User` or :class:`telegram.Chat`):
+        chat (:class:`telegram.Chat`):
         **kwargs: Arbitrary keyword arguments.
 
     Keyword Args:

telegram/nullhandler.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/parsemode.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=R0903
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/photosize.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/replykeyboardhide.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/replykeyboardmarkup.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/replymarkup.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/sticker.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/update.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/updater.py

@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].
+
 
 """
 This module contains the class Updater, which tries to make creating Telegram
@@ -65,13 +82,13 @@ class Updater:
         self.is_idle = False
         self.httpd = None
 
-    def start_polling(self, poll_interval=1.0, timeout=10, network_delay=2):
+    def start_polling(self, poll_interval=0.0, timeout=10, network_delay=2):
         """
         Starts polling updates from Telegram.
 
         Args:
             poll_interval (Optional[float]): Time to wait between polling
-                updates from Telegram in seconds. Default is 1.0
+                updates from Telegram in seconds. Default is 0.0
             timeout (Optional[float]): Passed to Bot.getUpdates
             network_delay (Optional[float]): Passed to Bot.getUpdates
 
@@ -175,9 +192,11 @@ class Updater:
             except URLError as e:
                 self.logger.error("Error while getting Updates: %s" % e)
                 # increase waiting times on subsequent errors up to 30secs
-                if current_interval < 30:
+                if current_interval == 0:
+                    current_interval = 1
+                elif current_interval < 30:
                     current_interval += current_interval / 2
-                if current_interval > 30:
+                elif current_interval > 30:
                     current_interval = 30
 
         self.logger.info('Updater thread stopped')

telegram/user.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=C0103,W0622
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/userprofilephotos.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/utils/request.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,unused-import
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/video.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

telegram/voice.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by

tests/base.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

tests/test_audio.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

tests/test_bot.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

tests/test_chat.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
   #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

tests/test_contact.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
   #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

tests/test_document.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

tests/test_emoji.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

tests/test_file.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

tests/test_location.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

tests/test_sticker.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

tests/test_update.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
   #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

tests/test_updater.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class UpdaterTest(BaseTest, unittest.TestCase):
         self.message_count += 1
 
     @run_async
-    def asyncHandlerTest(self, bot, update):
+    def asyncHandlerTest(self, bot, update, **kwargs):
         sleep(1)
         with self.lock:
             self.received_message = update.message.text
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ class UpdaterTest(BaseTest, unittest.TestCase):
         self.received_message = update
         self.message_count += 1
 
+    def regexGroupHandlerTest(self, bot, update, groups=None, groupdict=None):
+        self.received_message = (groups, groupdict)
+        self.message_count += 1
+
     def additionalArgsTest(self, bot, update, update_queue, args):
         self.received_message = update
         self.message_count += 1
@@ -97,6 +101,15 @@ class UpdaterTest(BaseTest, unittest.TestCase):
         elif args[0] == 'noresend':
             pass
 
+    @run_async
+    def asyncAdditionalHandlerTest(self, bot, update, update_queue=None,
+                                   **kwargs):
+        sleep(1)
+        with self.lock:
+            if update_queue is not None:
+                self.received_message = update.message.text
+                self.message_count += 1
+
     def errorRaisingHandlerTest(self, bot, update):
         raise TelegramError(update)
 
@@ -339,6 +352,32 @@ class UpdaterTest(BaseTest, unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.received_message, '/test5 noresend')
         self.assertEqual(self.message_count, 2)
 
+    def test_regexGroupHandler(self):
+        print('Testing optional groups and groupdict parameters')
+        bot = MockBot('', messages=0)
+        self.updater.bot = bot
+        d = self.updater.dispatcher
+        d.addStringRegexHandler('^(This).*?(?P<testgroup>regex group).*',
+                                self.regexGroupHandlerTest)
+        queue = self.updater.start_polling(0.01)
+        queue.put('This is a test message for regex group matching.')
+        sleep(.1)
+        self.assertEqual(self.received_message, (('This', 'regex group'),
+                                                 {'testgroup': 'regex group'}))
+
+
+    def test_runAsyncWithAdditionalArgs(self):
+        print('Testing @run_async with additional parameters')
+        bot = MockBot('Test6', messages=2)
+        self.updater.bot = bot
+        d = self.updater.dispatcher
+        d.addTelegramMessageHandler(
+            self.asyncAdditionalHandlerTest)
+        self.updater.start_polling(0.01)
+        sleep(1.2)
+        self.assertEqual(self.received_message, 'Test6')
+        self.assertEqual(self.message_count, 2)
+
     def test_webhook(self):
         print('Testing Webhook')
         bot = MockBot('', messages=0)

tests/test_user.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
   #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

tests/test_video.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

tests/test_voice.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by