CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

Overview

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Please open an issue for any deviations that you spot; I'm still learning!.

Types of changes

The following types of changes will be recorded in this file:

• Added for new features.
• Changed for changes in existing functionality.
• Deprecated for soon-to-be removed features.
• Removed for now removed features.
• Fixed for any bug fixes.
• Security in case of vulnerabilities.

Unreleased

• placeholder

v2.14.0 - 2025-11-16

Changed

• (GH-302) Go Dependency: Bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.9.0 to 1.10.0

Fixed

• (GH-311) fix: adjust WorkflowURLBaseDomain for both new and old urls
  • credit: @calindima

v2.13.0 - 2024-09-08

Added

• (GH-293) Add MSTeams CodeBlock element
  • credit: @MichaelUrman
• (GH-298) Update documentation for CodeBlock element

v2.12.0 - 2024-08-16

Added

• (GH-291) Expose TeamsMessage interface to support mocking

v2.11.0 - 2024-08-02

Added

• (GH-275) Add initial support for Workflow connectors

Changed

Dependency Updates

• (GH-259) Go Dependency: Bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.8.4 to 1.9.0

Other

• (GH-272) Documentation refresh for O365 & Workflow connectors

Fixed

• (GH-261) Remove inactive maligned linter
• (GH-274) Fix validation for Action.Type field
• (GH-283) Update CodeQL workflow to run on dev branch PRs

v2.10.0 - 2024-02-22

Added

• (GH-255) Add IsSublte and HorizontalAlignment to Element
  • credit: @codello

Changed

Dependency Updates

• (GH-256) Update Dependabot PR prefixes

v2.9.0 - 2024-01-25

Added

• (GH-241) Add proxy server examples
• (GH-251) Initial support for toggling visibility

Changed

Dependency Updates

• (GH-238) ghaw: bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4
• (GH-248) ghaw: bump github/codeql-action from 2 to 3
• (GH-236) Update Dependabot config to monitor both branches

Other

• (GH-244) Update Go Doc comment formatting

v2.8.0 - 2023-07-21

Added

• Adaptive Card format
  • (GH-205) Ability to create a Table in AdaptiveCard
• CI
  • (GH-232) Add initial automated release notes config
  • (GH-233) Add initial automated release build workflow

Changed

• Dependencies
  • stretchr/testify
    • v1.8.2 to v1.8.4
• CI
  • (GH-226) Add quick Makefile recipe (alias)
  • (GH-225) Update vuln analysis GHAW to remove on.push hook
  • (GH-230) Disable unsupported build opts in monthly workflow

Fixed

• CI
  • (GH-229) Restore local CodeQL workflow

v2.7.1 - 2023-06-09

Changed

• Dependencies
  • github.com/stretchr/testify
    • v1.8.1 to v1.8.2
• CI
  • (GH-198) Add Go Module Validation, Dependency Updates jobs
  • (GH-200) Drop Push Validation workflow
  • (GH-201) Rework workflow scheduling
  • (GH-203) Remove Push Validation workflow status badge
  • (GH-207) Update vuln analysis GHAW to use on.push hook
• Adaptive Card format
  • (GH-206) Update AdaptiveCardMaxVersion to 1.5
  • (GH-216) Refactor TopLevelCard.Validate
• Other
  • (GH-212) Update InList, InListIfFieldValNotEmpty validators

Fixed

• (GH-208) Validation of (adaptivecard.Attachment).Content is missing

v2.7.0 - 2022-12-12

Added

• (GH-134) Allow setting user agent, fallback to project-specific default value
• (GH-135) Allow overriding default http.Client
• (GH-157) Add Adaptive Card message format support
  • see also discussion from GH-127, including feedback from @ghokun
• (GH-169) Added YAML en(de)coding support to MessageCard
  • credit: @pcanilho

Changed

• Dependencies
  • github.com/stretchr/testify
    • v1.7.0 to v1.8.1
• (GH-154) Deprecate API interface, expose underlying "Teams" client
• (GH-183) Update Makefile and GitHub Actions Workflows
• (GH-190) Refactor GitHub Actions workflows to import logic

Fixed

• (GH-166) Update lintinstall Makefile recipe
• (GH-184) Apply Go 1.19 specific doc comments linting fixes
• (GH-176) ./send_test.go:238:8: second argument to errors.As should not be *error
• (GH-179) Wrong json key name for URL (uses uri instead)
  • credit: @janfonas

v2.6.1 - 2022-02-25

Changed

• Dependencies

  • actions/setup-node
    • v2.2.0 to v3

• Linting

  • (GH-131) Expand linting GitHub Actions Workflow to include oldstable, unstable container images
  • (GH-132) Switch Docker image source from Docker Hub to GitHub Container Registry (GHCR)

