Updates channel removed from BotAPI

bot.go

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ type BotAPI struct {
 	Token   string       `json:"token"`
 	Debug   bool         `json:"debug"`
 	Self    User         `json:"-"`
-	Updates chan Update  `json:"-"`
 	Client  *http.Client `json:"-"`
 }
 
@@ -395,8 +394,8 @@ func (bot *BotAPI) SetWebhook(config WebhookConfig) (APIResponse, error) {
 }
 
 // UpdatesChan starts a channel for getting updates.
-func (bot *BotAPI) UpdatesChan(config UpdateConfig) error {
+func (bot *BotAPI) UpdatesChan(config UpdateConfig) (<-chan Update, error) {
-	bot.Updates = make(chan Update, 100)
+	updatesChan := make(chan Update, 100)
 
 	go func() {
 		for {
@@ -412,18 +411,18 @@ func (bot *BotAPI) UpdatesChan(config UpdateConfig) error {
 			for _, update := range updates {
 				if update.UpdateID >= config.Offset {
 					config.Offset = update.UpdateID + 1
-					bot.Updates <- update
+					updatesChan <- update
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}()
 
-	return nil
+	return updatesChan, nil
 }
 
 // ListenForWebhook registers a http handler for a webhook.
-func (bot *BotAPI) ListenForWebhook(pattern string) http.Handler {
+func (bot *BotAPI) ListenForWebhook(pattern string) (<-chan Update, http.Handler) {
-	bot.Updates = make(chan Update, 100)
+	updatesChan := make(chan Update, 100)
 
 	handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		bytes, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
@@ -431,10 +430,10 @@ func (bot *BotAPI) ListenForWebhook(pattern string) http.Handler {
 		var update Update
 		json.Unmarshal(bytes, &update)
 
-		bot.Updates <- update
+		updatesChan <- update
 	})
 
 	http.HandleFunc(pattern, handler)
 
-	return handler
+	return updatesChan, handler
 }

bot_test.go

@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ func TestGetUserProfilePhotos(t *testing.T) {
 func TestListenForWebhook(t *testing.T) {
 	bot, _ := getBot(t)
 
-	handler := bot.ListenForWebhook("/")
+	_, handler := bot.ListenForWebhook("/")
 
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "", strings.NewReader("{}"))
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ func TestUpdatesChan(t *testing.T) {
 
 	var ucfg tgbotapi.UpdateConfig = tgbotapi.NewUpdate(0)
 	ucfg.Timeout = 60
-	err := bot.UpdatesChan(ucfg)
+	_, err := bot.UpdatesChan(ucfg)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fail()
@@ -416,9 +416,9 @@ func ExampleNewBotAPI() {
 	u := tgbotapi.NewUpdate(0)
 	u.Timeout = 60
 
-	err = bot.UpdatesChan(u)
+	updates, err := bot.UpdatesChan(u)
 
-	for update := range bot.Updates {
+	for update := range updates {
 		log.Printf("[%s] %s", update.Message.From.UserName, update.Message.Text)
 
 		msg := tgbotapi.NewMessage(update.Message.Chat.ID, update.Message.Text)
@@ -443,10 +443,10 @@ func ExampleNewWebhook() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	bot.ListenForWebhook("/" + bot.Token)
+	updates, _ := bot.ListenForWebhook("/" + bot.Token)
 	go http.ListenAndServeTLS("0.0.0.0:8443", "cert.pem", "key.pem", nil)
 
-	for update := range bot.Updates {
+	for update := range updates {
 		log.Printf("%+v\n", update)
 	}
 }

types.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // APIResponse is a response from the Telegram API with the result stored raw.
@@ -112,11 +113,14 @@ func (m *Message) IsGroup() bool {
 	return m.From.ID != m.Chat.ID
 }
 
-// IsGroup returns if the message was sent to a group.
 func (m *Message) IsCommand() bool {
 	return m.Text != "" && m.Text[0] == '/'
 }
 
+func (m *Message) Command() string {
+	return strings.Split(m.Text, " ")[0]
+}
+
 // PhotoSize contains information about photos, including ID and Width and Height.
 type PhotoSize struct {
 	FileID   string `json:"file_id"`