Fixed

• (GH-137) Missing doc comment for teamsClient.AddWebhookURLValidationPatterns()
• (GH-138) Missing doc comment for teamsClient.ValidateWebhook()
• (GH-141) send.go:306:15: nilness: tautological condition: non-nil != nil (govet)
• (GH-144) Incorrect field referenced in error message for MessageCardSection.AddFact()

v2.6.0 - 2021-07-09

Added

• Features

  • Add support for PotentialActions (aka, "Actions")
    • credit: @nmaupu

• Documentation

  • Add separate examples directory containing standalone example code for most common use cases

Changed

• Dependencies

  • actions/setup-node
    • v2.1.5 to v2.2.0
    • update node-version value to always use latest LTS version instead of hard-coded version

• Linting

  • replace golint, scopelint linters, cleanup config
    • note: this specifically applies to linting performed via Makefile recipe, not (at present) the bulk of the CI linting checks

• Documentation

  • move examples from README to separate examples directory
  • Remove example from doc.go file, direct reader to main README
  • Update project status
    • remove history as it is likely no longer relevant (original project is discontinued at this point)
    • remove future (for the same reason)
  • Add explicit "Supported Releases" section to help make clear that the v1 series is no longer maintained
  • Remove explicit "used by" details, rely on dynamic listing provided by pkg.go.dev instead
  • Minor polish

v2.5.0 - 2021-04-08

Added

• Features

  • Validation of webhook URLs using custom validation patterns
    • credit: @nmaupu
  • Validation of MessageCard type using a custom validation function (to override default validation behavior)
    • credit: @nmaupu

• Documentation

  • Add list of projects using this library
  • Update features list to include functionality added to this fork
    • Configurable validation of webhook URLs
    • Configurable validation of MessageCard type
    • Configurable timeouts
    • Configurable retry support

Changed

• Dependencies
  • actions/setup-node
    • v2.1.4 to v2.1.5

Fixed

• Documentation
  • Misc typos
  • Grammatical tweaks
  • Attempt to clarify project status
    • i.e., not mothballed, just slow cadence

v2.4.2 - 2021-01-28

Changed

• Apply regex pattern match for webhook URL validation instead of fixed strings in order to support matching private org webhook URL subdomains

Fixed

• Updating an exiting webhook connector in Microsoft Teams switches the URL to unsupported https://*.webhook.office.com/webhookb2/ format
• SendWithRetry method does not honor setting to disable webhook URL prefix validation
• Support for disabling webhook URL validation limited to just disabling validation of prefixes

v2.4.1 - 2021-01-28

Changed

• (GH-59) Webhook URL API endpoint response validation now requires a 1 text string as the response body

Fixed

• (GH-59) Microsoft Teams Webhook Connector "200 OK" status insufficient indication of success

v2.4.0 - 2021-01-28

Added

• Add (optional) support for disabling webhook URL prefix validation
  • credit: @odise

Changed

• Documentation

  • Refresh "basic" example
  • Add example for disabling webhook URL prefix validation
  • Update "about this project" coverage
  • Swap GoDoc badge for pkg.go.dev badge

• Tests

  • Extend test coverage
  • Verbose test output by default (Makefile, GitHub Actions Workflow)

• Dependencies

  • actions/setup-node
    • v2.1.1 to v2.1.4
  • actions/checkout
    • v2.3.2 to v2.3.4
  • stretchr/testify
    • v1.6.1 to v1.7.0

Fixed

• minor linting error for commented code
• Tests fail to assert that any errors which occur are expected, only the types

v2.3.0 - 2020-08-29

Added

• Add package-level logging for formatting functions

  • as with other package-level logging, this is disabled by default

• API

  • add SendWithRetry method based on the teams.SendMessage function from the atc0005/send2teams project
    • actively working to move relevant content from that project to this one

Fixed

• YYYY-MM-DD date formatting of changelog version entries

v2.2.0 - 2020-08-28

Added

• Add package-level logger
• Extend API to allow request cancellation via context
• Add formatting functions useful for text conversion
  • Convert Windows/Mac/Linux EOL to Markdown break statements
    • used to provide equivalent Teams-compatible formatting
  • Format text as code snippet
    • this inserts leading and trailing ` character to provide Markdown string formatting
  • Format text as code block
    • this inserts three leading and trailing ` characters to provide Markdown code block formatting
  • Try variants of code formatting functions
    • return formatted string if no errors, otherwise return the original string

Changed

• Expose API response strings containing potential error messages
• README
  • Explicitly note that this fork is now standalone until such time that the upstream project resumes development/maintenance efforts

Fixed

• CHANGELOG section link in previous release
• Invalid RoundTripper implementation used in TestTeamsClientSend test function
  • see GH-46 and GH-47; thank you @davecheney for the fix!

v2.1.1 - 2020-08-25

Added

• README
  • Add badges for GitHub Actions Workflows
  • Add release badge for latest project release
• Add CHANGELOG file
• Add GoDoc package-level documentation
• Extend webhook validation error handling
• Add Docker-based GitHub Actions Workflows
• Enable Dependabot updates
• Add Markdownlint config file

Changed

• README
  • Replace badge for latest tag with latest release
  • Update GoDoc badge to reference this fork
  • Update license badge to reference this fork
  • Add new sections common to other projects that I maintain
    • table of contents
    • overview
    • changelog
    • references
    • features
• Vendor dependencies
• Update license to add @atc0005 (new) in addition to @dasrick (existing)
• Update go.mod to replace upstream with this fork
• Rename golangci-lint config file to match officially supported name
• Remove files no longer used by this fork
  • Travis CI configuration
  • editorconfig file (and settings)
• Add license header to source files
  • combined copyright statement for existing files
  • single copyright statement for new files

Fixed

• Add missing Facts assignment in MessageCardSection
• scopelint: Fix improper range loop var reference
• Fix misc linting issues with README
• Test failure from previous upstream pull request submissions
  • Object expected to be of type *url.Error, but was *errors.errorString
• Misc linting issues with primary and test files

v2.1.0 - 2020-04-08

Added

• MessageCard type includes additional fields

  • Type and Context fields provide required JSON payload fields
    • preset to required static values via updated NewMessageCard() constructor
  • Summary
    • required if Text field is not set, optional otherwise
  • Sections slice
    • MessageCardSection type

• Additional nested types

  • MessageCardSection
  • MessageCardSectionFact
  • MessageCardSectionImage

• Additional methods for MessageCard and nested types

  • MessageCard.AddSection()
  • MessageCardSection.AddFact()
  • MessageCardSection.AddFactFromKeyValue()
  • MessageCardSection.AddImage()
  • MessageCardSection.AddHeroImageStr()
  • MessageCardSection.AddHeroImage()

• Additional factory functions

  • NewMessageCardSection()
  • NewMessageCardSectionFact()
  • NewMessageCardSectionImage()

• IsValidMessageCard() added to check for minimum required field values.

  • This function has the potential to be extended later with additional validation steps.

• Wrapper IsValidInput() added to handle all validation needs from one location.

  • the intent was to both solve a CI error and provide a location to easily extend validation checks in the future (if needed)

Changed

• MessageCard type includes additional fields

• NewMessageCard factory function sets fields needed for required JSON payload fields

  • Type
  • Context

• teamsClient.Send() method updated to apply MessageCard struct validation alongside existing webhook URL validation

• isValidWebhookURL() exported as IsValidWebhookURL() so that client code can use the validation functionality instead of repeating the code

  • e.g., flag value validation for "fail early" behavior

Known Issues

• No support in this set of changes for potentialAction types
  • ViewAction
  • OpenUri
  • HttpPOST
  • ActionCard
  • InvokeAddInCommand
    • Outlook specific based on what I read; likely not included in a future release due to non-Teams specific usage

v2.0.0 - 2020-03-29

Breaking

• NewClient() will NOT return multiple values
• remove provided mock

Changed

• switch dependency/package management tool to from dep to go mod
• switch from golint to golangci-lint
• add more golang versions to pass via travis-ci

v1.3.1 - 2020-03-29

Fixed

• fix redundant error logging
• fix redundant comment

v1.3.0 - 2020-03-26

Changed

• feature: allow multiple valid webhook URL FQDNs (thx @atc0005)

v1.2.0 - 2019-11-08

Added

• add mock

Changed

• update deps
• gosimple (shorten two conditions)

v1.1.1 - 2019-05-02

Changed

• rename client interface into API
• update deps

Fixed

• fix typo in README

v1.1.0 - 2019-04-30

Added

• add missing tests
• append documentation

Changed

• add/change to client/interface

v1.0.0 - 2019-04-29

Added

• add initial functionality of sending messages to MS Teams channel